Power To Youth

Duration: July, 2021 to December, 2025
Location: Northern Region, North East Region and Savannah Region

Partner: Norsaac (Lead), GH Alliance with funding from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Description
The Power to Youth Programme is set to drive changes in how Adolescent Girls and Young Women are engaged in decision making using a human rights-based approach.
The programme is implemented in seven different countries namely; Ghana, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda. It is implemented by four partners Norsaac (Country Lead), Youth Advocates Ghana, Ghana SRHR Alliance for Young People (GH Alliance) and Songtaba.
Based on the context of the implementing areas, the Ghana Power to You(th) programme focuses on the following key topics: teenage pregnancy; child marriage; SGBV, kayayei (girls head porters); adolescent economic empowerment; gender job stereotyping; unpaid care work; gender transformative families, communities, and governance systems; Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting, child neglect and Unprotected sex.
Objective
To enhance meaningful youth participation, partnership and southern leadership. The programme helps builds the adolescent girls and young women on three key issues namely; harmful practices, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) and unintended pregnancies.

Pathways

  • Pathway 1: Young people demand accountability and responsiveness on key issues (Strengthening young people to claim civic space)

  • Pathway 2: CSOs amplify young peoples voices to claim, protect and expand civic space (Strengthening Civil Society)

  • Pathway 3: Societal actors support and promote youth rights and progressive social norms (Changing social norms)

  • Pathway 4: State actors improve policymaking and implementation on key issues (improving policies and policy implementation).

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