The Make Way for Youth podcast is a youth-led podcast that brings to the fore conversations on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in sub-Saharan Africa. Together, with co-hosts Warindi, Vilda and Bertha, the series will dive into an array of SRHR topics, including meaningful youth participation, disability justice and intersectionality. With SRHR under threat around the world, this podcast offers a space to break taboos, normalize conversations on SRHR and provide inspiring stories into the work of SRHR youth advocates, religious leaders, policymakers and civil society actors.
It’s the last episode of Season 2! Join our co-hosts Elizabeth Warindi, Bertha Chulu, and Vilda Otieno as they take a heartfelt look back at the impact of the Make Way Programme not just on their advocacy journeys, but also on their personal lives. In this reflective and celebratory episode, they honor the incredible youth engagement champions who held their hands and walked with them over the last three years of SRHR advocacy. This one is warm, inspiring, and full of gratitude; d...
26 Sept 2025
Rwanda Impact Stories
In Episode 5, we are joined by Mbabazi Fillete from Learn Work Develop Rwanda and Eric Ngabonziza from the Make Way Youth Panel in Rwanda. They share their inspiring personal journeys in understanding intersectionality in sexual and reproductive health and rights, and how they have influenced others in their community by training them on this approach. This conversation highlights the transformative power of youth leadership, resilience, and collaboration in advancing SRHR.
27 Aug 2025
Ethiopia Impact Stories
In the fourth episode, co-hosts Elizabeth Warindi, Bertha Chulu, and Vilda Atieno are joined by Zelalem Andualem and Lidiya Alemayehu from the Ethiopia Make Way Youth Panel. They reflect on how the Make Way programme has shaped their personal and professional journeys, helped them grow as young advocates, and equipped them to represent themselves in high-level advocacy spaces. The conversation also explores their deepened understanding of intersectionality and its critical role in advancing r...
6 Aug 2025
Uganda Impact Stories
For the third episode, co-hosts Elizabeth Warindi, Bertha Chulu and Vilda Atieno are joined by two powerful voices from Uganda: Agnes Namuwonge from Nexus Youth Initiative, a youth-led organization, and Leah Mukoya from Freedom and Roam Uganda, also known as FARUG, a lesbian, bisexual and queer-led organization. They share their thoughts on how Make Way has impacted their communities as well as personal and professional lives.
17 Jun 2025
Zambia Impact Stories
Thelma Malambo and Mwenya Yambayamba discuss the hurdles Zambian youth encounter while pursuing sexual and reproductive health and rights, highlighting Make Way's instrumental role in surmounting these obstacles in this interview episode.
2 Jun 2025
Kenya Impact Stories
Angela Kioko and Sylvester Otieno Adhaya discuss the positive impacts of Make Way on their advocacy work for young people in Kenya, offering valuable insights in this interview episode.
11 Apr 2025
Reflections & Dreams
Join the co-hosts Warindi, Vilda and Bertha in this episode of the Make Way for Youth podcast. They discuss their reflections and wins from 2024, including the launch of this podcast, the ratification of the African Disability Protocol and growth in meaningful youth engagement in SRHR spaces. They also express their hopes and dreams for 2025, despite the drawbacks in SRHR access and funding.
19 Mar 2025
Kenyan Reproductive Health Policy
We’re joined by Lilian Muchoki, a renowned sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocate working with TICAH (Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health), to discuss the Kenyan Reproductive Health Policy. We discuss the contentious issues surrounding the policy such as limited public participation during its inception and other barriers that would prevent young people accessing SRHR.
29 Jan 2025
African Disability Protocol
Have you heard about the ‘Africa Disability Protocol'? Tune into episode seven with experts, Irene Ngolo from Cheshire Disability Services Kenya and Daphne Visser from Liliane Fonds, to learn all about the Protocol and why its ratification is important, especially for persons with disabilities. You will also learn about the different cultural perspectives and stigma facing persons with disabilities in Africa and actionable ways to support the disability justice movement.
16 Dec 2024
Power to Youth
Chris Matagaro, Emmanuel Barare, and Myria Koutsoumpa discuss how meaningful youth participation can be achieved through funding, capacity building, and opportunities for advocacy, empowering young voices to drive lasting change.
16 Oct 2024
Nothing for us, without us!
In episode five, we are joined by Wanjiku S. Thiga, a young aspiring politician and mobilizer, and Shillah Ukumbini Salim, Cabinet Secretary for Health in Kilifi County Youth Assembly. Together, we reflect on the recent youth-led #RejectFinanceBill 2024 protests in Kenya and the importance of youth advocating for their rights. We also speak about how to be safe online as advocates, as well as sustainable development for health in a shrinking civil society space in Africa.
29 Aug 2024
Life in Abundance
In episode four, we speak with Reverend Godfrey Adera, a priest and theologian ordained in the Anglican Church of Kenya, and currently a programme assistant for the Make Way Programme at The Circle of Concerned Women Theologians. Together, we explore the role of religion in sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and discuss how religious texts can be interpreted in light of people's lived experiences.
7 Aug 2024
Leave No One Behind 2
In episode three, we continue the conversation from the previous episode to discuss the key strengths and challenges when implementing intersectionality into SRHR advocacy and programming work, as well as the role that youth can play in applying intersectionality. We are joined by returning guest Steven Jethro Phiri, programme officer at the Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD). Tune in!
7 Aug 2024
Leave No One Behind - Part II
In episode three, we continue the conversation from the previous episode to discuss the key strengths and challenges when implementing intersectionality into SRHR advocacy and programming work, as well as the role that youth can play in applying intersectionality. We are joined by returning guest Steven Jethro Phiri, programme officer at the Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD). Tune in!
27 Jun 2024
Leave No One Behind
In episode two, we are joined by guest Steven Jethro Phiri, programme officer at the Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD). Together, we discuss the importance of applying intersectionality to advocacy and programming work to ensure everyone can realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
27 Jun 2024
Leave No One Behind - Part I
In episode two, we are joined by guest Steven Jethro Phiri, programme officer at the Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD). Together, we discuss the importance of applying intersectionality to advocacy and programming work to ensure everyone can realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
16 May 2024
Get to Know the Co-hosts!
We are excited to launch the Make Way for Youth podcast! Our first episode introduces the podcast’s co-hosts, Bertha, Vilda, and Warindi. The co-hosts share their work in intersectional sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocacy, stories on what empowered them to be young SRHR advocates and tease upcoming episodes.
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Thelma Malambo
Mwenya Yambayamba
Angela Kioko
Sylvester Otieno Adhaya
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