Young women

Pathways (2018-2022)

IYF currently leads the livelihoods component of the $35 million USAID/PEPFAR-funded, Catholic Relief Services-led Pathways Orphans and Vulnerable Children project in Zimbabwe.

Pathways to Success: Creating Opportunities for Young Women to Thrive in Guadalajara, Mexico (2018-2021)

Pathways to Success was a three-year initiative funded by The PepsiCo Foundation to empower adolescent girls and young women in metropolitan Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Bhindzula (2016-2017)

Bhindzula will enable women entrepreneurs in Mozambique to expand their economic opportunities and grow their existing enterprises.

Strengthening Learnerships for Unemployed Youth (2015-2017)

In 2013, nearly five million young people (18-29 years) in South Africa were unemployed, equating to a 53.6% unemployment rate.

Goal

As part of our commitment to young women and leaders globally, we’ve partnered with Standard Chartered in India in support of their Goal program.

Zimbabwe:Works (2012-2018)

With a special focus on reaching young women, Zimbabwe:Works prepared the country’s marginalized young people to enter the workforce.

Young Entrepreneurs (2012–2014)

Knowing there aren’t nearly enough formal jobs for the young people entering the labor market in India, we’ve worked to help youth create their own opportunities.

Planning for Life

The goal of this two-phase USAID-funded initiative was to increase the integration of youth reproductive health and family planning into IYF’s youth development programs and strengthen the relevant technical capacity of IYF staff and implementing