This guide was developed jointly by Plan and development partners in Togo and is now used in the West African region to support youth capacity development in the area of advocacy.

The 'Youth Advocacy' curriculum has six objectives:

• To explain the meaning of advocacy
• To review some of the underlying concepts of advocacy: power, citizenship, duty-bearers
• To understand the detailed process of an advocacy campaign
• To learn and practice techniques for advocating for your rights
• To learn how to assess and minimize risks
• To learn how to plan an advocacy campaign

Each chapter is supported and illustrated by games, cartoons and exercises.