Advocating for change for Adolescents! A Practical Toolkit for Young people to Advocate for Improved Health and Wellbeing

About the toolkit

Developed by young people, for young people, this toolkit provides guidance to youth networks on the design, implementation, and monitoring of an effective national advocacy action roadmap on adolescent health and wellbeing. It aims to encourage meaningfully engagement of youth and drive positive advocacy and accountability efforts to influence national health plans and policy processes.

Although it is designed with a youthful audience in mind, others who may be interested in using this toolkit include civil society groups, government departments, and anyone passionate about adolescent health and wellbeing and meaningful partnerships with key stakeholders including young people.

The adolescent advocacy toolkit was developed through a collaborative effort led by the Partnership, Women Delivers’ Young Leaders supported by consultations with members of the AY Constituency at country, regional and global levels, as well as technical partners and allies working on adolescent health and wellbeing.

Why the toolkit is important

Adolescents are a diverse group of people, all experiencing numerous life changes—physical, mental and social—that will affect their health and well-being for the rest of their lives. For this reason, strategic investments in adolescents’ health and well-being are critical interventions that can have a major impact. Such investments can: have economic and social benefits amounting to 10 times more than they cost, save 12.5 million lives, prevent more than 30 million unwanted pregnancies, and prevent widespread disability.1 Yet, despite compelling evidence of these benefits, adolescent health and well-being remains neglected in most countries, and, as a result, adolescence remains a life period when many face great risks.

1 Sheehan, P., et al. (2017). Building the foundations for sustainable development: a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents. The Lancet. Retrieved from http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(17)30872-3.pdf

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Advocating for Change for Adolescents Toolkit is here! With interactive and practical exercises, resources and reference documents, this is a “how to” on creating a movement and making a change for better health and wellbeing of adolescents. bit.ly/AdolescentToolkit

Developed by young people, for young people the Advocating for Change for Adolescents Toolkit is a practical guide for in-country youth networks to design, implement, and monitor an effective national advocacy action roadmap on adolescent health and wellbeing. bit.ly/AdolescentToolkit

There are 1.2 billion adolescents in the world today yet few ever reach their full potential. It’s time to raise your voice, get heard and make a change with this new advocacy adolescent toolkit. bit.ly/AdolescentToolkit

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