Global Consensus Statement on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement

7 August 2020
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Introduction

Young people sitting together
Office of the Secretary General's Envoy on Youth

The Global Consensus Statement on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement is a joint effort spearheaded by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), the International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP), and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH).

To date, more than 200 organizations have committed to advance meaningful adolescent and youth engagement by endorsing the Global Consensus Statement! This commitment also requires annual reporting on efforts, challenges, and lessons to MAYE through the Accountability System.

The Global Consensus Statement story

The Global Consensus Statement was developed in 2018 through a series of consultations. Approximately 30 youth-led and youth-serving organizations from all over the world provided recommendations and participated in different milestones of its drafting process.

The Global Consensus Statement was launched during the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in November 2018 and at the PMNCH’s Partners Forum in December 2018.

To assess how endorsing organizations are addressing and enhancing their MAYE practices an Accountability System and a Steering Committee were established. Both will facilitate the reporting process of the Global Consensus Statement.

In June 2020, the first Reporting survey was developed and shared with our community of signatories! We look forward to sharing a summary report with the findings in the coming months!

Signatories

 

Abra Youth Organizations Society;
Action for Improvement of Food for Child and Mother/AFICM;
ACTION HEALTH INCORPORATED;
Active Voices for Sustainable Development Initiative (Active Voices);
Adele Reproductive Health Foundation;
Advocacy.Tv;
Advocates for Youth;
Africa Rise Foundation;
African Development and Empowerment Foundation;
African Women's Development and Communications Network;
Afrihealth Optonet Association;
AfriYAN ESA;
AfyaElimu CBO;
AIHMS-Global;
Alcohol Policy Youth Network;
Aliansi Remaja Independen;
Alliance Nationale des Jeunes pour la Sante de la reproduction et la Planification Familiale;
Allied Youth Initiative - Uganda;
APESSA BENIN;
Asociación Pro Bienestar de la Familia Colombiana- Profamilia;
Association des Acteurs de Développement (ADEV);
Association for the Advancement of Family Planning;
Association of Mothers and Newborns (AMAN);
Association YOUTHLEAD;
ATHENA;
Baithak - Challenging Taboos;
Bangladesh Model Youth Parliament;
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication;
Beauty without Irony/Designers against AIDS;
Bella Foundation for Child and Maternal Care;
Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health;
By Ntha Media;
Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health;
Capacity Development International;
CARE INTERNATIONAL IN KENYA;
CARE International in Rwanda;
Care Nepal;
CARE USA;
Centre for Community and Youth Development;
Centre For Economic Empowerment Uganda;
centre for the study of Adolescence;
Child Aid Development Foundation International;
Child Watch;
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF);
CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality;
CILSIDA;
COMMUNITY AND FAMILY AID FOUNDATION-GHANA;
Community CarevFoundation-Uganda (CCFU);
Community Health Alliance Uganda;
Community Health Boosters;
Community Initiative for Social Empowerment (CISE);
Copper Rose Zambia;
CORE Group;
county youth and adolescents network(CYAN KENYA);
CSYM HUDUMA-ECD MN (Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry);
CYI.org;
DEBOUT FILLE;
Dels Foundation;
Development Communications Network;
Development Initiative for Community Enhancement (DICE);
Development Initiative Network;
Dole Ndawi;
Dot Youth Zimbabwe;
Dr. Purabi's Help Desk;
DSW;
Dzoole Youth Agribusiness and Value Chains;
Educating Girls and Young Women for Development;
Education as a Vaccine;
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation;
EngenderHealth;
Enhancing Communities Action for Peace and Better Health Initiative (e-CAPH);
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE;
Family Planning 2020;
Federation of Reproductive Health Association Malaysia;
Female Sexual And Reproductive Health Network Pakistan;
FONDATION SOLIDARITE FAMILIALE, FOSOF;
Forum for AIDS Counseling and Training(FACT);
Forum for Family Planning and Development, Inc;
Foundation for Sustainable Health Promotion and Development (FOSHPAD);
Gift a girl child initiative;
Girls Not Brides Malawi;
Girls of A Feather St. Lucai;
Global Girls Hub Initiative;
Go For Impact Today-GFIT;
GOJoven International;
Golomoti Active AIDS Support Organization(GASO);
GROUPEMENT DES FEMMES VIVANT AVEC LE VIH, GFV-VIH;
GVP-MASAR/RDC;
HACEY Health Initiative;
Haiti Adolescent Girls Network;
HEALTH ALERT-SIERRA LEONE;
Health Development Consultancy Services - (HEDECS);
Health Development Initiative;
Health E chat mobile app;
Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON);
HealthcommunicatorsNG;
Helen Keller International;
Hope Assured Foundation;
Hope Centre for Children, Girls and Women in Tanzania;
