List of youth empowerment organizations
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This is a list of organization
s that promote, advocate, or otherwise affiliate with youth empowerment
. This is an incomplete list which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
s that promote, advocate, or otherwise affiliate with youth empowerment
Youth empowerment
Youth empowerment is an attitudinal, structural, and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability, authority, and agency to make decisions and implement change in their own lives and the lives of other people, including youth and adults....
. This is an incomplete list which can or may never satisfy any objective standard for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
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- AIESEC
- American Youth CongressAmerican Youth CongressAmerican Youth Congress was an early youth voice organization composed of youth from all across the country to discuss the problems facing youth as a whole in the 1930s. It met several years in a row - one year it notably met on the lawn of the White House. The delegates are known to have caused...
- Americans for a Society Free from Age RestrictionsAmericans for a Society Free from Age RestrictionsAmericans for a Society Free from Age Restrictions, also known as ASFAR Youth Liberation, is an organization dedicated to increasing the rights of youth under American law...
- Amicus Youth Foundation
- Article 12 in ScotlandArticle 12 in ScotlandArticle 12 in Scotland is an independent, young person led, NGO that works to promote youth rights as set out in international human rights charters through the medium of peer education....
- Article 12Article 12Article 12 was a youth-led children's rights organisation based in England. Its main aim was to ensure the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child UNCRC.- About :...
- Australian Youth Climate Change Council (AYCCC)
- 5 Centuries Human Theatre Group (5Cs)
- African Centre for Rural Youth Empowerment (ACRYE)
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- Canadian Youth AssemblyCanadian Youth AssemblyThe Canadian Youth Assembly is a non-profit organization formed in 2008 to serve as a unified voice for youth across the country and to be an environment in which Canadian youth can become interested and involved in democracy and politics....
- Catch21Catch21Catch21 is a charitable production company and internet based broadcaster which organises and stages shows all over the UK with the key aim of engaging young people with politics, the concept was initially devised by a group of current and former students of the University of Hull.The organisation...
- Chi Rho Omicron
- Civil Society Leadership InstituteCivil Society Leadership InstituteThe Civil Society Leadership Institute is a not-for-profit training center founded in February 2007 as a civic education initiative of FIBRAS/Movimiento por Nicaragua—one of the largest pro-democracy movements in Central America...
- CommonAction
- Community High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Conference Advisory Team (CAT)
- Consolidated Youth for Peace & Development (COYPED) Liberia
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- International Coordination Meeting of Youth OrganisationsInternational Coordination Meeting of Youth OrganisationsThe International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations , an international forum for the world's largest youth movements and regional youth platforms, meets once a year. It involves regional platforms such as the Pan African Youth Union , Asian Youth Council, Pacific Youth Council and the...
- International Youth Council (IYC)
- International Federation of Liberal YouthInternational Federation of Liberal YouthThe International Federation of Liberal Youth is an international liberal youth organization. It consists of a global membership of national youth organizations. These are often but not exclusively affiliated with political parties that are members of Liberal International.IFLRY continues the...
- Internacional Juvenil (IJ)
- International Youth Leadership ConferenceInternational Youth Leadership ConferenceInternational Youth Leadership Conference is a week-long forum on world politics, international relations and justice for youth aged between 18 and 24 held in Prague, Czech Republic.-About:...
- International Youth RightsInternational Youth RightsInternational Youth Rights , is the first student-run, non-profit, non-political, international movement/organization, founded in 2009 by Mr. Mike Son to make voices of youth ring loud and clear across the world...
- International Union of Young Farmers
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- National Youth Foundation, India
- National Service Learning PartnershipNational Service Learning PartnershipThe National Service Learning Partnership, or NSLP, founded in 2001, is a US advocacy organization committed to promoting service-learning in schools and communities across the country. Nelda Brown is the Executive Director, and the organization is funded by grants from W.K. Kellogg Foundation and...
- National Youth Leadership CouncilNational Youth Leadership CouncilThe National Youth Leadership Council, or NYLC, is a national nonprofit organization located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that promotes service-learning in schools and communities across the United States. Founded in 1983 by Dr. James Kielsmeier, NYLC is the host of the annual National Service-Learning...
- National Youth Rights AssociationNational Youth Rights AssociationThe National Youth Rights Association is the largest youth-led civil rights organization in the United States promoting youth rights, with approximately ten thousand members...
- Northern Ireland Youth ForumNorthern Ireland Youth ForumThe Northern Ireland Youth Forum is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, consisting of volunteer members aged between 11 and 25.- NIYF :...
- Northumberland Youth Advisory CouncilNorthumberland Youth Advisory CouncilThe Northumberland Youth Advisory Council, NYAC, is a government-related youth voice program in Northumberland County, Ontario. The council provides scholarships, sponsors youth philanthropy programs, and hosts an annual Youth Opportunities Expo...
- Not Back to School CampNot Back to School CampNot Back To School Camp is a summer camp founded in 1996 by Grace Llewellyn, the author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook.NBTSC attracts teens from all over the U.S., Canada, and other countries. It offers campers support in perusing varied avenues of education by connecting them with a pool of...
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- Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights ActivationPalestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights ActivationThe Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation is a youth-oriented Palestinian communication and media non-governmental organization designed to provide a creative outlet for young Palestinians frustrated by the harsh conditions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
- Panafrican Youth UnionPanafrican Youth UnionThe Panafrican Youth Union is the apex body for National Youth Coordinating Bodies and Mechanism in Africa, known formerly as the Panafrican Youth Movement it was transformed into the PYU at the organisation's 2003 congress in Windhoek, Namibia....
