YouthPower Learning

While YP2LE is closing, our commitment to meaningful and inclusive youth engagement is still strong. We are working on consolidating the YouthPower.org and YouthLead.org websites into a single, unified platform under the YouthLead name. Stay tuned for updates.

We would like to thank you for 5 years of unwavering support and commitment to #PYD. To continue learning about #PYD and meaningful and inclusive youth engagement activities follow us on @youthleadglobal.

Celebrate with us in the final episode of the #PYDLab. We’re marking 5 years of #YP2LE with insights from Project Director Lindsey Woolf, and young leaders Zunaira Ali and Kushal Naharki. Tune in for a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Listen now: ow.ly/uITB50TuoXP

Effective youth integration is critical to our work in the field of #DRG and peacebuilding. Care must be taken to ensure that when youth are engaged, it is done in a way that is conflict-, gender-, and trauma-sensitive. Learn more: ow.ly/gqNi50TrRZJ

YP2LE developed a toolkit that provides guidance and tools to help ensure that youth-focused gender analyses adequately capture young women’s constraints and opportunities. This toolkit builds the evidence base for market-driven skills for women and girls: ow.ly/TlbA50TpxG1

Explore our Toolkit “Youth and Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Programming: A Technical Guide” this #DemocracyDay. It offers insights for designing, managing, and evaluating #youth and #DRG-related programs across sectors. Find it here: ow.ly/ZS5f50Tncxc

On the UN Day for #SouthSouthCooperation, we celebrate fostering national well-being and self-reliance. Use the insights and tools from YP2LE to develop and implement youth programs in your community. Explore our top resources: ow.ly/Xwxl50ThygG

To honor #LiteracyDay, join us in exploring the evolving landscape of #DigitalLiteracy. In the #PYDLab, Steffon Lewis discusses ethical tech use, AI advancements, concerning trends, and balancing internet regulation with personal freedoms. Listen in: ow.ly/nMM150Thy3C

Photography can be a catalyst for change and a tool for development. In the latest episode of the #PYDLab, Bertha Lutome shares how photography captures community essence and spurs positive change. Listen now: youthpower.org/pydlab

The Youth-Focused Gender Analysis Toolkit by @YPLearning and @USAIDGender helps ensure economic-growth activities address the unique challenges young #women face. By bridging key barriers and knowledge gaps, it aims to empower young women economically. ow.ly/zk6k50T5kcK

Hemos preguntado a más de 200 jóvenes sobre los retos y oportunidades que enfrentan. Únete a nosotros el 9 de septiembre para la presentación de los resultados y recomendaciones de la Consulta Juvenil en Alta Verapaz, #Guatemala. Inscríbete ahora: ow.ly/EGB350T91bc

The Youth #DRG Toolkit shows how intersecting identities can lead to service denial and exclusion from political spaces, especially for young women. Let’s advocate for #inclusive policies to ensure all women have equal access to their rights. View it here: ow.ly/vGZ650T5klM

"This is the time to involve #youth. It shouldn't be a debate anymore. Right? We have the numbers. We have the skills. We have the lingua. We have the creativity." — Abimbola Ajala #YouthPartners

The Youth at the Forefront panel will highlight 5 years of #youth engagement under YP2LE. Hear from youth leaders from Indonesia, Tunisia, Haiti, and Nigeria about their vision for the future and the obstacles we need to overcome. #YouthPartners

"I believe that the standard of any development activity [is for #youth] to participate in decision making regarding their future." — Woody Juste #YouthPartners

"It is also important to design #inclusive programs that address physical, financial, and social barriers with marginalized #youth in co-creation processes that allow their perspectives to shape the solution effectively." — Rachida El Rhdioui #YouthPartners

“An enabling environment is not only great for speaking up, it's also great for knowing how to deal with that feedback.” - Nicola Chehade, YP2LE #YouthDay #YouthPartners

Sarah Sladen talks with Keisha Effiom, Nicola Chehade, and Zaira Lainez Carrasco about promoting youth integration and engagement across programs. Discover how @USAID is putting its #YouthPolicy into action. #YouthPartners @USAIDInclusive

"[USAID has] been trying to reach more deeply into communities where we haven’t been successful at engaging marginalized [youth] populations" - Sarah Sladen @USAIDInclusive #YouthDay #YouthPartners

Our #YouthDay event comes to a close as @USAIDInclusive DAA Bama Athreya provides the closing remarks. Thank you to everyone who made this event a success! #YouthPartners

Our spark talks have begun with Vushe Shoko and Tara Kalaputi, two @USAID mission staff working directly with youth in their countries. #YouthDay #YouthPartners