Committing to adolescent health and well-being!

Check out the National Commitments on the Agenda for Action for Adolescents below!

World leaders have responded to the demands of adolescents and youth regarding their well-being needs. Governments and partners have committed to more investments, better policies, and smarter programmes aligned with the seven asks of the Agenda for Action for Adolescents determined by adolescents and youth themselves.

These commitments prioritize adolescent well-being through financial pledges, policy changes, and increased investments in young people.

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Country	Commitment PDF	Providing vocational training and secondary/third-level education	Providing affordable, high-quality adolescent health and well-being services	Ensuring mental well-being and resilience	Reforming harmful and punitive laws and institute affirmative and protective legal and policy mechanisms	Strengthening and establishing social protection mechanisms	Preventing stigma and discrimination	Strengthening agency of adolescents and youth
African Union	PDF File		✔		✔	✔
Botswana	PDF File	✔	✔	✔	✔
Canada	PDF File		✔		✔		✔	✔
Ecuador	PDF File		✔		✔		✔
Ethiopia	PDF File				✔
European Commission	PDF File	✔			✔			✔
Ghana	PDF File	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Honduras	PDF File	✔					✔
Liberia	PDF File	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
Malawi	PDF File	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Mexico	PDF File	✔	✔				✔	✔
Namibia	PDF File		✔
Nigeria	PDF File	✔	✔					✔
Portugal	PDF File	✔		✔
Republic of the Congo	PDF File	✔	✔		✔		✔	✔
Serbia	PDF File		✔		✔			✔
Sint Maarten	PDF File		✔	✔				✔
South Africa	PDF File	✔			✔		✔	✔
United States		✔	✔		✔		✔	✔
Zambia	PDF File	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔

Summary of commitments by source against the Action Plan

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Country	Facilitating engagement of adolescent and youth groups	Promoting co-leadership with adolescents	Compiling evidence of adolescent and youth experiences	Promoting integrated, ‘all of government’ planning	Supporting endorsement and dissemination of the Agenda for Action for Adolescents	Mobilizing measurable commitments
African Union				✓
Botswana				✓	✓
Canada	✓	✓			✓	✓
Ecuador	✓		✓			✓
Ethiopia			✓	✓
European Commission	✓	✓			✓	✓
Ghana	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Honduras				✓
Liberia	✓			✓		✓
Malawi			✓			✓
Mexico	✓	✓		✓
Namibia	✓
Nigeria				✓
Portugal					✓
Republic of the Congo				✓	✓	✓
Serbia	✓				✓
Sint Maarten	✓				✓
South Africa		✓		✓
United States					✓
Zambia	✓	✓		✓	✓

Commitments by Non-State Actors!

PMNCH partners across multiple constituencies have joined forces with Governments to respond to the needs of adolescents and demonstrated their commitments to the well-being of 1.8 Billion adolescents and youth!

1. Private sector and philanthropic foundations:

Global leaders gathered at Clinton Global Initiative 2023 Meeting to unlock commitments to address unmet needs of 1.8 billion adolescents globally. The Commitments to Action are designed to address pressing challenges faced by adolescents and young people including digitalization, urbanization, and climate change and to drive collaboration in support of the 1.8 Billion Young People for Change Campaign and the Global Forum for Adolescents.

Fondation Botnar – Commitment to enhance adolescent health and wellbeing, through initiatives such as making cities safe for adolescents, fostering safe digital environments, and improving mental health and wellbeing. Learn more about the private sector's and philanthropic foundations' commitments and watch the announcements video.
FIA Foundation – This commitment addresses the leading global killer of adolescents – road traffic injury. FIA Foundation will support partners in their work to prevent injuries, ensuring that the school journey is a safe one.
UNICEF & Generation Unlimited – UNICEF, Generation Unlimited and its eco-system of partners commit to supporting youth-powered grassroots action in a climate-changed world. The Green Rising will create pathways for 10 million youth through volunteering, advocacy, and green skilling by 2025.
Surgo Health, Pivotal Ventures, & MTV Entertainment Studios – Commitment to develop a national Youth Mental Health Tracker that will unearth novel insights and actionable solutions aimed at prioritizing and nurturing youth mental health.
Born This Way Foundation & Cotton On Foundation, with support from Prospira Global – Commitment for significant investment in expanding global access to resources and programs that support youth mental health through education-based training and grants to community organizations that provide free, accessible, youth-informed resources.
MTV Staying Alive – Supported by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MTV Staying Alive commits to create relevant, relatable, and entertaining youth-focused content on reproductive health rights and gender equality in India.
Goleadoras Foundation – Goleadoras Foundation commits to empowering girls and women through soccer. Goleadoras will expand its programs for girls and launch programs for formerly incarcerated women in the Americas, with partners ensuring community-specific impact.
One Earth – One Earth and its partners will develop a global campaign that aims to reverse the growing epidemic of eco-anxiety by empowering young people with the knowledge, tools, and social connection they need to envision and create a healthy and vibrant future.
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) in partnership with Reckitt – WBFA is committed to reaching 324,200 mothers, children, and adolescents in project states (Nigeria: Lagos, FCT Abuja, Kwara), and achieving a 33% increase in hand washing knowledge and practice, a 20% reduction in cases of diarrhea and a 27% decline in school absenteeism by 2025 through the dynamic WASH education and behavioral change program ‘Hygiene Quest.’
Mariwala Health Initiative – pledge to work on youth suicide prevention in India on three key pillars – advocacy to implement the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, capacity building, and scaling our existing grant-making efforts.