Youth Advocates

30/10/2025

Do Boys and Girls Face Different Mental Health Challenges? We invite you to share your views and experiences, let's start the conversation together! 🧠

30/10/2025

🚍💥 ROAD TRIP TO RAHi 2025!
Join Youth Advocates on the journey to Lusaka, Zambia for the Regional Adolescents Health Indaba 🕺🏾💃🏾
📅 Nov 11–14, 2025
Theme: Youth Employment & Innovation through Primary Health Care
Seats are limited! Register for the road trip NOW 👉 https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/JdkAbMgC
WhatsApp: +263776918559?

30/10/2025

Youth Advocates Road Trip to RAHi 2025! 🕺🏾💃🏾
👉 Register now for the Road Trip to RAHi 2025: 👉 https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/JdkAbMgC
Youth Advocates invites you to join the Road Trip to Lusaka for the Regional Adolescents Health Indaba (RAHi) 2025 – coming to you bigger, better, and more empowering than ever!

📍 Lusaka, Zambia
📅 November 11–14, 2025

Theme:
“Positioning Young People to Catalyze Youth Employment and Job Creation through Primary Health Care Centered Innovations and Entrepreneurship.”

Why be part of this road trip?
✅ Travel with fellow young leaders, advocates, and innovators
✅ Connect with regional policymakers and partners at RAHi 2025
✅ Share experiences, build networks, and amplify youth voices

29/10/2025

LIVE NOW | Wednesday, 29 October 2025
58th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum
Premier Hotel OR Tambo, Johannesburg, South Africa
TRACK VIII – Presentation & Validation of the Digital Dashboard & MERL Tools
09:00 – 12:00
Enhancing data-driven decision-making through the SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage.
Introductory Remarks & Overview — Bevis Kapaso, TWG Team Lead
Dashboard Demonstration — Features, functionalities, and country reflections
Group Work — Validation of key indicators and adjustments
Next Steps — Launch, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement
TRACK IX – Accelerating Access to SRHR for All Ages in the SADC Region
12:00 – 15:30
A high-impact session tackling Adolescent SRHR, legal barriers, and youth empowerment.
Speakers:
Miguel Sichone, Hivos Youth Advisory Panel Member
Mr. Jyoti Tewari, Health Systems Advisor, UNFPA ESARO
Divya Srinivasan, Equality Now
Lynn Chinene, CARE International – Zambia
Tatenda Songore, Youth Advocate – Zimbabwe
Hon. Boitumelo Princess Mojapelo, South Africa
Panel Focus:
Data and consequences of limited SRHR access
Legal reforms, age of consent, and youth engagement
Regional best practices and meaningful youth participation
Closing Session of the Joint Standing Committees
15:30 – 16:00
Remarks by H.E. Boemo Sekgoma, Secretary General, SADC PF
Closing by Hon. Sylvia Elizabeth Lucas Izaks, Acting President, SADC PF
Announcements: 16 Days of Activism 2025 | 58th Plenary Assembly | Statutory Committee Meetings
Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKvMK19fi9A

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28/10/2025

🚍✨Register Now for Youth Advocates Road Trip to RAHi 2025! 🕺🏾💃🏾

Youth Advocates invites you to join the Road Trip to Lusaka for the Regional Adolescents Health Indaba (RAHi) 2025 – coming to you bigger, better, and more empowering than ever!

📍 Lusaka, Zambia
📅 November 11–14, 2025

Theme:
“Positioning Young People to Catalyze Youth Employment and Job Creation through Primary Health Care Centered Innovations and Entrepreneurship.”

Why be part of this road trip?
✅ Travel with fellow young leaders, advocates, and innovators
✅ Connect with regional policymakers and partners at RAHi 2025
✅ Share experiences, build networks, and amplify youth voices

👉 Register now for the Road Trip to RAHi 2025: Click here to register. https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/JdkAbMgC

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28/10/2025

“Laws must protect — not prevent.”
At the SADC Parliamentary Forum,
Ms Limpo Chinika, Regional SRHR Fund Manager, called on Parliamentarians to break legal barriers that still deny adolescents access to SRHR services.
The SADC SRHR Scorecard shows 7 countries still restrict access.
It’s time to reform, to act, to stand for justice.
Together, we can build a Southern Africa where every girl’s right is protected SRHR Community Café

28/10/2025

Breaking: Youth Advocates joins the 58th SADC Parliamentary Forum Standing Committees Session in Johannesburg! With support from the Regional SRHR Fund, we are proud to contribute youth-led perspectives on advancing sexual and reproductive health across Southern Africa.
Together with Parliamentarians, civil society, and regional partners, we are amplifying youth voices in shaping laws and policies that remove age-related barriers and accelerate access to SRH for all adolescents and young people.

27/10/2025

Join us as we stream live from the: SADC PF Standing Committees Session for the 58th Plenary Assembly Session

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22/10/2025

Highlights from the recently Regional Engagement Meeting under the Step Up for SRH Access for Adolescents and Young People in ESA (Eastern and Southern Africa).

Hivos Regional Office Southern Africa

21/10/2025

🧠 Do you believe that mental health problems are caused by spiritual forces or psychological factors?
Kindly share your thoughts in the comments below. 💬

For more information call 393 Youth Helpline

UNICEF Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care fans