Make Way is a five-year programme implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia that aims to teach vulnerable young people to stand up for their rights and improve access to the right information and services. The Make Way programme aims to break down barriers to SRHR by applying an intersectional lens. Making overlapping vulnerabilities visible helps us to understand their effects on a person’s SRHR. In this programme, we work on lobby and advocacy efforts for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for vulnerable young people. Intersectionality forms the foundation of our perspective: we look at how the interaction between prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion in the field of, for example, disability, ethnicity, gender, and social position influence accessibility to SRHR. Everyone is entitled to comprehensive sexuality education, self-determination, access to contraception, and medical care.
Working closely with consortium partners, we develop and share intersectional tools, and also engage in mutual capacity strengthening with other civil society organisations, to advocate for much-needed policy and societal changes. We work in partnership with Wemos, VSO, Akina Mama wa Africa, Liliane Foundation, and the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians Kenya. Make Way Programme is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Information and tools can be found on www.make-way.org.