WUSC: Global Education & Economic Solutions for Youth & Refugees

For 18-year-old Djélà, walking into a health centre once felt unthinkable. Like many girls in her community, she kept her questions about Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) to herself. “I was afraid of being judged, and I thought these places were only for sick people,” she recalls.

In Côte d’Ivoire, cultural norms and social stigma have long helped maintain a cu...