FP/RH Champion Spotlight: South-East Asia Youth Health Action Network (SYAN)
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This week, our featured organization is South-East Asia Youth Action Network (SYAN).
Organization
South-East Asia Youth Health Action Network (SYAN)
Location
South-East Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Timor Leste, Sri Lanka)
The Work
The South-East Asia Youth Health Action Network, or SYAN, is a WHO-SEARO-supported network that creates and strengthens the capacity of adolescent and youth groups in southeast Asian countries for effective advocacy and engagement in national adolescent health programs as well as regional and global policy dialogue platforms.
Currently, SYAN consists of 17 member organizations/youth groups across nine countries. The YP Foundation (TYPF) has held the regional secretariat of SYAN since its inception in 2020. As the regional convener, TYPF has equipped network members with the skills and knowledge they need to advance their work on adolescent health and well-being and engage with national programs. For this work, SYAN follows the guidelines and recommendations provided in the Global AA-HA! Guidance and the Global Adolescent Wellbeing Framework along with existing national-level health frameworks.
Through SYAN, member organizations, networks, and groups have been actively engaged under the following domains:
1. Capacity Building on Effective Advocacy
Train country networks in defining and sustaining their roles in advocacy and engagement for adolescent health, and facilitating implementation of their activities.
2. Engagement in Policy Dialogue Platforms
As a network of experienced youth organizations and advocates, SYAN is well-positioned to represent adolescent and youth interests in international platforms.
3. Research and Evidence Generation
Undertake research in southeast Asia-region countries to identify challenges and opportunities for enhancement with reference to adolescents and young people.
4. Adolescent Health and Advocacy Resource Creation
Build capacity of the country to prepare country-specific knowledge and advocacy briefs.
5. Creation of Knowledge Exchange Platform
Establish and maintain a website-based collaborative learning platform for communication. House a repository of tools and knowledge products co-developed and shared within the regional network as well as technical resources from outside.
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