Y-ACT, Youth in Action is an initiative of Amref Health Africa that aims to mentor, support and increase the capacity of youth advocates to influence youth policy and resource priorities in the areas of gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at national, sub-national and grassroots levels in Kenya. Y-ACT believes that Africa’s youth have a huge opportunity to shift in-country policy landscapes to address challenges in gender and sexual and reproductive health & rights (SRHR).

At regional and international level, Y-ACT pioneered the Youth for UHC movement that garnered membership of over 2,000 youth advocates from

43 countries since March 2019. It’s the first virtual Pan-African movement with a focus on meaningful youth engagement in UHC and is one of

the only two youth-led associations presented at the UHC2030 Global Taskforce.