Youth Advocates Ghana (YAG) is a dynamic, youth-led non-profit organization established in 2011, dedicated to mobilizing, empowering, and advancing the development of children and young people in Ghana with reach across Africa. YAG excels in youth-led campaigns & advocacy, community & social mobilization and high-level youth-led convenings, including the African Youth SDGs Summit, the largest pan-African forum focused on connecting young people to global development agendas.
Registered with statutory agencies in Ghana and with special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), YAG thrives on partnerships that expand youth participation across national and international platforms. Through its established national networks and collaborative efforts with the UN, African Union, and other global entities, YAG fosters youth-led policy engagement and SDG accountability. Our vision is to create an empowered youth community that actively contributes to sustainable, equitable change across Africa.
