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We are excited to share with you stories of young people from across the globe! These stories offer unique, diverse and eye-opening reflections on how COVID-19 is impacting young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. Enjoy!

Featured Stories in writing

DastaanxStoriestoAction Story Writing Winner: The Realm That Should Not Exist

9 September 2020

The Realm That Should Not Exist by author Jovera Shakeel is inspired by the theme silence. This story is one of six winning stories of the #WeToo competition, a collaboration between Stories To Action and Dastaan, where young people shared inspired by COVID-19’s impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Realm That Should… Read More »DastaanxStoriestoAction Story Writing Winner:…

DastaanxStoriestoAction Story Writing Winner: The Jirga

8 September 2020

The Jirga by author Khawar Latif is inspired by the theme silence. This story is one of six winning stories of the #WeToo competition, a collaboration between Stories To Action and Dastaan, where young people shared inspired by COVID-19’s impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Jirga The child was seen only at night.… Read More »DastaanxStoriestoAction Story Writing Winner:…

DastaanxStoriestoAction Story Writing Winner: It

7 September 2020

It by author Muhammad Ali is inspired by the theme consent. This story is one of six winning stories of the #WeToo competition, a collaboration between Stories To Action and Dastaan, where young people shared inspired by COVID-19’s impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights. IT Arham got to know that he was “it”… Read More »DastaanxStoriestoAction Story Writing Winner:…

Fighting Period Poverty in a Pandemic

25 July 2020

Raquel Daniel , founder of Beyond the Classroom Foundation, highlights how her foundation is dedicated to ending period poverty- especially now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting women and girls in Nigeria. In times of crisis, the reproductive health and rights of women and girls are often neglected and, worse, threatened. The COVID-… Read More »Fighting Period Poverty in…

Amid the Corona Outbreak, Telemedicine Abortion Remains the Only Hope for Women

1 July 2020

Hazal Atay, a seasoned activist and expert working on abortion and SRHR, writes about the threats that women face in accessing their fundamental right to abortion throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights why telemedicine offers a solution for many. “I called all the clinics and hospitals, noone wants to help me. They tell me to… Read More »Amid the Corona Outbreak,…

Meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of women in Nepal

27 June 2020

Women’s needs in Nepal have been greatly impacted by COVID-19. Sabina Pokhrel, a fervent activist and changemaker, comments on the challenges and situations that women are facing. “We have received 6-7 calls for the rescue of women who have had abortions in this lockdown. However, abortion doesn’t fall under the category of women we rescue.”… Read More »Meeting the sexual and…

INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR OF DIARY OF THE WUHAN LOCKDOWN

23 June 2020

Jing Guo is a social worker and a feminist from China. She moved to Wuhan in November 2019 and currently lives alone in Wuhan. In the advocacy of women’s rights, Jing Guo works on sexual harassment and gender discrimination at workplace. In 2017, she launched the 074 Women’s Legal Hotline at workplace to provide legal… Read More »INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR…

Black Lives Matter: Our statement

16 June 2020

We as Stories to Action reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement and release our statement in solidarity. As Stories to Action we stand behind the Black Lives Matter movement and fight against all forms of racism and discrimination that happened in the past, are happening now, and will happen in the future in all… Read More »Black Lives Matter: Our…

Featured Visual Stories

Photo gallery: Unlocking a Youth Force in the Lockdown

For Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA) the COVID-19 lockdown did not mean stopping their work. On the contrary: their ambassadors move through community, promoting proper hand sanitization, delivering ARV treatment refills, creating awareness on stigma against HIV and COVID19, setting up referrals for more complex SRHR needs, among other services.

Be sure to read more about their unwavering efforts here and enjoy the photo gallery highlighting their work below!

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Joseph Kakande gets ready to make his first delivery by bike in Kampala

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Francis Okeng on making a stop ahead of heading out to deliver other services

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The deliveries reach out to all people, young and old. Here Kennedy Obua makes a stop to handover a refill to one of the clients

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The reigning Mr Y+ Micheal Ballack Ssenyonga on reach out duty in Kasese. As M Y+, he is at the forefront of and model for ambassadors Changing the Narrative

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With full mask and boots on, Oscar Ewaa prepares to head to clients in Northern Uganda

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Ambassadors take time off to share a light moment in between deliveries in Entebbe, a suburb in Wakiso district.

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Akulu Ruth takes a walk back home in the evening after an honest day’s work in Wakiso District

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Mariam Nabula takes off a moment to share with her peers on adherence after a successful delivery