John Wabwire Shikuku

Job role: 
YOUTH SRHR ADVOCATE
Affiliation: 
Member type: 
Educator / Academic
Brief Biography: 

• Establishing and strengthening a platform for youth-led advocacy networks and organizations across Kenya to pursue a common set of youth-identified policy priorities addressing gender equality and SRHR. • Strengthening the capacity of a targeted number of youth-led advocacy organizations in four counties in Kenya in advocacy, advocacy communications, and campaigning on their priority advocacy topics in the areas of gender equality and SRHR. • Supporting a strategic effort by youth to increase their representation on committees and other bodies in their counties and at the national level to increasingly inform government priorities and practices. • Disseminate the tools and resources designed through this project to advocates across Africa and offer training, resources, and technical assistance to select organizations in East Africa.

Regions of interest: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorders of interest: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Country: 
Kenya

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