PROPEL Youth and Gender

Promoting Results and Outcomes through Policy and Economic Levers Youth and Gender (PROPEL Youth and Gender) is a five-year USAID-funded project. PROPEL Youth and Gender uses policy, advocacy, health financing, and governance approaches to improve reproductive health/ family planning and gender equality outcomes for individuals of all genders and life stages.   

PROPEL Youth and Gender aims to dismantle the root causes of gender inequity—by addressing policies, financing, institutions, and systems that perpetuate an unjust distribution of power, resources, and opportunities—and increase access to health information, services, and supplies.  

PROPEL Youth and Gender takes an inclusive systems approach, engaging individuals of all genders and at all life stages as active partners in contributing to and leading solutions.  

PROPEL Youth and Gender provides technical assistance for policies, financing, governance, and advocacy aimed to advance SRHR outcomes and integration of other health areas. To strengthen the enabling environment, the project facilitates multi-sectoral linkages to address social, economic, and political determinants that impact health access and use.  

The approach to technical assistance is grounded in seven key principles: 1) positive youth development (PYD); 2) meaningful youth engagement and inclusion; 3) gender transformative approaches; 4) do no harm; 5) local leadership; 6) accountability; 7) and evidence-based interventions. These principles underpin all the activities and interactions across the global program.  

PROPEL Youth and Gender envisions a future where people of all genders and life stages have the agency, assets, skills, and opportunities to exercise their rights and make informed choices about their own sexual and reproductive health, allowing them to pursue education and economic opportunities to build their futures.