It has been said that perhaps what makes Collective Action Learning so unique is the level of introspection it takes, pushing organisations to look within themselves first to shift the narrative on youth partnership in the adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health rights (AYSRHR) ecosystem. This podcast episode will focus on the pressure we often feel in the development sector to highlight our successes and “ignore” our failures consistently.

During this episode, we will feature partners who participated in our inaugural action learning group to share key learnings and experiences from our first action learning cycle which dissected the gender discrimination and exclusion too often experienced by young women and gender diverse youth leaders in the AYSRHR ecosystem. Anchored on this thematic area, we hope to discuss previous interventions that have been implemented to specifically address gender exclusion, dissect why some of these have failed and share perspectives on why it’s important to acknowledge these failures.

In this manner, this podcast episode seeks to make a case for how and why action learning creates a much-needed space to highlight what hasn’t worked in the past in the SRH space and allow for cross-learning within the field.