Adolescent Girls’ Advocacy Network – Liberia

AGANET Liberia is a vibrant network of agencies and individuals working together to conduct national advocacy activities for the protection of the rights of girls and to ensure that the Government of Liberia increases its commitment to meeting the socio-economic needs and wellbeing of this vulnerable and often overlooked sub-population.

Aiding Disadvantaged Girls and Women | ADWANGA

ADWANGA conducts advocacy programs to end gender-based violence, promote women’s rights, and encourage civic and political participation. Advocacy efforts target the Girls’ Education Policy which mandates provision of safe spaces for girls. The group also promotes girls’ education via allocation of scholarships and provides business support for women living with disabilities (WLWDs).

OSAR JALAPA

OSAR JALAPA / Colectivo Joven: Their strategy is to build partnerships between community-based organizations, and to encourage the active participation of young women in public forums and dialogues with key decision makers and health providers so that experience sharing, empathy and considering youths’ proposals lead to changes in personnel training to provide the highest quality comprehensive local health services for … Read More

Youth Have the Power

Rise Up’s Youth Champions Initiative (YCI) believes in the power of youth. In this video, YCI Youth Champions make their voices heard.

UDIMUF

UDIMUF’s project goal is to reduce levels of gender-based violence and impunity in the adolescent population of the municipality of La Ceiba. The project aims to increase the knowledge of adolescents ages 10 to 20 about gender-based violence so that they are able to protect themselves and those around them. These youth will then engage health providers and the justice … Read More

YAAXCHE

YAAXCHE’s project advocates with authorities in the town of Corozal to assign a municipal budget that will give approximately 150 adolescent girls the means and capacity to start and manage small community projects and businesses.  This budget will provide the economic means to help them free their families from poverty.

Paz y Justicia

Paz y Justicia’s project aims to influence the municipal government and key players in the community as well as government agencies in La Ceiba so that they implement actions under the national policy ENAPREAH (National Strategy for Teen Pregnancy Prevention of Honduras). The project’s ultimate goal is to help reduce teen pregnancy through advocacy, youth education, and empowerment in the … Read More

Youth Empowerment Organization (OYE)

Youth Empowerment Organization (OYE) empowers thirty adolescent girls who advocate with the Department of Education in El Progreso to ensure the correct implementation of the comprehensive sexual education curriculum, “Taking Care of Myself and My Life.” The project also monitors and evaluates schools and teachers following the curriculum guides.

Young Women Christian Association (YWCA)

YWCA advocates at the municipal level at Valle de los Angeles in Honduras for a youth entrepreneurship policy that will require high schools to train more than 1,000 adolescent girls on technical skills. Through this new initiative, girls will increase their empowerment and access to economic opportunities.