Advocates for Youth
For General Operating Support
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Amount$470,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/11/2013
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Term16.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Advocates for Youth promotes programs and policies that help young people around the world make informed decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. The organization has a particular emphasis on educating youth themselves to become effective reproductive health advocates and aggressively uses new media and social networking to reach and motivate large numbers of young people. This unrestricted grant would help Advocates for Youth continue to provide information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Address
1325 G Street NW, Suite 980, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Advocates for Youth works to promote policies and programs that recognize young people’s rights to sexual health information, accessible and affordable sexual health services, and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity for all youth. The organization’s advocacy is strengthened by working in close partnerships with youth leaders, adult allies, and youth-serving organizations. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for the production of a guide on integrating racial and social justice into sex education
This grant will support Advocates for Youth for the production of a guide on integrating racial and social justice into sex education. Advocates for Youth is a member of the Sex Education Collaborative (SEC), which includes national and state-based organizations that focus on improving sex education to make it more inclusive and comprehensive. To that effect, SEC will be producing training modules and guides for teachers and sex educators that will demonstrate how to integrate racial and social justice into their curriculums.
