In the community of Santa Cruz Barillas, in the western highlands of Huehuetenango in Guatemala, a shared dream between adolescents and health care providers was in the making. The vision was clear: to ensure that young people have access to high-quality, comprehensive health services. Despite efforts to strengthen the community’s health system, which have included
Dindori, India –– Amrita Sahu stands before a group of adolescents and holds up a menstrual pad. It’s a bold move in a farming village in central India’s tribal belt where conversations about sexual and reproductive health among young people are taboo and adolescents have few opportunities to ask questions about their bodies. “Everybody knows
These words reflect the aspirations of young women and adolescent girls participating in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Hayatna (“our lives” in Juba Arabic) project in South Sudan. The project continues the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS Free, Mentored and Safe) initiative begun in Juba County, South Sudan, in 2020. DREAMS, a public-private partnership of
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