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The Power to Youth Expedition Magazine
Welcome to a brand-new chapter in 2025! As we reflect on a transformative 2024, with its moments of challenge and triumph, we are thrilled to journey with you once again, each step powered by your passion and ingenuity.
Step into The Power to Youth Expedition, our vibrant hub of empowerment and inspiration.
More than a booklet, this is your creative playground—a space where every story, every achievement, and every vision is a celebration of the change you ignite.
Together, we weave a tapestry of progress, honoring the footprints of yesterday while boldly charting the course for tomorrow.
THE RHU SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE 2024
Dear Reader,
Greetings from Reproductive Health Uganda!
The year 2024 was nothing short of extraordinary, and we have captured every impactful moment just for you! We are excited to announce the release of the Annual RHU Spotlight Magazine—a captivating collection of stories, insights, and achievements that beautifully showcase our journey throughout the year.
Ready to be inspired?
Dive into a world of thought-provoking discussions, powerful narratives, and creative expressions that push boundaries and spark change. Whether you are a passionate advocate or just beginning to explore this field, there is something special waiting for you in every page.
Flip through the pages, let your curiosity lead the way, and join our community of change-makers.
Your voice matters!
We would love to hear your thoughts! Your feedback helps us grow and continue to bring you content that resonates and inspires.
Are you ready for this adventure?
Explore the Annual RHU Spotlight Magazine now
We’re thrilled to have you as part of our community and can’t wait to hear your insights!
Wishing you an inspiring read.
RHU 2025 WISH LIST
Hello Partners!
Happy New Year 2025!
As we usher in a brand-new chapter filled with promise, possibilities, and purpose, we are brimming with excitement to share our 2025 Wish List with you!
But here’s the kicker: these dreams won’t just remain wishes – they will transform into reality in partnership with YOU – the young changemakers, the generous donors with a heart of gold, and the passionate CSOs driving impact across the globe, the supportive government, the resilient communities we serve and the ever-vigilant fourth estate—the media. Together, we are unstoppable!
So, grab your calendars, dust off your vision boards, and get ready to ignite 2025 with bold ideas, collaboration, and a sprinkle of magic. The best is yet to come!
Let’s do this!
Empowerment Through the Green Jobs Project: Olive Karungi’s Transformation
In the picturesque region of Fort Portal, nestled within the community of Nyankwazi Bwanika, lives Olive Karungi, a widow and mother of three. Olive is a testament to the transformative power of the Green Jobs Project implemented by Reproductive Health Uganda in partnership with WWF. This initiative aims to create and scale green jobs by applying a nature-based solution approach at a landscape level while using Gender Transformative Approach (GTA) as an entry point.
Olive’s journey began when she joined the Kichwamba Youth Vegetable Growers group, a community conservation group supported by Green Jobs project. One of the most profound impacts of the Green Jobs Project has been its role in reducing gender-based violence (GBV) within the community.
“The greatest contributors to GBV are poverty, lack of food, lack of water and making decisions between couples” Olive explains. “Women and girls were often forced to travel long distances to fetch water, exposing them to the risk of sexual exploitation and gender-based violence (SGBV).”
The community groups formed under the project have become safe spaces where members can address GBV issues within families through SRHR community dialogues. These groups have also played a crucial role in demystifying gender roles in the community. Women are now able to make decisions, especially financial ones, which were previously a domain dominated by men.
Through her group, Olive gained essential skills in sustainable agriculture and water management. “We have learned how to grow our own food and effectively store water using tanks built with skills acquired under the project,” Olive shares enthusiastically. This knowledge has been a cornerstone in fostering self-sufficiency and resilience among the community members, particularly in the face of climate-induced adversities.
Olive’s story is one of hope and transformation. The ripple effect of Green Jobs Project has led to improved living standards and enhanced safety for the people of Bwanika.
“This project has brought us together and given us the skills to make our health better. We are now more resilient, more united, and more hopeful for the future,” says Olive.
