The YIELD Hub: Advancing Youth Partnership in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Credit: Pexels April 01, 2023 Equality for Women and Girls The Youth Investment, Engagement, and Leadership Development (YIELD) Project began in 2017 as a learning review to assess the impact of YIELD efforts on adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (AYSRHR) and to inform future action. YIELD’s initial five-year phase was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and The Summit Foundation. Building on this research, the YIELD Hub was launched in 2022 to bring to life the learning from the earlier research and stakeholder engagement phase which showed that youth partnership in AYSRHR has been held back by a lack of opportunity for cross-stakeholder sharing, learning, and coordinated action. The Hub’s vision is a world in which youth partnership is the norm within the AYSRHR field, and its mission is to change how youth-adult partnerships are built, sustained, and resourced, putting young people at the center of decisions and programs that shape their lives. The Hub uses collective action learning, and a collaborative problem-solving processes to support practitioners, funders and youth leaders in generating new approaches to shared challenges and strengthening youth participation in decision-making. Since its launch, the YIELD Hub has convened multiple collective action learning groups focused on topics including compensating youth work, capacity development for youth transition, and finding, engaging, and sustaining new generations of youth leaders. The Hub has also produced a growing body of learning resources and knowledge products to inform practice across the AYSRHR field, including a youth partnership podcast, research reports, and issue papers. Through these efforts, the YIELD Hub contributes to a more coordinated, accountable, and youth-centered AYSRHR ecosystem. Resources: Youth Partnership Podcast – YIELD Hub YIELD Project Research Report: Young People Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health: Toward a New Normal Issue Paper on Gender: When the Gap Is a Chasm: The Gendered Experience of Youth Participation and Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health Best Practices for Fair Compensation in Youth Work – YIELD Hub Youth Transition Toolkit – YIELD Hub Compensating Youth Work Toolkit – YIELD Hub Sustainable Financing Framework for Youth-Led Organisations Partner Link: YIELD Hub