[Brief] Intentional Youth Engagement in the Passages Project

Engaging youth is considered standard practice in adolescent and youth family planning and reproductive health programs, yet involving youth directly in program implementation is an ideal that is not consistently followed or is carried out in a tokenistic way. Youth are the experts on their own experiences, and are best at identifying what they need.

The brief is focused on why the investment in youth engagement matters to the success of Passages, and shares early learning and progress to date with case studies highlighting Growing Up GREAT! and Transforming Masculinities.