Issues

We’re working with youth activists to build a better world. Our work is intersectional, inclusive, and centered in young people’s lived experiences.

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Access to Birth Control and Sexual Health Services

Advocates for Youth works with young people to ensure everyone has access to condoms, birth control pills, and emergency contraception.

Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice

Advocates for Youth works with young people to ensure everyone has access to the reproductive health care and abortion care they need, regardless of age, income, or where they live, and that each of us has the right to bodily autonomy.

HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Destigmatizing

Advocates works with young people to raise HIV awareness by ensuring every young person has access to HIV education, HIV prevention strategies and tools, and HIV treatment and care options.

LGBTQ+ Health and Rights

Advocates for Youth works with young people and adult allies to ensure that LGBTQ+ rights are protected and ALL youth are safe and celebrated in their communities and classrooms.

Support for Sexual Assault Survivors

Advocates works with young people to provide support for sexual violence survivors, to advocate for campus policies that protect sexual violence survivors, and to ensure schools follow Title IX guidelines.

Racial Justice

Advocates for Youth works to help build youth-serving professionals’ capacity to address bias, and youth activists are working to ensure reproductive justice,safety and equity for all young people.

Transgender Youth Health and Rights

Advocates for Youth works directly with trans youth activists who are fighting for their rights and those of all gender expansive young people, and with educators and youth serving professionals working to create inclusive environments for trans young people.

Sex Education in US and Globally

Advocates for Youth works with young people, parents, educators, policy makers, health care providers, and youth serving professionals around the country and in the Global South to ensure young people get the sex education they need.