YARN • TUS Network & Alliance

Youth and Adolescent Rights Network

A CHT-focused network of local civil-society organizations working to advance adolescent and youth rights and sustain joint advocacy developed through the Our Lives, Our Health, Our Futures programme.

YARN

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About the network

Youth and Adolescent Rights Network (YARN) brings together Chittagong Hill Tracts civil-society organizations around adolescent and youth rights. The network was established in 2020 in connection with the Our Lives, Our Health, Our Futures (OLHF) programme, with an emphasis on sustaining local collaboration, resource mobilisation and advocacy beyond the programme period. Earlier partner records also used the name Network for Adolescent Rights Initiatives (NARI).

Key focus areas

Adolescent and youth rightsSexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)Menstrual health and hygieneGender equalityGender-based violence preventionChild marriage preventionYouth participation and advocacy

Network at a glance

Established2020

Member CSOs10

Geographic focusThree CHT districts

Programme originOLHF

Member organizations

Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha (TUS)

Zabarang Kalyan Samity (ZKS)

Khagrapur Mahila Kalyan Samity (KMKS)

Progressive

Hill Flower

Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE)

Taungya

Ananya Kallyan Sangathon (AKS)

Gram Unnayon Sangathon (GRAUS)

Tahzingdong

TUS relationship

TUS is a founding / participating member organization