2022 UNICEF Advocacy Guide

This guide was born in 2018 during a series of workshops and remote engagements with young people across the African continent. UNICEF Africa Services Unit (ASU) and partner Youth@SAIIA held workshops in Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda, bringing together approximately 60 young people from these countries to discuss meaningful youth engagement and work towards the creation of the guide. An online call for stories was shared widely, asking young people from across Africa and the diaspora to reflect upon and share their stories of public advocacy and youth engagement. Selected participants took on editorial roles and joined as co-creators, assisting Youth@SAIIA and ASU in analysing and writing content for the guide. In 2020, UNICEF’s Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) team in UNICEF HQ partnered with ASU to adapt the guide, with support from AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme, to ensure it was relevant to young people from around the world. A global survey was launched to gather input on what young people worldwide wanted from a resource to support their advocacy journeys. Building upon the strong foundation of the 2018 Guide, youth advocates from Antigua, Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, India, Indonesia, State of Palestine, St. Lucia and Venezuela joined together to revise and add content, including expanded information on digital advocacy and social media and new content on mental wellness and self-care.