Leadership Circle on SRH Policies

Fostering Sustainability of the Ended HIV and AIDS Support Program (HASP)

Goodbye is probably one word that most people are not so comfortable with. Emotional as it is, at some point in life, we all have to part ways with our loved ones, friends, colleagues, school mates, workmates or any other related individuals where the bond, friendship and companionship existing would seem boldly unshakable and unbreakable. However, such a lasting, permanent stay, in reality can only exist in the world of movies. But there is that special kind of partying ways that leave a memorable and vigilant mark difficult to erase. It is a goodbye probably in name only, but the hope, enthusiasm and passion it leaves for the other party is in itself adequate to rekindle a light that shines brighter. Such was the mark that was left by the HIV and AIDS Support Programme (HASP) which SAYWHAT in partnership with Oxfam has been implementing for the past 3 years.

Indeed, HASP, finally came to an end but having impacted significantly in the lives of the student community in the drive to reduce the SRH challenges faced by students. The project ended in style, with partners meeting at the Leadership Circle on SRH Policies, an event that was held on the 4^th of May at Hillside Teachers College in Bulawayo to map the way forward beyond HASP 

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Big Sister Young Sister Mentorship Training

 Connecting young women with girls in schools!

The SAYWHAT Web for Life Network has created a dynamic platform where female students continue to link and learn. Today, the Network has clearly improved the active participation of young women in promoting their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and has strengthened the network around female students’ issues. Its strength has become to develop leadership skills and build the capacity of female students to advance advocacy and influence meaningful decisions on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of young women.

 

As we continue to use more innovative and new ideas to disseminate information on critical SRH issues, SAYWHAT has adopted the use of the Join In Circuit Tool to educate and increase dialogues on key issues such as Contraception, HIV and AIDS, STIs, Positive Living and Body Language. JIC is an interactive, participatory and educative tool that allows the big sisters to link with the girls and open dialogues on key sexuality issues. It was developed by GIZ and the Zimbabwe AIDS Network. It fosters communication on sensitive issues thus offering an opportunity for guidance from the mentors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the Big Sisters explaining the issues to school children at a station during the Jic Run in Mutare

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Constitutional Provision on the Right to Health

Zimbabwe has joined the few nations world over to include the right to health as part of the socio-economic rights in its constitution. The inclusion of the right to health including reproductive healthcare sets a major milestone in the road to the realisation of the fundamental rights which all citizens must enjoy.

Chapter 4, section 76 of our constitution stipulates the right to health and it reads:

1. 1) Every citizen and permanent resident of Zimbabwe has the right to have access to basic health-care services, including reproductive health-care services.

1. 2) Every person living with a chronic illness has the right to have access to basic health-care services for the illness.

1. 3) No person may be refused emergency medical treatment in any health-care institution.

1. 4) The State must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to achieve the progressive realisation of the rights set out in this section.

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