- Paulo Freire Freedom School
- PeacefirePeacefirePeacefire is a U.S.-based website, with a registered address in Bellevue, Washington, dedicated to "preserving First Amendment rights for Internet users, particularly those younger than 18". It was founded in August 1996 by Bennett Haselton, who still runs it...
- Poplar HARCA (a housing association in London, UK)
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- Reality Check NY
- Rio+twenties
- RoundaboutRoundaboutA roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...
housing, support and training to empower young homeless people in South Yorkshire, UK
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- SEALNetSEALNetThe Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network, SEALNet, is a 501 non-profit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to service leadership and working with Southeast Asian communities around the world...
- Scottish Youth ParliamentScottish Youth ParliamentThe Scottish Youth Parliament, also known as SYP, is a democratic, politically independent, inclusive, charity set up by a group of passionate youth workers as a national voice for young people in Scotland....
- Sierra Youth Coalition / Coalition Jeunesse SierraSierra Youth Coalition / Coalition Jeunesse SierraThe Sierra Youth Coalition is a national Canadian organization run by youth for youth, serving as the youth arm of the Sierra Club of Canada since 1996. Its stated mission is "to empower Canadians ages 14-26 to become active community leaders who contribute to making Canada a sustainable...
- Signals Agency
- SpunOut.ie Ireland
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeStudent Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeThe Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ' was one of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a series of student meetings led by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina in April 1960...
- Students for Sensible Drug PolicyStudents for Sensible Drug PolicyStudents for Sensible Drug Policy is an international non-profit advocacy and education organization based in Washington D.C., with offices in both Washington D.C. and San Francisco, CA...
- Students for a Democratic SocietyStudents for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country's New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969...
- Sangguniang KabataanSangguniang KabataanThe Sangguniang Kabataan is the governing body in every chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan . Each barangay in the Philippines is mandated by law to have its own chapter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan, aging from 15 to 18 years old who resides in their respective barangays for at least 6months...
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- Tzivos HashemTzivos HashemTzivos Hashem, is a Brooklyn, New York based organization that was founded in 1980 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as a youth group to serve both the physical and spiritual needs of Jewish children.-Participants:...
- Taking Children SeriouslyTaking Children SeriouslyTaking Children Seriously is a parenting movement and educational philosophy whose central idea is that it is possible and desirable to raise and educate children without either doing anything to them against their will, or making them do anything against their will.It was founded in 1994 as an...
- Ten SingTen SingTEN SING is a youth work method within the YWCA and YMCA.It organizes groups of young people from 11 years and up , ranging in size from a handful to several tens of members...
- The Prince's Youth Business InternationalThe Prince's Youth Business InternationalThe Prince’s Youth Business International is a not-for-profit organisation, which via a global networked community provides young people with the opportunity to start their own business – through a combination of access to capital, business development services and experienced mentoring...
- The Oaktree FoundationThe Oaktree FoundationThe Oaktree Foundation is an Australian-based aid and development Publicly Limited Company run by young people aged 16 to 26.Internationally, Oaktree partners with developing communities to support quality educational opportunities for young people...
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- United Youth Development Organisation - a charity aiming to relieve poverty "by youth, for youth"
- UK Youth ParliamentUK Youth ParliamentThe UK Youth Parliament is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, consisting of democratically elected members aged between 11 and 18....
- a body of democratically elected young people in the United Kingdom
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- World Changers AcademyWorld Changers AcademyWorld Changers Academy is a non-profit organization based in Durban, South Africa that seeks to empower young people through life skills and leadership development programs. WCA targets high school students and young adults between 18 and 35 years old...
- a South African organization focusing on life skills training and leadership development for young people - World Organization of the Scout MovementWorld Organization of the Scout MovementThe World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
- World Changers Youth Empowerment Foundation,Nigeria.An NGO focusing on Youth Empowerment towards a greater and better future.Contact:+2348060879958,+2347032679325
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- YMCA Victoria Youth Parliament
- Young Men's Christian Association
- Young Religious Unitarian UniversalistsYoung Religious Unitarian UniversalistsYoung Religious Unitarian Universalists is a youth organization within the Unitarian Universalist Association in the United States and the Canadian Unitarian Council. YRUU is primarily run by youth, ranging in age from 14 to 20, with mentoring adult partners...
- Young Yatri OrganizationYoung Yatri OrganizationYoung Yatri Organization is a not-for-profit youth organization, operating in Nepal. The institution was established in November 2009, by seven energetic high school students aiming for the growth and development of youths of Nepal in order to upgrade the vestigial situation of the country...
- Youth Activism ProjectYouth Activism ProjectThe Youth Activism Project, founded in 1992, is an international non-partisan organization designed "to encourage young people to speak up and pursue lasting solutions to problems they care deeply about." Formerly called Activism 2000 Project, the organization provides a variety of resources,...
- Youth Empowerment Fund (San Francisco, CA) - http://www.yefsf.org
- Youth for the Millenium Community Organisation
- Youth Empowered Action
- Youth Liberation of Ann ArborYouth Liberation of Ann ArborYouth Liberation of Ann Arbor was an organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It existed from 1970 to 1979, and is often cited in more recent academic literature as one of the leading forerunners of several youth movements in the United States, including the youth rights movement, youth voice...
- Youth On BoardYouth On BoardYouth On Board, or YOB, was founded in 1994 and is an internationally-recognized U.S. nonprofit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The organization promotes youth voice and youth involvement in schools and community organizations across the country. It was founded and is co-directed by...
- Youth Service AmericaYouth Service AmericaYouth Service America, or YSA, is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally." YSA has a reputation for supporting and promoting...
- World YWCAWorld YWCAThe World YWCA is the umbrella organization of the global network of the YWCA, a movement of women working for social and economic change around the world. It advocates for young women’s leadership, peace, justice, human rights and sustainable development, both on a grassroots and global scale...