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Female
Students Consortium 2009 report
Students and Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team
(SAYWHAT)
August 31, 2009
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Executive
Summary
SAYWHAT hosted its third
edition of the female Students conference at Belvedere Technical
Teachers' College from the 6th to the 8th of August 2009 under
the theme "Strengthening Capacity and Networks on Reproductive
Health Rights.
91 female students
from 35 tertiary institutions participated and managed to dialogue
with female programmers from PSI, SAfAIDS,
Action AID,
College authorities as well as an Honorable Deputy Minister among
others.
The conference had the
broad objective of providing space for engagement between students
and key policy makers and program implementers so that there will
be dialogue on the SRHR challenges female students face and recommendations
on the best responses that will address the vulnerability of female
students.
There were diverse strategies
that were employed to allow for meaningful participation of the
students and these included Focus Group Discussions, Thematic Presentations
with plenary sessions, Exhibitions and Film aided Learning.
Some of the topical issues
that were discussed include the efficacy of female condoms, the
sexual rights of female students, access to services, culture and
its bearing to SRHR, the opportunities presented by the Constitutional
reform process among others.
The key concern among
most students was the need for programs to be action oriented as
there has been much talk. There was a common plea to government
and all other stakeholders to realize the need to domesticate certain
commitments and come up with activities that realizes objectives
that are outlined in policies.
Central to the recommendations
made by the female students was the need to scale up in terms of
programming and service provision on issues of SRHR and there was
an acknowledgement that this requires strong networks and synergies,
resource mobilization and an active role among the female students
and college authorities.
The stakeholders
that made presentations were challenged to do more in tertiary institutions
with the participants demanding the same processes of information
and knowledge sharing to be decentralized to their institutions.
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