Commitment title:

Policy and Program

Commitment description:

To advocate for policies and programs of action that raise awareness, mindset change to mitigate/reverse the widespread crisis of teenage pregnancies in African communities.

Based on successful experience of supporting leadership capacity building in advocacy for youth-led organizations, we commit to mobilize stakeholders to create and sustain networks and communities of practice in Africa for youth responsive programs

Mode of engagement:
  • Policy and guidance
    Advocacy
Commitment to be actioned in: Africa
Submitted from: Africa
Submitted by
African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation
Thematic area
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)
Commitment category

(4) Access for all adolescents and youth, especially girls, to comprehensive and age-responsive information, education and adolescent-friendly comprehensive, quality and timely services to be able to make free and informed decisions and choices about their sexuality and reproductive lives, to adequately protect themselves from unintended pregnancies, all forms of sexual and  gender-based violence and harmful practices, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, to facilitate a safe transition into adulthood.