Deadline: 15-Jul-21
Rise Up partnered with the Packard Foundation to launch the Youth Champions Initiative – an exciting initiative to advance innovation and quality in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights globally.
The Youth Champions Initiative (YCI) invests in visionary young champions who will lead the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) movement for the next generation.
Rise Up’s Youth Champions Initiative invests in powerful young leaders ages 18-29 who are leading the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice movement in Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Rwanda, and the United States.
The externally validated model enables young leaders to create large-scale change through leadership development, technology, innovation, and advocacy.
Youth Champions Initiative improves the lives of young people by advancing innovation and quality in the field of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice globally. Recent successes include:
- Leveraging WhatsApp in India to deliver youth-friendly mobile instant messaging on SRH;
- Developing an animated television series in Ethiopia about girl super heroines fighting for girls’ health and rights;
- Creating comic books in Pakistan to deliver healthy menstrual hygiene information to girls and their families;
- Teaching youth in the United States to use art, dance, and spoken word poetry to advocate for comprehensive sexuality education.
Eligibility Criteria
- The application is open for current residents of India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana only, regardless of their citizenship or legal status. After the Incubator, they expect Youth Champions to return to their countries of residence and begin implementing what they learn and impact the youth in those countries immediately. Applications from students or other people residing in other countries will not be considered.
- Only applications from or residing in India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and the U.S. South will be accepted.
For more information, visit https://riseuptogether.org/youth-champions-initiative