SIDE EVENTS were organised by conference participants and were an opportunity to showcase their work, share lessons learned among peers, disseminate ideas and solutions within our community, and expand our network of contacts.

• THE POWER OF YOUTH-LED PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR COUNTERING POPULISM

Hosted by YouAct in collaboration with Women Deliver, Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum, Women for a Change Cameroon, SEX vs THE STORK, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality

• SRHR WITHOUT CONTRACEPTIVES? SUPPLIES FINANCING IN AN INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT

Hosted by Countdown 2030 Europe and Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

• INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN ADVANCING SRHR AMONG DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS

Hosted by Sensoa and RFSU

• BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPE TO TACKLE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)

Hosted by AIDOS (Italian Association for Women in Development) in collaboration with GAMS Belgium and Equilibres & Population (EQUIPOP)

More information can be found in the conference report at pp. 31-32.

CREATION HUB SESSION were organised by conference participants and were intended to be participatory and provide an opportunity to share and further develop ideas, work in small groups around a certain topic and co-create concrete action plans. Therefore, these sessions were meant to lead to specific deliverables that are action-oriented.

• LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND - BUILDING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS TO COUNTER POPULISM: YOUTH, SDGS, AND SRHR 

Hosted by Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in collaboration with Women Deliver, Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum, Women for a Change, SEX vs THE STORK and YouAct

• RE-FRAMING THE DEBATE ON SRHR - WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS

Hosted by International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network

• MAKING VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEWS DELIVER

Hosted by Women for Women’s Human’s Rights - New Ways and Rutgers

• ADVOCATING FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN AN INCREASINGLY OPPOSING CONTEXT

Hosted by the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), International Centre for Reproductive Health at Ghent University, International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network

• ALIGNMENT OR DISCONNECT: PRIORITIES, STRATEGIES AND FUNDING FOR CHILD, EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE 

Hosted by American Jewish World Service, Feminist Solutions towards Global Justice, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), GreeneWorks, Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage

More information can be found in the conference report at pp. 24-28.

It is impossible to discuss the topic of rising populism and its impact on SRHR without a meaningful youth engagement! Below you can find a brief overview of the youth involvement in the 2017 Conference.

•  YOUTH PRE-MEETING

Young people and participants working on youth issues gathered on the 26th September, the evening before the 2017 EuroNGOs to network, exchange experiences and learn from each other, to ensure a meaningful youth participation at the 2017 EuroNGOs Conference and to discuss the SRHR-related challenges faced by youth in the time of growing populism. Here you can see the meeting agenda.

Read about the main takeaways from the youth pre-meeting in the conference report, p.11

•  YOUTH VOICES

 While developing the conference programme, we made sure that young speakers were present during plenary and breakout sessions. Additionally, a working group of 12 youth representatives from different countries provided their inputs ahead of the conference on how to ensure meaningful youth participation during the event.

• YOUTH CORNER

A Youth Corner was also organized during both days of the conference, comprised of the activities below.  

1. Youth messages of those who are not at the conference
2. Signature wall
3. Network area & Human Library 
4. Resource Area - “how to engage young people for SRHR?”