Advocacy
SDG 16, with SDG 17Meaningful youth participation in the decisions that touch their lives.
Wazi promotes meaningful youth participation in decision-making processes that affect young people’s lives and communities. The work spans civic and governance engagement, youth-led program design, research and lived-experience documentation, policy analysis, and community accountability.
Three sub-areas under Advocacy.
Civic and Governance Engagement
Youth voter awareness, IEBC data accountability, and active participation in moments that matter. Wazi was on the streets during Reject Finance Bill 2024 and Dignity in Public Service.
Research and Lived Experience
Documentation, evidence-building, and policy analysis grounded in the people the policies affect. Published research on sustainable menstrual health approaches for grassroots initiatives in Kenya.
Community Accountability
Social-accountability mechanisms, feedback systems, and civic engagement that close the loop between communities, programs, and the institutions meant to serve them.
On the World Stage
Wazi has represented at UNEA-7 and the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum, taking youth advocacy on environmental governance and menstrual waste management to the United Nations. The Innovating Dignity seminar at American Corner Moi University in December 2025 brought together 22 policymakers and 39 organisations and produced the 8 Principles of Menstrual Health, Hygiene and Dignity.
Sub-initiatives.
8 Principles of Menstrual Health, Hygiene and Dignity
A youth-led framework produced at the Innovating Dignity seminar covering knowledge and education, access and affordability, product choice, WASH infrastructure, health and clinical care, inclusion and rights, innovation and youth leadership, governance and accountability.
Beyond Access: Research and Learning
Sustainable Menstrual Health Approaches for Grassroot Initiatives in Kenya, 2024. Data from 1,400+ respondents.
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Advocacy work needs documentation, transport to convenings, and printed materials. Direct contributions go to specific campaigns.
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