HRIDAY;
Human Touch Foundation;
ICASO;
Impact Health Organisation;
Infimas Pvt Ltd;
Initiative for Global Empathy;
Inspie Before You Expire Global Foundation;
Institute for Youth Participation, Health and Sustainable Development;
International AIDS Society;
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW);
International Federation of Medical Students' Associations;
International Pediatric Association;
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF);
International Youth Alliance for Family Planning;
International Youth Council Pilipinas Inc;
International Youth Council-Nigeria;
INT'L CENTRE FOR WOMAN EMPOWERMENT & CHILD DEV;
IntraHealth International;
Ipas;
Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network;
Jhpiego;
John Snow, Inc;
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS);
KANCO;
Kano Budget Working Group;
Key populations Uganda;
KINDLE LIBERIA INC;
Knit Together Initiative (KTI);
 Lending Hands;
Liberia Association of Volunteers;
Liberia Prevention of Maternal Mortality (LPMM);
Liberia Youth for Peace And Development Inc;
Make Mothers Matter (MMM);
MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child;
Marie Stopes International;
Marijàn | Feminist Organization;
MenEngage Africa;
MenEngage Alliance Global Secretariat;
Mentes jóvenes;
Michael Adedotun Oke Foundation;
MoHCC;
Most at Risk Young Mothers & Teenage Girls Living with HIV Initiative(MOYOTE);
Mouvement d'Action des Jeunes;
Mtandile Youth lnitiative for Development;
Muhammad's Partnership For Development;
Muslim Family Counselling Services;
Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre;
National Committee for Maternal and Neonatal Health (NCMNH);
NCD Child;
Network for Adolescent and Youth of Africa;
News Hour;
Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative;
Nivi, Inc;
NORSAAC-Ghana;
Opportunity for the Victorian Children Initiative;
Organisation For Health in Sustainable Development (OHISD);
Paaneah Foundation;
Paediatric- Adolescent Treatment in Africa;
Pagbi Mini Bipola Lebgimsim Association;
PAI;
Pathfinder International;
Pathways Policy Institute (PPI);
PHARMACEUTICAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF LIBERIA;
Philippine NGO Council on Population Health and Welfare (PNGOC);
Philippine Society of SRH Nurses Inc;
Planned Parenthood Global;
Population Foundation of India;
Population Services International;
Positively UK;
Public Health Ambassadors Uganda;
Public Health Initiative Libeeria;
RABèJ/SD;
Raha Initiative;
RNW Media;
RTM International;
Santé Mobile - Projet Serviettes SantéVie;
Save the Planet;
SDGs Interacttors;
SERAC-Bangladesh;
Serving Humanity with Affection, Love and an Open Mind (SHALOM, Inc);
Slum and Rural Health Initiative;
Smiles Africa International Youth Development Initiative;
Society for Adolescent and Young People's Health in Nigeria (SAYPHIN);
Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN);
SOLIDARITE DES JEUNES FILLES POUR L'EDUCATION ET L'INTEGRATION SOCIOPROFESSIONNELLE, SOJFEP;
Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral;
Somali Women Development Centre;
SOS FEMMES DE CONCESSIONS MINIERES, SOS FICOM;
SOS SEXUALITE POUR TOUS;
Stretchers Youth Organization;
Strong Enough Girls' Empowerment Initiative (SEGEI);
STUDENTS NETWORK FOR PROGRESS;
SUN CSA KENYA;
Talent Youth Association;
TANZANIA PEACE AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTRE;
The PACT;
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health;
The Peer Project, South Sudan;
The Telescope Journalistic Media;
THE TELESCOPE JOURNALISTIC MEDIA INTERNATIONAL;
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa;
The Wellbeing Initiative;
To Be or Not To Be Organization (2b org);
TWO HANDS ONE LIFE;
Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF);
UNFPA;
UNICEF;
United Funding and Development for Underage Mothers (UFDUM);
Universoty of Nairobi;
UNN YOUTH FRIENDLY RESOURCE CENTRE;
Village Reach;
Vise Chairperson - Livelihood Relief & Development Organization;
Visionary Foundation Pakistan;
Visual Hearing Impairment Membership Association;
#WhatGirlsWant Campaign;
wellbeing for women;
Wellbeing Foundation Africa;
West African Academy of Public Health;
Women and youth Empowerment in Health and Development (WAYEHD);
Women and Youth Support Forum;
Women Deliver;
Women Volunteers for Peace;
Women's Plans Foundation;
World Education, Inc;
World Health Organization;
World Vasectomy Day, Inc;
World Vision International;
Y Coalition, Dhaka-Bangladesh;
YLabs;
YouAct - European Youth Network on Sexual and Reproductive Rights;
Youth 2 Youth;
Youth Accountability and Strategy network (YAS! Network);
Youth Action for Rural Development in Liberia;
Youth active for education and integration (JAIE);
Youth Advocacy Network (YAN);
Youth Alive! Kenya;
YOUTH ALLIANCE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH-DRC;
Youth Aspire Development Trust;
Youth Association for Development;
Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights;
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIO -ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;
Youth Empowerment for Sustainability;
Youth Engage;
Youth Gate Foundation Zimbabwe;
Youth Health Organization;
Youth Network for Reform (YONER Liberia);
Youth Network No Excuse Slovenia;
Youth Nexus;
Y-PEER.