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16/06/2026

Today, we also honour the Day of the African Child!

A day that reminds us that every child has the right to be heard, protected, educated, and supported to reach their full potential.

Across the continent, children continue to face barriers in education, safety, healthcare, and access to opportunities, but their voices remain powerful, resilient, and necessary in shaping better systems for the future ✊🏾

This day calls on all of us to move beyond intention and strengthen the systems that protect children’s rights, ensuring participation, accountability, and real action where it matters most.

At YouthWyze, we believe that when children are heard and supported early, they grow into empowered young people who can thrive in every space they enter 💡

By protecting children today, we are building Africa’s future tomorrow!

16/06/2026

Happy Youth Day South Africa! 🇿🇦🔥

“RESET@50 – The Future Calls” is a call to action for young people to step forward, speak up, and shape a future defined by equality, opportunity, and dignity.

From the streets of 1976 to today, young people continue to challenge injustice and push for access to education, healthcare, SRHR, and mental well-being support. The challenges may look different today, but the mission remains the same: breaking barriers and creating a future where every young person can thrive ✊🏾

Today we celebrate young people who are not waiting for change, but creating it, leading it, and living it every day 💡

03/06/2026

Why do s*x workers need a day of solidarity? Across the world and in our region in East and Southern Africa, s*x workers continue to face violence, including s*xual violence, stigma, discrimination, extortion and barriers to healthcare. Criminalisation often pushes people further away from essential HIV, s*xual and reproductive health, and legal services.

International S*x Workers' Day is a reminder that development, health, gender equality, and human rights cannot be achieved while any group is denied dignity, safety, justice, and a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Justice must be for everyone in Africa – without discrimination of any kind.

SAT stands in solidarity with s*x workers everywhere. We call on governments, policymakers and stakeholders across Africa to accelerate rights-based reforms that put dignity, health, safety and justice first.

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25/05/2026

Happy Africa Day! 🌍

Across Africa, too many young people, especially girls and young women, still face barriers to safe sanitation, menstrual health management, and clean water access, affecting their wellbeing, safety, and opportunities. Achieving Agenda 2063 means building an Africa where every young person can grow up healthy, informed, safe, and empowered to shape their future.

This year, as we commemorate Africa Day under the African Union theme, “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” we are reminded that access to clean water and safe sanitation is deeply connected to dignity, health, education, and s*xual and reproductive health rights.

Sustainable development is not only about infrastructure, it is also about people, equity, and ensuring no young person is left behind. 💧✊🏾

15/05/2026

🌍Young people from across Africa came together for a powerful conversation on S*xual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and the future of Africa’s demographic dividend.

One message stood out clearly: Africa’s young population is not a challenge — it is an opportunity. As Hon. Moumouni Dialla, President of the Pan African Youth Union (PYU), shared during the discussion, “Africa’s young population is not a problem for the continent; it should be considered a tool for success.”

Speakers highlighted that unlocking this opportunity requires investment in young people’s health, education, dignity and leadership. Opening the session, the AUDA-NEPAD Director reminded participants that “SRH is dignity, opportunity and empowerment.” At the same time, SAYoF CEO Misheck Gondo stressed that “youth leadership is not a right, it is essential.”

The webinar also explored the realities many young people continue to face across the continent, including stigma, poverty, child marriage, misinformation and limited access to youth-friendly SRHR services, especially in rural communities.

SAT Regional Policy Officer Levi Singh called for stronger continental coordination and political commitment around the demographic dividend agenda, stating, “We don’t need a slogan around the demographic dividend. We need coordinated leadership.”

As discussions continue with policymakers next week, the recommendations and lived experiences shared by young leaders during this webinar will help shape future continental dialogue and action on SRHR and the demographic dividend.

Africa’s future will be shaped by empowered, informed and healthy young people — and the time to invest in them is now!

15/05/2026

Today’s the day!

Don’t miss out!🌍 Young leaders from across Africa are coming together this afternoon for a powerful conversation on S*xual and Reproductive Health and the future of Africa’s youth.

From lived experiences to practical solutions, the webinar will explore how investing in young people’s health, rights, and wellbeing is key to unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend.

