Youth Advocacy Network (YAN)

What Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) does

Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) is a youth-led non-profit policy advocacy organization founded in January 2005 and headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. Its stated mission is to secure meaningful participation by young people, with a particular focus on girls and women, in policy-level decisions affecting youth and adolescents in Pakistan. YAN delivers peer and system advocacy training to youth, enabling them to engage stakeholders across multiple Sustainable Development Goal areas: Health/Education/Gender (SDG 3, 4, 5), Decent Work and Inequalities (SDG 8, 10), Climate Action (SDG 13), and Peace and Strong Institutions (SDG 16).

YAN's portfolio is organized around three main programmatic brands. NAYA PAK is its domestic youth empowerment initiative. NYA-FP/SRH focuses on family planning and sexual and reproductive health, and serves as YAN's vehicle for engagement with the global FP2030 partnership. SARC YOUTH 2030 is a regional platform positioned for South Asia. Additional initiatives include the Self Corona Test (launched during COVID-19), periodic international conferences (SARYC'14, Intl. Conf. on Women & CVE), and a series of SDG-aligned projects documented on YAN's website. The technology surface is minimal: a WordPress website, newsletter signup, social media channels, and a donation/merchandise shop; there is no proprietary software product, mobile app, or disclosed digital platform powering the advocacy work.

As a non-profit, YAN does not disclose revenue, funding rounds, or pricing. Distribution relies on grassroots community engagement with youth across Pakistan, supported by a claimed network of approximately 20,000 members and volunteers and a 16-person staff. Partnerships with Chanan Development, ICYF, Dayspring Media, CYC, FP2030, and various women-empowerment organizations provide coalition support. Customers, in a non-profit sense, are the youth beneficiaries in Pakistan, while funders (donors, grants, and international partnerships) constitute the revenue side of the model.

Name

Youth Advocacy Network (YAN)

Legal name

Youth Advocacy Network (YAN)

Website

https://yansrhr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) is a Lahore-based, youth-led non-profit founded in 2005 that trains young Pakistanis in policy advocacy and runs programs in sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, climate, and SDG-aligned empowerment, serving primarily Pakistani girls and women.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Advocacy & Policy Participation Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

Keywords

• Youth policy advocacy
• Peer advocacy training
• Gender empowerment
• Sustainable development programs
• Reproductive health awareness

Headquarters

HQ city

Lahore

HQ country

Pakistan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) is a youth-led Pakistani nonprofit that delivers peer and system advocacy training and SDG-aligned programs to advance meaningful youth participation in policy-making. Its core offerings include the NAYA PAK youth empowerment initiative, NYA-FP/SRH sexual and reproductive health initiative, SARC YOUTH 2030 regional youth platform, Self Corona Test COVID-19 initiative, and SDG-themed projects covering Health/Education/Gender (3, 4, 5), Decent Work/Inequalities (8, 10), Climate Action (13), and Peace/Justice (16). Programs are delivered free of charge to young people, with particular focus on girls and women in Pakistan.

Product overview

Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) is a youth-led policy advocacy organization rather than a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy programs, initiatives, and training services focused on meaningful youth participation in policy-making. The core programs include NAYA PAK, NYA-FP/SRH, and SARC YOUTH 2030, which focus on youth empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, and SDG alignment respectively. YAN delivers peer and system advocacy training to young people, enabling them to engage stakeholders in youth-related policies. Additionally, YAN runs SDG-focused projects addressing Health/Education/Gender (SDG 3,4,5), Decent Work & Inequalities (SDG 8,10), Climate Change (SDG 13), and Peace (SDG 16), along with periodic conferences such as SARYC'14 and the International Conference on Women & CVE.

