G8 Parliamentarians' Conference in Tokyo, July 2-3 2008

A week before the G8 Summit takes place on the Hokkaido island in Japan, the third annual G8-Parliamentarians’ Conference was held in Tokyo on July 2nd and 3^rd.

The main topics which were discussed are Global Health, Climate Change and Food Security. The approximately 50 participants from the G8-countries, as well as from Africa and Asia were holding speeches and discussed the different subjects.

As this conference was a subsequent event to the G8-Parliamentarian’s Conference 2007 in Berlin, the process which has been made so far was addressed. more

Renate Baehr new Executive Director of DSW

DSW is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Renate Baehr as Executive Director.  With this appointment, Mrs Baehr becomes the Foundation's 3rd Executive Director - and first female director - in it's 17 year history.  Mrs Baehr joined the Foundation 13 years ago, and her appointment guarantees that DSW's work will continue to remain of the highest quality and that the Foundation will be well positioned to play a leading role in both programmes and advocacy for sexual and reproductive health issues. Mrs Baehr's appointment marks the end of a lengthy international search process and wide consultations with key partners.

DSW Kenya: 5-day training in capacity building in the coastal region
 

40 participants took part in a 5-day intensive training in community mobilisation skills. The participants were drawn from the Youth-to-Youth networks, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Health. The training was conducted by DSW-trained moderators, who were supported by a Training Officer from Family Programmes Promotion Services (FPPS) for the purpose of ensuring quality assurance. The trained participants will support the community advocacy campaigns, whose goal is to create community-wide awareness and education against HIV/AIDS prevalence and sexual and reproductive health risks.

More about DSW's work in Kenya