{"id":65284,"date":"2025-06-26T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T08:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/?p=65284"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T08:10:01","slug":"confidence-access-and-voice-youth-at-the-center-of-change-in-mufulira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/en\/confidence-access-and-voice-youth-at-the-center-of-change-in-mufulira\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence, Access, and Voice: Youth at the Center of Change in Mufulira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Make Way team was in Mufulira, Zambia, engaging with vibrant youth-led safe spaces \u2014 Mwekera Youth Friendly Space and Kankoyo Grade 5 Safe Space \u2014 as well as the dedicated health service providers from our community partners, CHEP and AOHD.<\/p>\n<p>What we witnessed was transformation in motion.<br \/>\n\u2705 Youth have successfully lobbied for and now access youth-friendly services. Through their active participation in scorecard processes\u00a0 where they assess and provide feedback to health facilities \u2014 young people are not just pointing out gaps, they are helping close them.<br \/>\n\u2705 A remarkable shift in confidence is taking root. Youth are now walking into health facilities without fear, shame, or hesitation. They ask questions. They seek services. They know their rights and own their health journeys.<br \/>\n\u2705 Inclusivity is no longer aspirational \u2014 it&#8217;s happening. Differently-abled youth are not only accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services with dignity, they are also holding leadership positions within their safe spaces, actively shaping priorities and decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Every conversation we had reaffirmed the same message: when you make space for youth \u2014 and back it with trust, tools, and partnerships\u2014they rise. They become not just beneficiaries, but architects of solutions that work.<br \/>\nThis is the Make Way vision, alive and thriving: Intersectional. Youth-led. Justice-driven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Make Way team was in Mufulira, Zambia, engaging with vibrant youth-led safe spaces \u2014 Mwekera Youth Friendly Space and Kankoyo Grade 5 Safe Space \u2014 as well as the dedicated health service providers from our community partners, CHEP and AOHD. 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