YOTAN PARTNER FOR SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
YOTAN-Partner for Social Accountability is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of youth Development, Civic Engagement, digital inclusion, human Rights and strengthening of citizen-centered governance through sustainable human capital growth, advocacy, and viable impact-driven innovative solutions. Established 2012, YOTAN fosters Youth Voices, innovative Actions, gender equality and advancing Access quality education, promote development effectiveness and deepening democracy beyond its electoral form to combat corruption, build trust and increase citizen’s informed participation in decision-making processes and enhance vulnerable livelihood to drive social transformative change and impact. YOTAN use a rights-based, Gender transformative approach, direct civic engagement, social accountability mechanism and leveraging of technology tool to amplify sustainable impact.
We envision a just African society without poverty and inequality where citizens are empowered, informed, and engaged; and democracy is sustainable for all to thrive
THEMATIC FOCUS
INNOVATION4DEVELOPMENT
Drive Social innovation solutions to breed new civic entrepreneur, capitalize on the use of digital tools for social accountability and mapping for results to facilitate transformational change. Foster an inclusive digital literacy and learning to Cultivate digital citizens through Placing technologies in the hands of women and girls, and leverage on technology tools promote democratic innovation, livelihood and strive to use open data to underpinned Quality Education and Good Governance to improve service delivery Outcomes.
GENDER, EDUCATION & HEALTH
Empower and enhance young people well-being, Create an environments to promote active youth participation in decision-making processes and social transformation, tackle discriminatory gender norms to Shift Social attitudes and strengthen power dynamics to socio-economic and rights. Promote equitable access to quality education and health for all; advocate for the eliminations of all form of violence against Women and Girls looking at FGM, Child Marriage and SGBV.
ADVOCACY & SOCIAL JUSTICE
With the rise of inequality and the foundation of a healthy democracies been under sustain attack, there is a need to build youth capacity to engaged toward achieving greater equity.
We Engage Youth and equip them to drive change in public policies and strive toward solving systemic community challenges through Social Justice advocacy, Partnership and the Liberian youth SDGs Summit to Mobilizing multi-stakeholders informed participation aim at Influencing policy and practice on national development framework, establish of strong partnerships that place youth at the forefront of driving local progress on SDGs Goals, ECOWAS vison 2050, the Africa agenda 2063 and promote accountability.
DEMOCRACY, RIGHTs & GOVERNANCE
Democracy has become the legitimate demand of all local communities. Effective local democracy is the underlying basis for a healthy and strong national democracy. For democracy to be sustained, government and citizens role needs to be integrated to ensure accountability, transparency, effectiveness, and good quality provision of public services to the citizens.
Promote an open and just democracy that is resilient in the face of change, promote civic education and dialogue, raise awareness on human rights to advance knowledge, foster peace, equity & social Justice, improve inclusive and women’s meaningful political participation, nurture civic-minded leaders and strengthen citizen’s trust and strengthen local service delivery toward sustainable development.
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