Updated January 2024
Onward is a religious leader and an advocate for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights. He leads MY-AGE (Masvingo Youth and Adolescence Group for Edutainment), a member organization of the COMPASS program.
Impact
Onward worked with religious leaders, bringing about their commitment to tolerance and ending stigma and discrimination of LGBTQ populations. He succeeded in integrating LGBTQ needs into Zimbabwe’s Adolescent Health Implementation Strategy. And, his engagement on the Global Fund writing team ensured KP issues were prioritized in the country’s concept note.
Media
- Religious Leaders Converge on Peace, Love and Tolerance — The Standard
- CAB-LA Game Changer for Closing the Leaks to New HIV Infections among Young People — Health Times
- Zimbabwe AVAC Fellow Wins BIG — Health Times
- LGBTI Community Engages Churches to End Hypocrisy — zimnow
Materials
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