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Meet the Youth Reference Group 2026
Advocacy and Partnership Research Officer Youth SRHR in Côte d’Ivoire Founder Annihilate the Taboo Co-Executive Director Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Digital Communications Coordinator IPPF Head of Communications and Partnerships Nyanam Widows Rising Emerging Leader Women Deliver Advocacy Coordinator Healthy Learners Co-founder and Program Director YoSHAN (Youth-Led SRHR Advocacy Nepal) YIELD Hub Action…
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Meet Action Learning Online Community Members
Understanding the Intersection of Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): Impacts, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions This Action Learning Cycle will explore the intersection of climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), focusing on how climate-related crises are reshaping health, wellbeing, and access to essential services, particularly for women,…
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Meet Action Learning Cycle 14 Members
Understanding the Intersection of Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): Impacts, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions This Action Learning Cycle will explore the intersection of climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), focusing on how climate-related crises are reshaping health, wellbeing, and access to essential services, particularly for women,…
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Meet Action Learning Cycle 13 Members
This Action Learning Cycle will explore sustainable financing for youth-led organisations and the structural barriers that shape how youth-led work is funded, supported, and sustained. Together, participants will reflect on challenges across the funding ecosystem, share experiences and strategies, and explore collaborative approaches to building more equitable, trust-based, and resilient financing models for youth leadership…
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Meet Action Learning Cycle 12 Members
Defending Progress: Strengthening Solidarity and Collective Action in the Face of Funding Uncertainty and Rising Opposition to SRHRs This Action Learning Cycle will explore how youth-led organisations and movements are navigating growing funding uncertainty and rising opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Together, participants will reflect on shared challenges, exchange experiences and…
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How to Design a Roadmap for Youth Partnership in AYSRHR:A Conversation with Gift Kiti
Gift Kiti is the Manager, Tech Innovation for Impact at the Children’s Investment Foundation (CIFF). In this role, she leads strategic initiatives that leverage technology and innovation to drive scalable impact across CIFF sector missions. Prior to this, she spent three years as an Analyst in CIFF’s Evidence, Measurement and Evaluation team, where she supported…
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Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Youth Partnership: A Conversation with Lore Remmerie
Lore Remmerie is a 27-year-old PhD researcher working at the Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies (KU Leuven) in Belgium. She is a member of the YIELD Hub’s Theory of Change Working Group. Lore’s research is focused on understanding how participatory methods in research with young people can lead to meaningful outcomes.
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Youth Participation in Health: Tools, Guides, and Theories for Effective Engagement
Meaningful youth participation isn’t just a box to check—it leads to smarter solutions, stronger programs, and healthier communities. With tools like the Flower of Participation, guides for action, and clear theories of change, we can work together to ensure young people are not only heard but are leaders in shaping the future of health
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Understanding a Theory of Change
A theory of change is a simple but powerful way to connect the dots between what you do and the difference you hope to make. It’s there to guide, not to complicate. By keeping the process straightforward and open to everyone, organizations can make sure their good ideas turn into real, positive change.
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Meet Action Learning Cycle 11 Members
Understanding the Intersection of Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): Impacts, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions Climate change is not just an environmental issue—it is a profound justice issue that intersects with health, gender, and human rights. Young people, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries, face compounding vulnerabilities where the climate…
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Beyond Borders: My Journey as a Youth Advocate from the Global South
Traditionally, youth have been relegated to passive roles, viewed as recipients rather than architects of development, lacking equal rights compared to adults. Despite youth-led organisations’ relentless efforts to strive for meaningful and inclusive youth participation in SRHR, young people often find themselves marginalised and overlooked.
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Call for Applications: Action Learning Cycles 6-8
We use action learning to develop new and creative ways for adolescents and youth to get involved in SRHR. Action learning processes can help develop leaders, build teams, solve problems and transform institutions and processes. We invite funders, researchers, implementers, INGOs, and youth-led organisations to apply to join our action learning groups.
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Beyond Volunteerism: The Case for Equitable Compensation in Youth Work
In issues of injustice and disparities, young people are often celebrated for their zeal yet ironically left in the shadows when it comes to fair compensation for their work and advocacy efforts. Youth, especially from under-served and marginalised communities work tirelessly to champion the cause of equity and rights in field of Adolescent and Youth…
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Our Pivotal Presence at the UN General Assembly: A Recap
The YIELD Hub, represented by our Director, David Imbago-Jácome, and Richard Dzikunu, the Action Learning Groups Lead, marked a significant milestone by participating in the recently concluded UN General Assembly for the first time. Our primary objective was clear: to amplify the importance youth partnership in global health, especially in the realm of adolescent and…
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Aging Up, Not Out!: Youth Transition in the SRHR field
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Beyond Tokenism: addressing privilege in the recruitment of young leaders in SRHR
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Leading A Global Classroom: The YIELD Hub’s Impact in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
This is a reflective piece from Lore Remmerie, a Master’s student who spent a few months as a research intern with the YIELD Hub team. Lore attended our 2nd Action Learning Cycle representing Rutgers. During this time, she also had the opportunity to learn how the YIELD Hub creates an authentic and open learning environment…
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Beyond the Basics: Transforming How We Measure and Improve the Quality of SRH Services for Youth
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THE YIELD HUB AT WOMEN DELIVER 2023!
From 17th – 21st July, delegates from all over the world converged in Kigali, Rwanda for the biggest conference on gender equality; Women Deliver 2023. Armed with key messages and promotional materials, we immersed ourselves in the conference’s exciting atmosphere. As sponsors of the conference, we were eager to share our learnings from the past…
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Meet the Action Learning Online Community
This year, the YIELD Hub is running three concurrent Action Learning groups covering the below topics; Due to an overwhelming amount of interest in these topics from organisations all over the world, we extended our Action Learning Groups to include an online community of over 60 organisations who will take the journey alongside the core group. The Action…
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Meet our 5th Action Learning Cycle Group Members
Compensating young people is not only a matter of equity but touches on the power dynamics, privilege, and inequality that exist when working with youth. Youth advocates and volunteers are often those who can afford to engage in unpaid roles, with those in underserved, less privileged positions and communities left behind. Compared to adult allies…
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Meet our 4th Action Learning Cycle Group Members
Stakeholders and organisations within the AYSRHR must have a broader view and perspective of what youth participation is about. That is, understanding that youth participation is not only about engaging young people as partners or leaders but necessarily develops from a broad, foundational base, including providing relevant skills (capabilities) and opportunities to apply them (agency).…
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Meet our 3rd Action Learning Cycle Group Members
At the YIELD Hub, we believe that for youth partnerships to be effective, meaningful, and representative of all young people, stakeholders within the Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AYSRHR) field must be willing to identify and engage youth in all their diversity in AYSRHR efforts. This requires the intentional recruitment of…
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Reclaiming the Power: Strengthening youth partnership in SRHR
At the heart of Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR) is the idea that everyone has the right to make decisions about their own body and health. This includes young people who are often overlooked or excluded from conversations about SRHR. Yet, young people are the most affected by SRHR issues. Fortunately, we have an…
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Call for Applications: Action Learning Groups
The YIELD Hub increases young people’s partnership in AYSRHR by facilitating cross-stakeholder action learning processes and influencing norm change. We offer a unique space and approach for committed stakeholders to come together to learn, share and align for normative change. – Action learning groups tor – We use action learning to develop new and creative…
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The YIELD Hub at the International Conference of Family Planning
Having launched only a few months ago, you can only imagine how excited we were for #ICFP2022. Key messages in tow, we were eager to consolidate our place in the Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) space at this year’s biggest family planning conference. Ready to get our message out to…
