Conference Participation and Support

Conferences and symposiums are important spaces for young people and organizations to converge and collaborate with industry peers and discover knowledge and resources that can be used to achieve your personal and organizational goals. The Alliance prides itself in being a supporter and participates in different national, regional and international conferences. During the 8th NOPE conference on HIV and Sexuality, on June the Alliance held a parallel session on the “Status, Gaps, Challenges and Opportunities of CSE in Kenya”. The panelists who included MoE, MoH, KICD, young people, religious leaders and CSOs provided an overview on the trends and the current state of sexuality education in Kenya. CSA one of the Alliance partners shared a research that was conducted on adolescent SRH with a focus on CSE. The research findings identified the challenges related to CSE implementation and the recommendations required to improve effective access of CSE for young people in the country.

The TICH Conference

2nd, 3rd Conference on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health by RHN

The TICH Conference held by another Alliance partner and supported by the Alliance brought together 10 counties from the Lake Region Block; Kisumu, Siaya, Homabay, Kisii, Migori, Bungoma, Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Nyamira and provided an opportunity for the counties to discuss and strategies on the implementation of youth friendly services in the areas. Policy makers and health workers engaged during the parallel session where research findings were shared and practical approaches to increasing access and uptake of AYFS were discussed and recommended.

The Reproductive Health Network (RHN), 2nd and 3rd annual scientific conference on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights where the Alliance (2018 &2019). The Alliance held another panel discussion on CSE with UNESCO, UNFPA, MOH, Teachers and students on the panel that Provided space for discussion on CSE with all relevant stakeholders, clarified miscoceptions on the same. During the conference the SRHR Alliance had a booth where they shared SRHR information with conference participants, provided platform for visibility

ICASA 2019

Presented 3 Abstarcts; Using RADA mobile App to reduce the rates of HIV infection among University Students; A case of UoN, Sex Positive Approaches in Delivery of Sexual Reproductive Health & HIV and AIDS Related Education and Information to School Going Adolescents and Young People. Held a special session on involvement of young people in achieving the global 90.90.90 target on ending HIV and Supported 6 people to attend the conference

Women Deliver 2019

The global SRHR Alliances in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Indonesia and Pakistan held a panel discussion on the Pleasure study which was done in Kenya and Ghana that brought on discussions on Comprehensive Sexuality education and how more sex positive it can become. The Kenya Alliance also held booth sessions with international partners on implementation of programmes, creating movements for achieving our goals and objectives and breaking the SRHR barriers in different countriesThink Globally Act Locally

ICPD +25 Summit

Held a Panel Discussion on the SRHR Package and UHC. panelists were; The Executive Committee Member of Health and Emergency Services of Machakos County in Kenya, the Governor of Kisumu County which is also a pilot Country for UHC in Kenya, Director of Family Health, Ministry of Health Indonesia, Executive Director of Reproductive Health Uganda, 25 under 25 She Decides Champion and 2 representatives of civil society Highlighted the efforts that have been done in different countries on UHC and shared best practices. The panel discussion as well gave chance to participants to engage among themselves and the panelists on what has worked and what hasnt worked in achieving UHC

Website and Social Media

The Alliance continues to host a vibrant website where people can access information on SRHR and other emerging issues in the country. Furthermore, through increased engagement on different social media platforms the Alliance was able to reach more of its target audiences.

In total, we have over 12441 followers world-wide on facebook, instagram and twitter. Our highest number of people reached was on 33,000,000 which is because Facebook also counts the people reached by shared posts in contrast to other media. Although we are not able to put an exact figure on it, our reach on other media is probably higher than these figures show because of people who shared the campaign on their own channels (which we can’t measure). Aadvocacy especially with the LIVE Tweets for the various SRHR campaigns #GusoinKenya, from partner organizations with the other organizations. Hash tags: #SRHfest2018; #WCD2018; #keepwanjikusafe; #safeabortion; #SHEDecides ; #safeSpaces4Youth; #YouthSRHR; #CSEnow; #SRSdialogues; #safespacesmtaani

GUSO Documentary

Produced a documentary “Ties that bind” also showcasing the impacts of GUSO implementation from the perspective of the beneficiaries .

Alliance in Partnerships and Collaborations

The Alliance is a Co-convenor of the CSE CSO Caucus, a platform of CSO’s advocating for the implementation of CSE in the school curriculum. The caucus has held 3 successful meetings and has engaged both the MoE and KICD TWGs.

The Alliance participated and supported several TWG Meetings with the national and county government. The alliance was also part of the 2019 AHAIC TWG where the team is planning for the AHAI 2019 conference in Kigali Rwanda,

Meaningful engagement of People Living with HIV and AIDS (MIPA) which held a midterm review meeting for the working groups members reviewing the Kenya AIDS Strategic Framework and shared recommendations to improve implementation of the KASF, Launch of Reproductive & Maternal Health Services Unit [RMHSU] documents and Resources, Q1 ASRH TWG Meeting, Dissemination of the ASRH Policy Implementation Framework and ASRH Best practices, and the RMHSU Advocacy and Communication TWG. The Alliance together with UNFPA and UNESCO also supports and participates in the Return to School Guidelines TWG. Meaningful involvements of People living with HIV (MiPA) hosted by National AIDS Control council (NACC); Kenya Coordinating Mechanism (KCM) supported by the Global Fund Advocacy

Advocacy is a cornerstone of our work and a vital element in our Theory of Change. Influencing policy and implementing international obligations is essential for achieving structural change towards a healthy life for all. The Alliance strategies to conduct youth-led advocacy on international level, and to create a youth-movement in doing so. We need to create a bigger youth voice and amplify our needs in these UN spaces. ESA Commitment; CEDAW report; Homa bay Accord; CIPD 2018-2022. Online support and technical assistance for our Kenyan partner in the CEDAW review and input for the report UN independent Expert on SOGI. – Online support and technical assistance for our Nigerian partner in the UPR review. – Furthermore, a strong need for youth-friendly guidelines on engagement with treaty body mechanisms such as CEDAW is necessary. This will be developed together with our Kenyan and Indian partner in 2018

We need to create a bigger youth voice and amplify our needs in these UN spaces. ESA Commitment; CEDAW report; Homa bay Accord; CIPD 2018-2022

Our advocacy uses human rights arguments and evidence in an effort to improve the health of people in disadvantaged communities in the countries where we work. We continue to focus on the following priorities until 2020: • adolescent and youth SRHR (combating child marriage, contraceptives for young, unmarried women); • maternal health and reproductive rights (safe legal abortion); • menstrual hygiene; • integrated WASH (hygiene is a crucial part of WASH); • social inclusion.