WHO ARE WE?
My Age Zimbabwe Trust is a youth-led organization that champions youth leadership, participation, gender equality, and the health and rights of adolescence and young people. We harness evidence and unite diverse voices to spark a commitment to youth-related issues. Anchored in sexual and reproductive health, we advocate for the rights of young people across every aspect of their lives. The organization is committed to the promotion of young people’s access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). We subscribe to the notion that SRHR education, information, and services should be accessible to everyone in the human rights framework including adolescents and young sex workers, Key and Vulnerable Populations (KVP), and Young People With Disabilities (YPWD).
My Age’s efforts are centered on concerted advocacy on strategic and policy documents, increase in resources for health, facilitating social accountability, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, linking young people to SGBV, SRHR, HIV and AIDS services, and facilitating meaningful and inclusive youth participation in civic processes across the board. This is done through an innovative combination of programs and interventions which include digital conversations, production of documentaries and stories of change, theatre for development, organizational capacity strengthening for youth-led organizations, skills strengthening initiatives, dialogue with duty bearers, exchange programs including linking young people with opportunities that they need to advance their health, rights, and young people at community, sub-national, national and international level. My Age has contributed in advocacy and awareness around the School Health Policy 2018, Child Marriage Act of 2022, Education Amendment Act of 2019, and Gender Sensitive Schools and Communities through contributing to the development of curriculums, models, and learning resources.
The organization is also extending its focus on the underlying social determinants of health that impact girls’ and young women’s, and gender diverse people’s ability to realize and enjoy their SRHR in particular, in relation to economic justice and rights and climate action in order to drive forward lasting, inclusive, and sustainable progress.
My Age plays a pivotal role to shape conversation on youth engagement and helps increase the visibility of young people in spaces that matter by identifying national, regional and global platforms to contribute equally to the conversation and share his expertise and experiences.
OUR VISION
Youth in Zimbabwe enjoy their full Sexual and Reproductive Health.
OUR MISSION
A youth-led organization that champions Gender Equality, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, and the Well-being of young people in their diversities.
