Deadline: August 15, 2023
Applications are open for the IYAFP Membership Program 2023. The IYAFP membership program seeks to engage registered or unregistered organizations that have been working on SRHRJ or related fields at national, regional, or global levels for at least a year. The organizations must identify as youth-led, meaning that at least 80% of their senior management is 30 years old or under.
By joining IYAFP, these organizations become part of a vibrant and diverse global network of youth advocates and leaders, united by their dedication to promoting SRHRJ. Each member organization appoints a main delegate and an alternate delegate, aged 18-30, to represent them.
As a new member organization, your role would be to actively contribute to IYAFP’s mission by advancing SRHRJ and/or related areas within your community. This involves promoting meaningful engagement of young people in decision-making processes through advocacy, knowledge generation, information sharing, partnership building, and capacity strengthening of young human rights defenders at local, national, regional, and international levels.
Benefits
- Enlarging your support base, networks, and connections.
- Collaborating on funding proposals for multi-country projects.
- Maximizing existing financial and human resources by pooling them together and delegating work within the coalition.
- Reducing duplication of efforts and resources.
- Enhancing the reach, credibility, and influence of advocacy campaigns, both individually and as part of the coalition.
- Developing new leadership skills among their members.
- Facilitating information and skill exchange, as well as opportunities for collaboration.
- Fostering diversity by bringing together people and organizations with different perspectives and priorities.
- Providing peer support, encouragement, motivation, and professional recognition.
Eligibility
- Identify as organizations, collectives, networks, entities, or other forms of organizing for collective action (registered and unregistered)
- Be led by youth. (at least 80% of their senior management is 30 years old or under) and should have transition policies in place to ensure the entity continues being led by youth.
- Able to demonstrate a commitment of 8-10 hours per month for a two-year tenure (subject to renewal).
- Have excellent working proficiency in English.
- Operate primarily at the local or national level.
- Have experience in SRHRJ advocacy and/or programming or related issues such as gender, women’s rights, mental health, gender-based violence, LGBTI rights, climate justice, and meaningful adolescent and youth engagement is preferred.
- Located in one of the eligible countries, the list can be found in the TOR.
Application
For more information, visit IYAFP.
