The Guide

The Guide is launched – 30 March 2010!

Posted on April 6, 2010. Filed under: The Guide, Updates and News |

On Tuesday 30 March 2010 the Youth Participation Guide was launched at the Girl Hub within DFID on Palace Street. As a team, it was wonderful to finally reach this point and present to DFID staff (including the Minister Mike Foster) what we have all been working on for the last year and a half. [...]

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DFID Youth Mapping Study, 2007

Posted on January 27, 2010. Filed under: Part 3: Our process |

In 2007 DFID commissioned an international situational assessment of their work with and for youth. This was the catalyst for the Youth Guidacne Project. Please click here to view the DFID Youth-Mapping Study_Oct 2007.

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Process Evaluation of YGP

Posted on January 19, 2010. Filed under: Part 3: Our process |

As this project has been rather unusual – in its participatory approach to producing a Guide -  it was crucial that the YGP Team and partners were given the opportunity to reflect and learn from the process. Parts of the evaluation will be acknowledged in Part 3 of the Guide. We also hope that this [...]

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Focus Groups with young people: Review and uptake of the Guide

Posted on January 19, 2010. Filed under: Governance & Accountability, Part 3: Our process, Reflections and Questions, Updates and News |

In December 2009 and January 2010 the YGP Team (led by our Youth Participation Officers) conducted small focus groups in Nepal, Uganda and the UK. The aims being to: Raise awareness of the guide Elicit feedback on format and content from a youth perspective Generate ideas for next steps in maximising value of guide (uptake [...]

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Case Study # 20: Measuring Adolescent Empowerment

Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources |

1) Questions 2) ME Report Mainbody

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Case Study #18: Country Level Youth Indicators

Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under: Governance & Accountability, Part 2: Case studies and Resources |

1) Example indicators from the Commonwealth Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment Example youth Indicators 2) UNDESA on Youth Development Indicators: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/youthindicators1.htm

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Case Study # 17: Launching a Youth Led Partner

Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under: Governance & Accountability, Part 2: Case studies and Resources |

1) JYAN Advocacy Toolkit: see  http://blog.ygproject.org/2009/09/29/jyan-advocacy-toolkit/ 2) ‘Youth Led Organizations and SRHR’ (a step by step guide to establishing youth NGOs that goes wider than the SRHR sector): http://www.youthcoalition.org/site08/html/home_article.php?id_art=210andid_cat=1 3) Inter-American Development Bank: www.iadb.org 4) YEN/UNIDO/ILO/UNDP Youth-led Development Project in West Africa, see: www.mruyouthplatform.org

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Case Study # 14:SRHR Peer Education

Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, SRH & HIV |

1) Formative and vulnerability research that informs campaign strategies targeting young people: http://www.yeahuganda.org/research/formative.php 2) Order Y.E.A.H Men and HIV and AIDS manual for training peer educators: http://www.yeahuganda.org/participate/who.php 3) The Youth Guidance Project Sharing and Learning Network session in Uganda on SRHR http://blog.ygproject.org/2009/09/10/“we-all-recognize-the-importance-of-engaging-young-people-with-srh-and-hivaids-efforts-–-what-have-we-learned-so-far-about-how-to-do-this-effectively/

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Case Study # 13: SRHR mainstreaming into the Education Sector

Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, SRH & HIV |

1) Operations Research Toolkit http://www.popcouncil.org/Horizons/ORToolkit/index.htm 2) ‘FRONTIERS’ Programme Legacy findings:http://www.popcouncil.org/frontiers/Legacy/03Youth.htm 3) Multisectoral ARH Interventions: The Scale Up Process in Kenya and Senegal: http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/frontiers/pbriefs/PB13.pdf 4) UNFPA/EU Reproductive Health Imitative for Youth in Asia: http://www.asia-initiative.org/ 5) Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Education (UNAIDS 2008): http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41670andURL_DO=DO_TOPICandURL_SECTION=201.html

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Case Study # 11: Livelihoods of Displaced Youth

Posted on January 18, 2010. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, Post-Conflict Transitions |

1) Youth and Sustainable Livelihoods:Linking Vocational Training Programs to Market Opportunities in Northern Uganda’ http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/ug_ysl_rep.pdf 2) Women’s Refugee Commission Market Assessment Toolkit: http://blog.ygproject.org/2009/08/17/livelihoodsmarket-assessment-toolkit/mkt-assessment-toolkit_youth-livelihoods/ 3) ‘Untapped Potential: Displaced Youth’ http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/up_dy.pdf 4) ‘Right to Education during Displacement: A resource for organizations working with refugees and internally displaced persons’ was developed for international and local organizations, the United [...]

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