Hosted by AUDA NEPAD, Pan African Youth Union (PYU) and Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF), this is your chance to hear directly from youth voices driving change across the continent.

🗓️ Today — 15 May 2026
⏰ 14h30 SAST
Don’t miss out. Register here 👇
https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dpzm

14/05/2026

What does Africa’s future look like when young people have access to the information, healthcare and opportunities they need to thrive? 🌍

This Friday, join an important conversation on the role of S*xual and Reproductive Health in unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend and building stronger, healthier communities.

Hosted byAUDA NEPADD, the Pan African Youth Union (PYU) and the Southern Africa Youth Forum SAYoFF), the webinar will bring together youth voices from across the continent to discuss the realities young people face and the action needed to create meaningful change.

This is more than a webinar. It’s a conversation about leadership, opportunity, health, and the future of Africa.

📆 15 May 2026
⏰ 14h30 SAST

Register here 👉 https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dpzm

13/05/2026

Join us for a live webinar on 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 (𝐒𝐑𝐇), hosted by AUDA NEPAD, Pan African Youth Union (PYU) and Southern Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF).

Catch SAT Regional Policy Officer Levi Singh and former SAT Youth Officer and now Chairperson Of The Botswana Youth Council, Millicent Sethaile, as part of a dynamic youth panel that will be sharing real stories, real challenges, and real solutions.

To register, click this link👉 https://tinyurl.com/ycx3dpzm

📆Date: 15 May 2026
⏰Time: 2.30pm

On Friday 15 May 2026 at 14h30 SAST, young leaders from across Africa are coming together for a live webinar on S*xual and Reproductive Health and what it means for Africa's future.

Africa has the youngest population in the world. That's an incredible opportunity. But that opportunity only becomes real when young people are healthy, informed, and empowered to make choices about their own lives and bodies.

Youth leaders from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Djibouti, Malawi and Ethiopia will be sharing real stories, real challenges, and real solutions. Not policy jargon, but lived experience.

This is your invitation to listen, learn, and join the conversation.
Register here 👉 https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q6cjR-A7THOdJCMxV_BSQA

Hosted by AUDA-NEPAD, the Pan African Youth Union, and SAYoF.

12/05/2026

𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭.

We saw adolescents generalised under reproductive health, we advocated for and won a dedicated Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) section. In the process, we packaged and injected solid evidence on adolescent SRHR, and won concrete proposals that include expansion of adolescent-friendly spaces, community health worker training to reach hard-to-reach populations, and social and behavioural change communication specifically targeting young people.

SAT advocacy also strengthened language on gender-responsive programming and gender-responsive planning and budgeting – now both named as concrete policy commitments.

The strengthened policy commitments have the potential to improve health outcomes for more than 3.5 million adolescents across Zambia by expanding access to safer and more responsive health services, improving referrals and support systems, strengthening gender-responsive care, and increasing the availability of adolescent-friendly health spaces and trained health workers.

Strong adolescent health systems are essential for stronger communities, gender equality, and Zambia’s long-term development.

29/04/2026

THE SYSTEM ISN’T STALLING. IT’S BEING REWRITTEN: AN INSIDER VIEW FROM CPD59 (AND BEYOND!) - By Levi Singh 💡

"I have spent enough time in multilateral rooms to recognise the difference between a difficult negotiation and a hollow one. Having now supported twelve sessions of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, I do not say this lightly.

CPD59 was not difficult in the way these multilateral processes are meant to be. It was something else entirely. Positions were presented. Lines were held. But very little of what makes multilateralism function, compromise, explanation, reciprocity, and movement, was genuinely on offer.

That distinction matters.

Because when a system stops negotiating in good faith, it does not simply stall. It begins, quietly and incrementally, to rewrite itself.

This wasn’t just a failed negotiation. It was a warning. The system is shifting, and the next 66 months will determine whether development remains anchored in rights or reduced to transactions..."

Click the link to read the full article 👉https://www.srhrafricatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/The-System-Isnt-Stalling-Its-Being-Rewritten-Levi-Singh.pdf

𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐑𝐇𝐑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐏𝐃𝟓𝟗 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞: https://www.srhrdevelopmentjustice.org/