Nairobi, Kenya, 11th August 2025– Africa, with its vibrant youth, including over 116 million under 35 in East Africa alone, is a continent of immense potential. Yet, the leadership of young people, especially Girls and Young Women (GYW), remains undervalued. Girls and Young Women are actively addressing global issues such as climate change, digital inequality, gender-based violence, and economic injustice, but are often excluded from decision-making. Now is the time to change this.
As Africa nears the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline, the need to protect progress and ensure Girls and Young Women are sufficiently integrated in decision-making processes has never been more urgent.
At this critical moment, the She Leads Africa Summit 2025 under the theme ¨Sustaining Girls and Young Women Leadership in Key Decision-Making Spaces in Africa¨ will take place from 11th to 14th August 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. This historic event, organised by the Horn of Africa Youth Network (HoAYN) and Terre des Hommes Netherlands, in collaboration with Pan African She Leads Consortium partners, Plan International AULO, Defence for Children – ECPAT Netherlands (DCI-ECPAT), FEMNET, and GIMAC, marks the first-ever regional civil society-led summit convened for and by GYW across the continent.
Hosted in the Eastern Africa region, the Summit is both a powerful culmination of the five-year She Leads programme (2021–2025) and a bold step forward in shaping policies that place Girls and Young Women at the centre of decision-making.
As Linnet Awor, Technical Expert, Lobby and Advocacy at Terre des Hommes Netherlands, explains, ¨We need to ensure Girls and Young Women continue to lead with impact in all spheres of life, now and in the future. Through collaborative advocacy, the Summit will strengthen feminist and youth-led movements, encouraging regional commitments to ensure GYW are engaged meaningfully in governance and development.¨
By the end of the Summit, participants will have secured tangible policy commitments from regional and continental institutions to embed Girls’ and Young Women’s leadership across key decision-making spaces. The Summit will also strengthen intergenerational and cross-border feminist networks and produce a clear Pan-African roadmap for a just, inclusive, and gender-equal post-2030 agenda.
Contact for Media & General Inquiries
Ms. Grace Oduor
Africa Regional Communications Advisor
Terre des Hommes Netherlands
📧: g.oduor@tdh.nl / Tel: +254 729 380 256
Ms. Jamila Kiptui
Communications & Advocacy Lead
Horn of Africa Youth Network (HoAYN)
📧: jamila@hornofafricayouthnetwork.org / Tel: +254 700 110 016
About She Leads
She Leads is a five-year joint programme aiming at advancing GYW rights to meaningful participation and engagement in regional decision-making spaces in Africa, implemented by Plan International Netherlands, FEMNET, and Terre des Hommes Netherlands, in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, operating across East Africa, West Africa, and the Middle East. For more information about She Leads, visit: int.terredeshommes.nl
Source : She Leads
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