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The Intersectional Community Scorecard explained The Intersectional Community Scorecard (ICSC) empowers marginalised young people to advocate for their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) by bridging the critical gap between their unique needs and existing health services. Young people face diverse challenges based on intersecting factors such as gender, age, ability, socioeconomic status and geographic location. These overlapping vulnerabilities often mean vital SRH services remain inaccessible, leading to increased rates of unintended pregnancies, STIs, unsafe abortions and limited access to comprehensive information. The ICSC works by enabling youth to connect with health service providers and assess, score and improve the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of local SRH services—ensuring no one is left behind. Developed by VSO under the Make Way programme, this resource is part of a comprehensive intersectional advocacy toolkit for SRHR. Download the full tool at: https://www.make-way.org/toolkit/the-intersectional-community-scorecard/ Explore the complete toolkit: https://www.make-way.org/toolkit/ For more information on this particular tool, please contact: enquiry@vsoint.org or visit https://www.vsointernational.org/

🎬 Learn how the Intersectional Community Scorecard supports marginalized youth to hold health systems accountable and push for inclusive, accessible #SRHR services.

🎥 Watch the explainer video here: bit.ly/4bilnGa
#MakeWay

💉🏭🌍 Sustainable regional production of medical products means production in the region, but also for and by the region.

Funders of regional production should focus on supporting local manufacturers.

Learn more? Read our article for #ThinkGlobalHealth 👉 www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...

In an article for @euobserver.com, director @mariellebemelmans.bsky.social called on EU Commissioner for Health & Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, to end countries' competition for each other’s health workers and spearhead action to solve the health workforce crisis: euobserver.com/eu-political...

I presented the @wemos.org & @hai-org.bsky.social report on advancing pharmaceutical market #transparency at the Utrecht Summer School.💡 The gist: transparency fosters trust, #affordability, collaboration & collective insight.🤝 Thanks for having me!
Read more here: www.wemos.org/en/new-repor...

To achieve true impact, we work across sectors and countries, collaborating with our global allies.

For example, with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, we successfully influenced the content of the UN Political Declaration on universal health coverage 👉 www.wemos.org/en/impact/pu...

How can 4 billionaires hold more wealth than 750 million people?

A rigged system, tax injustice, and declining public investments are fueling a silent crisis across the continent.

Find out more: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

In 2023, we brought together powerful queer African voices to discuss how to decolonize the narrative around queerness(es) and power.

🎥 Watch the full panel discussion here: bit.ly/4f3kTFR
📚 Bonus: our Queer Africa Reading List

#MakeWay #decolonization

🌍💡 Hoeveel weet jij eigenlijk over ontwikkelingssamenwerking?

Test je kennis met onze quiz. Doe mee en daag je vrienden uit! Samen laten we zien dat #OntwikkelingWerkt 👉https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/269BFYX

#quiz #ontwikkelingssamenwerking #wereldburgers

💊💰 Waarom zijn nieuwe medicijnen zo extreem duur en hoe kunnen we zorgen voor eerlijke prijzen? In deze video leggen we het uit in minder dan 2 minuten.

👉 Blijf op de hoogte van de laatste ontwikkelingen op dit thema in onze LinkedIn-groep: www.linkedin.com/groups/12860...

#medicijnenvooriedereen

📰 Our July newsletter is out!

It has been an eventful period, with a meeting with among others experts and policymakers about increasing transparency in the pharmaceutical sector in the Netherlands, our attendance at #FfD4, and more.

Read more ➡️ stichtingwemos.activehosted.com/social/3ef81...

From left to right: Make Way youth representatives Elizabeth Warindi and Vilda Atieno standing and holding two signs. Warindi’s sign says: ‘Bodily autonomy should be a basic legal right’, and Vilda’s sign says: ‘We will never stop fighting for our reproductive rights.’

