Leading Organizations

Young Innovation is a technology company that creates innovative and powerful solutions to global development problems. It specializes in global development and builds partnerships and technology that help development organizations to change the way the world looks.

It is a group composed of approximately 600 lawyers and supporters that works to defend the Constitution's integrity and monitors attempts by the ruling party to authorize ammendments to Article 9. Debate and discussion of current issues related with the rights and freedoms protected by the Constitution are facilitated through their Constitutional Cafes.

A professional, youth led non-profit organization that promotes human and people's rights. Their areas of interest include legal aid, energy and climate change health, agriculture, gender, employment, and education.

It promotes a culture of peace by providing spaces for participation where youths and adolescents are trained to carry out political advocacy in decision making processes at the municipal and national levels. Their areas of work include sexual and reproductive rights, prevention of teenage pregnancies, HIV/AIDS education, and nutrition, to name a few.

Founded in 1959, it is dedicated to empowering women and girls in Tanzania and promoting a fully inclusive world where justice, peace and security, freedom, human dignity, good governance, health for all, and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women's leadership.

Advocates for increasing the number of young people in parliament to better represent the large youth population of the country

Etijah also works with governmental and non-governmental youth-serving organizations on building their capacity. Furthermore, it works to provide youth with direct access to unconditional participation by providing them with practical tools and models for developing community-wide initiatives.

Works to promote the role of youths in the democratic and governance. Through their Institute for Civic Leadership and Mzuzu Education Trust fund they encourage the participation of youths in every aspect of political life.

Works to raise awareness on a variety of issues from democracy to security, to the environment and social and political participation, through research, training and participation.

Works to reduce violence and prevent crime in communities, through education and leadership programmes and action.

Youth For Change is a youth-led project with the objective of ending gender-based violence in Tanzania. It was founded in 2014, and currently has teams based in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, the UK, and Tanzania.

YIAA is an NGO that works to empower youth to play an active role in their society through participation and civic engagement.

Works to prevent and solve conflicts a the Southern Border of Senegal, and prevent the proliferation of arms between the borders with Ivory Coast, Guinea (Bissau and Conakry).

Works to promote the rights of women and children, along with giving access to health and rights for HIV/AIDS infected persons. It also works to educate these people on their access to rights and promote their involvement in public life.

The Youth Parliament of Pakistan (YPP) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious program established to foster democratic values and civic participation among youth.

Founded in 2005, it advocates for youth led social change, builds alliances with other civil society organizations, and strengthens existing youth organizations. Their goal is to create a youth movement to monitor the enhancement of governmental transparency and accountability.

Works to develop social projects to transform marginalised youths into community leaders in order to promote the rights of their community, and foster development.

Focuses on advocacy and policy development for the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and provides legal services

Aims to promote social equity, gender equality, and environmental justice through the empowerment of women

Aims to increase citizen awareness of their rights and responsibilites to promote good governance and strengthened democracy

Researches and advocates for sustainable environmental management and public health and advises government on environmental management

Aims to promote transparency and accountability with regards to the revenue gained by the government from natural resources and to encourage policies that benefit all citiznes

Designed to uphold human rights standards by investigating human rights abuses, visiting prisons, and educating on the rehabilitation of torture victims

Researches various legal areas and provides legal education

Created in 1997 in a government attempt at land reform, it advocates for policies and land laws that take into consideration the needs of the poor