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  • YGN is a nationally recognized leader in youth development

    Youth and Gender Network is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for collective action by developing and delivering models that change systems and improve educational and moral outcomes for youth. Our vision is to eradicate the vulnerability of the Nigerian youth and women to vices, crime, disease and abuse. [more]

  • Preparing young people for successful futures

    At YGN, we believe there are plenty of good reasons to be optimistic about our collective abilities to prepare young people for successful futures. Our well-established approaches reflect both research and experience and help us achieve our goals. [more]

  • 5th National Youth Summit

    The YGN 5th National Youth Summit was an exciting, educative, informative and highly developmental event. It held on Thursday, February 21st 2013, at the Cinema Hall 2, National Arts Theatre, Iganmu Lagos. The theme was "Peace in Diversity," and the event had distinguished personalities as facilitators and a large turnout of delegates. [more]
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Featured prOGRAMMEs


  • The YGN 5th National Youth Summit was an exciting, educative, informative and highly developmental event. It held on Thursday, February 21st 2013, at the Cinema Hall 2, National Arts Theatre, Iganmu Lagos.[more]

  • HIV/AIDS enlightenment/sensitization programmes via seminars in school, distribution of materials and literature.[more]

  • Media advocacy for children and youths via print media articles and regular columns.[more]

  • Gender sensitization programmes through media advocacy and seminars.[more]
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Aims & Objectives

The Youth Gender Network began as a passion to drive youths to discover their potentials, pursue worthy courses, and adopt positive values.

Our Aims & Objectives include:
  • Abate Juvenille Crimes and Vices
    To help in the abatement of juvenile crimes and vices in Nigeria by embarking on programmes geared at moulding youths early in life to become positive and progressive individuals.
  • Create Gender Sensitive Society
    To carry out awareness campaigns and engage in activities aimed at creating a gender-sensitive society where female folk are given equal opportunity for advancement and positive development.
  • Youth Empowerment
    To undertake programmes and activities aimed at empowering youths to maximize their earning potentials with a view to combating poverty, unemployment and poor performance in working class youths.
  • Minimize the vulnerability of youths and women
    To help minimize the vulnerability of youths and women to sexual harassment, abuse, and deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDs.
  • Counselling and Support
    To provide counselling and support programmes for youths and women in a variety of areas including sexuality, morals, patriotism, relationships, emotions, career, academics, health and any other subject beneficial to their well being and development.
  • Interaction and Networking
    To establish appropriate forum for social and intellectual discourse, interaction, networking and competition amongst youths and women, whilst also motivating and rewarding outstanding efforts.
  • Research and Development
    To conduct research into issues affecting youths and gender development in Nigeria, whilst also maintaining a library for youths and women to develop their mental capacity and improve their literacy level.
  • Forum for Parents
    To organize forums for parents to learn appropriate parenting ethics which will in turn help them to raise sensible, well-adjusted and responsible children.
  • Network Organizations
    To collaborate with organizations and associations with similar aims and objectives, and engage in other such activities considered necessary for the achievement of these aims and objectives.