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Strengthening the right to health and the socio-economic right of young people and adolescents

Promote a social and legal environment favorable to the sexual and reproductive health rights of adolescents and young people (DSSRAJ) and the socio-economic rights of young people (DSE);
Priority Action 2

Education and health

Facilitate young people’s access to quality education and health services
Promoting quality teaching

Collaborate with our organization's Member States and other partners to ensure universal access to quality education; develop and deliver inclusive and quality teaching programs for young people, centered on pupils and students, part of a logic of continuous learning, of real interest for their future, meeting the social, economic and environmental needs of their community and promoting development and sustainable lifestyles;

Promote non-formal education

Support and improve youth policy frameworks for non-formal education and its role in developing the knowledge, skills and capabilities of young people;

Collaborate

Promote broad and genuine participation of young people in intergovernmental bodies, particularly those whose activities relate to the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular by providing solid and personalized support to our delegates and youth representatives in countries;

Support young people’s access to appropriate health care and healthy environments

Take into account the specificities of young people as part of the support provided by the Organization to strengthen public health systems and support universal health coverage taking into account the social determinants of health and well-being among young people;

Providing integrated sexual and reproductive health services adapted to young people in school and out-of-school settings

Guarantee young people's access to integrated sexual and reproductive health/STI/HIV/FP services adapted to their needs, within the broader context of universal health coverage;

Defending the rights of young people in matters of sexual and reproductive health

Leverage the capabilities of YOUNG LEADERS INTL ORGANIZATION FOR PEACE & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INC. in terms of awareness-raising, social mobilization and programming in order to advocate for strengthening young people's access to sexual and reproductive health services adapted to young people, in particular girls and young women and focused on their rights as well as to comprehensive sex education;

Priority Action 3

Economic empowerment of young people and decent work

Improving young people's access to decent work and productive employment
Supporting African States to honor their commitments

Accentuate efforts to ensure young people's access to decent work by relying on innovative, scalable and evidence-based solutions and forms of collaboration to achieve positive results for all, at scale. local and global, including in the most precarious situations, particularly in this period of COVID-19 pandemic crisis;

Promote the adoption of a balanced approach

Encourage governments and other partners to follow a balanced approach to stimulate demand for employment among young people and accelerate the improvement of vocational training systems, with the aim of facilitating professional integration and reducing the number of young people out of school and without employment or training, particularly among young women and disadvantaged youth;

Provide support and guidance

Help African States create environments favorable to young people in terms of employment, including self-employment, as well as to develop and monitor strategies to improve the quality and quantity of youth employment through, in particular , private investment, economic policies and labor market policies, vocational training, the transition to a formal economy, social protection, respect for the rights of young people in the professional environment and active participation young people;

Promote access to services and means of production

Allow young people entering the job market in an increasingly dynamic context to access integrated and adapted services and productive resources, such as land, financial, digital or technological resources, in environments as well urban than rural;

Encouraging a fair transition to a low-carbon green economy

Help African states strengthen the capacity of the green economy to create more quality professional prospects for young people in terms of remuneration and self-employment.