Through the Green Jobs Project, Reproductive Health Uganda has demonstrated that addressing climate change using GTA can have far-reaching benefits, extending beyond environmental sustainability to encompass social and economic well-being. Olive Karungi’s story, is a powerful reminder of the positive change that can arise when communities are empowered with GTA knowledge and skills to adapt and thrive.
Call for a Consultant to Carry out Operations Research on Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Mbale and Busia Districts, Uganda under the Power to Youth Programme.
Call for a Consultant to Carry out Operations Research on Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Mbale and Busia Districts, Uganda under the Power to Youth Programme.
Terms of Reference for Central Operations Reserach – Power to Youth
Call for a Consultant to Carry out Operations Research on Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Mbale and Busia Districts, Uganda under the Power to Youth Programme
The SRHR Spotlight Newsletter
Hello reader,
Welcome back to the SRHR Spotlight Newsletter! Dive into a world of curated insights, thought-provoking discussions, and fresh perspectives with our tales.
Whether you’re a seasoned enthusiast or just starting your journey into our niche, we’ve got something special for you.
Enjoy your reading.
Reproductive Health Uganda
The SRHR Spotlight – October 2023
RHU Annual Report, 2022
Uganda Launches the FP2030 commitments
On the 3rd November, Uganda launched the FP2030 commitments. The objective of the launch was to create awareness, understanding and momentum leading to the global launch that is due November 18th 2021. Uganda has made several commitments towards the FP 2030 to address the gaps in ensuring access to family planning commodities.
Reproductive health Uganda alongside other civil society organizations will partner with the Ministry of Health to see the commitments to fruition.
Speaking at the launch, the minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng underlined that Government is keen on implementing its commitments on family planning. She said the focus should now change to the boy child.
Speaking at the launch of the Uganda Family Planning 2030 Commitments in Kampala on Wednesday, Aceng said boys ‘need to know the dangers of making a teenage girl pregnant’. ‘The focus has been on the recipient of the pregnancy and not the giver.’
Over the past nine years, governments, civil society, multilateral organizations, donors, the private sector and the research community, have come together around an ambitious goal: to enable 120 million additional women and girls to use modern contraception by 2020. Working together in partnership, much has been achieved, but more remains to be done.
The global family planning community agreed that the gains of the last nine years should be sustained by extending this pivotal partnership. Through a global consultation, stakeholders from around the world provided their input on the future of family planning. Together, the community created a shared vision for 2030 that builds on progress achieved to date, adapts the partnership in response to the lessons of the first nine years and positions us to achieve the future women and girls around the world are asking for.
The collective feedback has formed the basis of a vision, guiding principles, and focus areas. With this foundation, and informed by the family planning community consultation, the new partnership will be built over the course of 2021.
The Uganda Family Planning 2030 Commitments include the following:
– to increase equitable access and voluntary use of modern contraceptive methods for all women and couples
– to increase funding for adolescent sexual and reproductive health programmes
– to ensure contraceptive commodity security
– to strengthen the policy and enabling environment for family planning
– to strengthen the policy and enabling environment for family planning
– to strengthen family planning data use at all levels
– to address family planning myths and misconceptions through evidence-based sexual and behavioral change communication and advocacy
Guiding Principles of the commitments
- Voluntary, person-centered, rights-based approaches, with equity at the core: This guiding principle reflects the fundamental belief that individuals should be able to freely make choices that reflect their desires and needs. Every decision, action, and investment made by the partnership will reflect this belief – that each person has the same right to quality family planning, regardless of their geography, socioeconomic status, gender, or culture.
- Empowering women and girls and engaging men, boys, and communities: Positive male inclusion is needed to truly transform normalization of family planning and at the same time share the burden of the decisions and implications of family planning. This must happen in tandem with empowerment of women and girls to create true equity.
- Building intentional and equitable partnerships with adolescents, youth, and marginalized populations to meet their needs, including for accurate and disaggregated data collection and use: These populations have been consistently underserved, so the partnership commits to prioritizing them in all future work.
- Country-led global partnerships, with shared learning and mutual accountability for commitments and results: Country commitments drive progress with support from regional and global stakeholders for implementation, coordination, and accountability.