The Population and Health Research Entity at the North-West University (NWU) brings together both budding and veteran researchers with a singular mission: to illuminate and address the shifting dynamics of South Africa’s population, health and social structures
Pandemic disrupts the supply of external condoms — and inner ones are unknown and in short supply
Laws on access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and age of consent to sexual activity in many countries do not adequately serve the needs of young people and even when they are progressive, they are often not well implemented
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood
Investing in the Future Youth Development Award. Winner: Drama for Life Theatre Company Project
Investing in the Future Health Award Winner: Hlokomela Women’s Clinic
Governments and even anonymous do-gooders are stepping into fill the funding gap left by the US decision, but their pockets will never be deep enough.
Activists warn new data shows government may have invested millions into the wrong female condom and may be on the verge of doing it again.
Queer people had only the heterosexual space for early lessons in sexual identity
Society must stay out of young women’s decision whether to have babies or not.
Sexuality education forms part of the Life Orientation curriculum in South African schools to help learners navigate the challenges of growing up
Health services are available but the attitudes of medical staff deter young people
The government is making female condoms more accessible – and these come with extra benefits.
Young people have struggled to access nonjudgmental reproductive healthcare, but the Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre is changing that.
Clinics dedicated to young people are ideal but the poor nation struggles to provide at least a basic service for those who can’t access them.
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/ 27 September 2013
Two young people speak out about life, and love, and the very real risk of rejection.
It makes ‘people sense’ for the government to invest in the sexual health needs of women.
Female condoms have sensualised sexual health thanks to the increased tactility of new materials.
Young South Africans do not perceive themselves to be at risk of contracting HIV, which make calls for innovative education more urgent.
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/ 26 November 2010
The disproportionate burden of HIV/Aids borne by women and girls in most developing countries requires urgent attention. At the heart of the problem is profound gender inequality and inequity, coupled with the systematic disempowerment of women, condoned by society for generations. Although a global problem, it is particularly evident in developing countries and the HIV/Aids […]