VISION

Young people in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Quintana Roo, Mexico will have the highest levels of reproductive and sexual health.

MISSION

GOJoven promotes and supports the development of young leaders to act as catalysts for social change who will vastly expand Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health choices, services, policies, and programs at the community, national, and regional levels.

PROGRAM PRINCIPLES:

• Train and provide ongoing support to teams of 5 young leaders from each geographic area per year for a total of 20 Fellows annually.

•Invest in young people by empowering and supporting individual participants’ vision to create change

• Achieve results by encouraging strategic thinking, innovation, and inter-sectoral collaboration to maximize impact

• Shift the context for adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region by enhancing participants’ leadership capacity, commitment, and vision to transform programs and policies.

• To strengthen the capacity of organizations working locally to create lasting improvements in sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people in their countries. 

Back to top

GOALS

1. To improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights programs, policies, and outcomes in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Quintana Roo, Mexico by developing the next generation of young leaders in the region.

2. To strengthen the capacity of organizations working locally to create lasting improvements in sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people in their countries.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

1. Train and provide ongoing support to teams of 5 young leaders from each geographic area per year for a total of 20 Summit Fellows annually. Provide Summit Fellows with both in-country and regional training opportunities to strengthen their commitment and capacity to advancing the sexual and reproductive health agenda in the region.

2. Increase the capacity of organizations in each participating country through an Institutional Strengthening process. Provide participating organizations with technical assistance, training, and support to build their capacity to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights outcomes in the region.

3. Institutionalize structure for on-going development of young leaders in participating countries. GOJoven Fellows will join a network of emerging and established leaders in the region, thereby supporting and strengthening their own and one another’s capacity to create change. Top