Now That Youth Are Participating

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Now That Youth Are Participating Maxwell Marx,
Youth Participation Coordinator Hally Mahler,
Associate Director, BCC and Youth Participation
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YouthNet and Youth Participation
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Integration
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Specific Programs

• Institutionalizing YP at YouthNet
• Facilitating YP for partners
• Building a team of youth RH/HIV advocates
• Ensuring youth have a voice at the table

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Big Task, Great Demand We Need Help!
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Youth Participation Guide
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Dissemination and Use of the Youth Participation
Guide

• Training of trainers for those new to Youth
  Participation (Southern Africa, Tanzania, Eastern
  Europe, and more demand)
• Identify natural users (UNICEF, UNFPA, Advocates
  for Youth, IPPF)
• Disseminate CD-ROM/online versions via normal
  channels

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Southern Africa TOT

• I have gained skills and knowledge which will
  help me my work on how to have youth as
  partners and not using them as implementers
  only.

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Discussion Questions

• How successful have YouthNets approaches been to
  institutionalizing its cross-cutting themes? How
  can we do better?
• How can we ensure that the progress made in youth
  participation lives on after the program ends?