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Problem solved

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Brands

• NAYA PAK: One of YAN's key initiatives focusing on youth empowerment and development.
• NYA-FP/SRH
• SARC YOUTH 2030
• Self Corona Test

Products and services

• NAYA PAK A YAN initiative focused on youth empowerment and development in Pakistan, addressing meaningful youth participation and policy engagement.
• NYA-FP/SRH A youth advocacy initiative under YAN focused on family planning and sexual and reproductive health awareness and services, part of the FP2030 global partnership.
• SARC YOUTH 2030 A regional youth platform aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and targeting 2030 outcomes.
• Self Corona Test A COVID-19 self-assessment initiative launched by YAN during the pandemic.
• Peer & System Advocacy Training Training programs that empower young people, particularly girls and women, to advocate and engage stakeholders in youth and adolescent related policies and programs in Pakistan.
• SDG 3, 4 & 5 Projects (Health, Education & Gender) Programs under YAN addressing Health, Education, and Gender equality as per Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, and 5.
• SDG 8 & 10 Projects (Decent Work & Reduced Inequalities) Programs under YAN addressing Decent Work and Reduced Inequalities as per Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 10.
• SDG 13 Projects (Climate Action) Programs under YAN addressing Climate Change action as per Sustainable Development Goal 13.
• SDG 16 Projects (Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions) Programs under YAN addressing Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions as per Sustainable Development Goal 16.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record.

• Chanan DevelopmentOthersPartner organization featured in YAN's event/media coverage section
• International Youth Cooperation Forum (ICYF)Strategic or Co-development PartnerInternational youth organization featured in YAN's event/media coverage section
• Dayspring MediaOthersMedia partner featured in YAN's event coverage
• CYCOthersPartner organization featured in YAN's event/media coverage section
• FP2030Strategic or Co-development PartnerFamily Planning 2030 initiative partner - YAN is part of this global partnership focused on family planning and reproductive health
• NYA-FP/SRHStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Youth Alliance - Family Planning/Sexual and Reproductive Health initiative - an initiative of YAN focused on SRH awareness and services
• WE (Women Empowerment)Strategic or Co-development PartnerWomen empowerment initiative partner featured in YAN's ecosystem

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aahung: Aahung is a Pakistani nonprofit focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights education for young people, directly comparable to YAN's NYA-FP/SRH initiative and broader youth SRH advocacy work in Pakistan.
• Rutgers Pakistan: Rutgers operates in Pakistan on SRHR and gender equality for young people, overlapping directly with YAN's youth-led policy advocacy and SRH programming through shared FP2030 ecosystem.
• Bedari: Bedari is a Pakistani nonprofit working on youth empowerment, gender equality, and child rights through advocacy and community engagement — a closely comparable grassroots advocacy peer to YAN in Pakistan.
• Chanan Development Association: Chanan Development Association is a listed YAN partner working on youth empowerment and community development in Pakistan, making it a directly comparable youth-focused development peer.

Broad incumbents

• Plan International Pakistan: Plan International Pakistan is a large, established child- and youth-rights organization with a strong focus on girls; it addresses similar themes to YAN (girls' empowerment, policy advocacy) but at significantly larger scale and global institutional backing.
• UNFPA Pakistan: UNFPA Pakistan is a major UN agency focused on adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights; it shares YAN's SRHR and youth policy mandate but operates as a much larger institutional incumbent in the same donor and policy space.
• Population Council Pakistan: Population Council conducts research and advocacy on adolescent SRHR in Pakistan; it overlaps with YAN's evidence-based policy advocacy work but brings a global research mandate and significantly larger funding base.
• UNICEF Pakistan: UNICEF Pakistan is the leading UN agency for children's and adolescents' rights, with programming that overlaps YAN's youth empowerment and policy advocacy across multiple SDGs but at vastly greater scale.

Emerging players

• International Youth Cooperation Forum (ICYF): ICYF is a listed YAN strategic partner and international youth cooperation platform; it shares YAN's youth-led, international youth-development orientation but with a broader Eurasian geographic footprint.

Others

• FP2030: FP2030 is the global family planning partnership of which YAN is a member; as a partnership/network rather than a direct service provider, it is an ecosystem participant that channels funding and policy frameworks to YAN and similar youth SRHR organizations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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