Partners for Sexual Health

**Who PSH is:** Partners in Sexual Health (PSH) is a youth-serving non-profit organisation that provides and advocates for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services — including HIV/AIDS and **Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Support** — to women, men, and particularly adolescents and youth. PSH works across four areas: 1. **Prevention** — SRHR and HIV/AIDS prevention; GBV prevention 2. **Treatment, Care and Support** — services for those affected by HIV/AIDS, STIs, and GBV 3. **Research, Monitoring and Evaluation** — evidence generation for the SRHR and GBV sector 4. **Advocacy and Lobbying for SRHR including HIV/AIDS** — policy change, rights-based advocacy **Active projects and programmes:** **1. Common Good Youth SRHR Project (Social Employment Fund)** PSH's flagship current initiative — funded by the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) Social Employment Fund (SEF). Provides **2,000 young people** with employment and skills/capacity-building training while equipping them to drive positive social change in their communities around SRHR, HIV/AIDS, and GBV. Active in Cape Town and surrounding areas (including Beaufort West — confirmed Stories of Change feature). Beneficiaries are trained as SRHR and GBV awareness ambassadors in their communities. **2. Siyakwazi Youth Network** A youth-led SRHR network — "Siyakwazi" means "We Know" (isiZulu/isiXhosa). The network empowers young people to understand their SRHR rights, make informed decisions, and advocate for themselves and their communities. Social media presence via @siyakwaziyouthnetwork (Instagram). **3. Because We Can (BWC) Movement for Youth-Led Organisations** A capacity-building initiative supporting youth-led organisations to grow their impact in SRHR and GBV. PSH trains and mentors youth organisations in the BWC movement. **4. PSH Radio** Online radio platform (psh.org.za/pshradio) — broadcasting SRHR and GBV education, awareness, and youth programming; extending PSH's reach beyond physical offices. **GBV relevance:** PSH is explicitly a GBV prevention and support organisation within the SRHR framework. Its work directly addresses the intersections of HIV, sexual health, and GBV for young people — a population that is both highly vulnerable to GBV and often has the least access to information and services. PSH provides: - GBV awareness and prevention education for youth - Information and referral for GBV survivors - Training of youth as GBV community ambassadors - Advocacy for youth-friendly GBV and SRHR services - Support through the Siyakwazi Youth Network and Common Good project participants