SATregional

23/06/2026

A single voice on the radio can reach thousands of people, but when that voice is equipped with accurate information, it can change lives. In Zambia, presenters like Doris Zulu and Harrison Mbewe are using the power of the airwaves to break down myths, answer difficult questions, and connect communities with vital s*xual and reproductive health information. For many listeners, these radio programmes are more than just broadcasts, they are trusted spaces where young people and adults can access knowledge that empowers them to make informed decisions about their health and future. By strengthening the capacity of media champions with evidence-based SRHR information, SAT Zambia is helping ensure that reliable knowledge reaches far beyond health facilities and into homes, schools, and communities. Their stories remind us that when communities are informed, they are empowered—and when voices are amplified, change can travel far beyond the microphone.

Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/yv7fckcr

17/06/2026

𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐕 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬?

In this Youth Month episode of HIV Prevention in Action, SAT Regional Youth & Policy Officer Levi Singh joins Cwayita Jemsana from Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS - APHA to explore youth leadership, advocacy, and the vital role young people play in shaping HIV prevention efforts, influencing policy discussions, and driving change in their communities and beyond. 🌍

Click here to watch the full interview: https://tinyurl.com/mr9vx54n

What does it take for a young person to move from community advocac...

17/06/2026

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐚’𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟:
Young people deserve access to accurate information, supportive spaces, and the confidence to make informed decisions about their health.

What began as community-based youth facilitation through SAT Botswana's Youth Hub has grown into a powerful advocacy journey that has taken her from local safe-space dialogues to national leadership platforms and global youth forums. Along the way, Victoria has helped young people challenge HIV stigma, build leadership skills, and become advocates for change in their own communities.

Her story shows how investing in youth leadership creates a ripple effect of empowerment, opening doors to healthier communities, stronger voices, and a future where stigma is replaced by knowledge, support, and hope.

Click the link to read the full story: https://tinyurl.com/2nzpua6v

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