#MakeWay youth representatives Elizabeth Warindi and Vilda Atieno attended the 8th Reproductive Health Network Kenya Adolescents and Youth Conference. Engaging young people in matters that affect them, and the importance of health financing, are some takeaways ⬇️

www.make-way.org/reproductive...

💊💰 Mag een farmaceut buitensporige prijzen voor medicijnen vragen en zo het zorgstelsel op onnodig hoge kosten jagen?

Helaas geeft de rechtbank om procedurele redenen geen inhoudelijk oordeel in de zaak tegen farmaceut AbbVie.

👉 Wetgeving is nodig.

Lees: farmaterverantwoording.nl/2025/07/09/r...

The Intersectional Community Scorecard explained The Intersectional Community Scorecard (ICSC) empowers marginalised young people to advocate for their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) by bridging the critical gap between their unique needs and existing health services. Young people face diverse challenges based on intersecting factors such as gender, age, ability, socioeconomic status and geographic location. These overlapping vulnerabilities often mean vital SRH services remain inaccessible, leading to increased rates of unintended pregnancies, STIs, unsafe abortions and limited access to comprehensive information. The ICSC works by enabling youth to connect with health service providers and assess, score and improve the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of local SRH services—ensuring no one is left behind. Developed by VSO under the Make Way programme, this resource is part of a comprehensive intersectional advocacy toolkit for SRHR. Download the full tool at: https://www.make-way.org/toolkit/the-intersectional-community-scorecard/ Explore the complete toolkit: https://www.make-way.org/toolkit/ For more information on this particular tool, please contact: enquiry@vsoint.org or visit https://www.vsointernational.org/

🎥 Video is out: discover the Intersectional Community Scorecard, a tool that empowers marginalised youth to hold health systems accountable for inclusive #SRHR services.

Watch the full explainer video here: bit.ly/4bilnGa
#MakeWay

Director @mariellebemelmans.bsky.social & @barbarafienieg.bsky.social were at the 4th Finance for Development (#FfD4) Conference in Seville. They contributed to the Civil Society Declaration and shared our viewpoints on health financing with a.o. EU parliamentarians.

👉 www.wemos.org/en/wemos-at-...

Maandag was het debat over de toekomstige Nederlandse inzet op ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Positief:

➡️ motie voor herstel link budget en economische groei
➡️ oproep steun mondiale gezondheidsinitiatieven

Nederlandse steun is essentieel voor een gezonde, stabiele en veilige wereld voor ons allemaal.🌍

socially responsible licensing to increase access to medicines How can we increase access and affordability of health products in low- and middle-income countries, when research was publicly funded?

💊 How can socially responsible licensing increase access and affordability of medicines in low- and middle-income countries, when research was done with public funding at Dutch universities?

Read about the meeting with Ministry of Health and several stakeholders: www.wemos.org/en/can-socia...

Plaatje met de tekst: Vandaag vieren we Keti Koti. Een dag om stil te staan bij het essentiële recht van ieder mens om te leven in vrijheid. Met erkenning van het verleden en het streven naar een eerlijke en gelijkwaardige toekomst voor iedereen.

#KetiKoti

Mariëlle and Barbara smiling to the camera on the streets, during the march

A lot of people with signs in the streets during the march

People with signs saying Tax the super rich and Cancel debt

People in the street during the march with a big globe with the words: Fix it for real

At the 4th Finance for Development conference
@barbarafienieg.bsky.social and @mariellebemelmans.bsky.social joined a march to raise attention for tax and debt justice and the role of the health community -> Health systems require public financing. 💰 👩‍⚕️ 🏥

#FfD4 #FfD4People #TaxJustice #DebtRelief

Opinie: Farmaceuten kunnen vragen wat ze willen, dát is het probleem Medicijnen zijn in Nederland vaak absurd duur. Ella Weggen, expert geneesmiddelenbeleid, ziet dat andere landen daar veel meer tegen doen. Leer daarvan, schrijft ze.

In een opiniestuk voor @trouw.nl pleit @ellaweggen.bsky.social van Wemos voor actie voor meer #transparantie in de farmaceutische sector.

Gebrek aan transparantie leidt tot extreme prijzen van nieuwe medicijnen, die zwaar drukken op het zorgbudget.

🔗Lees het stuk: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

YouTube video by Wemos Gezondheid boven geld: medicijnen voor iedereen

💊💰 Hoe duur zijn nieuwe #medicijnen en wat vinden mensen daarvan? Twee jaar geleden ging @roelmaalderink.bsky.social voor ons de straat op als Mark van Katjing Farma om de nieuwe producten van zijn bedrijf te promoten. De reacties op de hoge prijzen zeggen genoeg...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrnq...

💊💰 Burgers spreken zich uit tegen buitensporige prijzen van nieuwe #medicijnen.

Het burgerplatform over dure geneesmiddelen wil:
1️⃣ grenzen aan onredelijke prijzen
2️⃣ transparantie van farmaceuten

🔗 Lees het rapport: www.radboudumc.nl/projecten/bu...

@radboudumc.bsky.social

🎙️ New Podcast: Make Way for Youth – Ep. 2! Hear from Thelma and Mwenya in Zambia on how #MakeWay is driving inclusive #SRHR change.
#MakeWayForYouth #Podcast

🎧 Tune in: youtu.be/utCh7E-zjRk

The #FfD4 outcome was adopted early and in weakened form - but the push for equitable development isn't over. Our Q&A unpacks what’s at stake for global finance, debt and public services.

👉 Read more: www.wemos.org/en/fourth-in...

#GlobalHealth #DebtJustice #TaxJustice

🔎💊💰 Wat kan Nederland doen om transparantie in de farmaceutische sector te bevorderen?

🎯 Om deze vraag te beantwoorden, brachten we experts & beleidsmakers samen in @nieuwspoort.bsky.social.

🙏 Dank aan alle deelnemers voor de actieve uitwisseling!

📽️ Bekijk de Zoom-opname: youtu.be/znd6oahIrhg

🎉 Take a look back with us: our year overview 2024 showcases last year's milestones.

Especially now, in a time of global unrest, our work is more urgent than ever. Building resilient health systems is essential for healthy and thriving societies.

🔗Read more: www.wemos.org/yearoverview2024

🧐Want to know how global decisions impact people’s access to health – and what we are doing about it? Subscribe to our #newsletter for real stories, expert insights, and updates on our work to make #health systems fairer and stronger for everyone, everywhere.
🔗 www.wemos.org/en/newsletter/

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (2023) is not just a policy - it’s a direct threat to the rights, health, and lives of #LBQ womxn.

This new report uncovers the real impact - and the resistance ⬇️
faruganda.org/wp-content/u...

#SRHR

New advocacy brief asks EU leaders to support fair financing for health and development at FfD4 - Wemos In a new advocacy brief, Wemos urges European governments to support fair, systemic reforms in global finance as they prepare for the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4...

🔊 New brief! Ahead of the fourth Financing for Development Conference #FfD4, we ask EU leaders to support fair and systemic reforms in global finance - so that all countries can invest in strong #publichealth systems and deliver on the #SDGs.

👉 Read now and share: www.wemos.org/en/new-advoc...

❤️‍🔥 Indrukwekkend en hoopvol: een overweldigende massa van 150.000 mensen trok gisteren een rode lijn in Den Haag!

Een krachtige oproep aan het (demissionaire) kabinet-Schoof om eindelijk in actie te komen om de genocide in Gaza te stoppen.

#RodeLijn #DenHaag #HealthForAll

🪧 Zien we jou (opnieuw) in Den Haag op 15 juni om een rode lijn te trekken?

Actie is nu nodig. Dagelijks sterven mensen in Gaza door hongersnood en gebrek aan medicijnen en gezondheidszorg.

📅 zon. 15 juni, 13.00 uur
📍 Malieveld, Den Haag
❗ Rode kleding

Aanmelden: www.oxfamnovib.nl/rode-lijn