YANAA (Young Activist Network for Abortion Advocacy) is the youth network of the International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion (ICWRSA). It was formed in 2019 following the youth meeting at the Campaign’s International Forum in 2018.
YANAA STEERING COMMITTEE
Tamara Savio, Youth Network for the Right to Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and CLACAI, Argentina. Tamara replaced Dana Repka in July 2024. Dana transitioned out of the Youth Network for the Right to Abortion (LAC) as she got admission to pursue L.LM degree at the University of Toronto.
Hasini Rupasingh, ARROW, Sri Lanka. Hasini is a steering committee member since October 2023.
Wafa Mudawi Ibrahim, RCOG, Sudan. Wafa is a steering committee member since the formation of YANAA in 2019.
YANAA COORDINATION
Shruti Arora, India. She is the coordinator of YANAA since August 2021. She has been in the steering committee since the formation of YANAA in 2019.
Dominique Ogreanu, Romania. Dominique joined YANAA as the Co-Coordinator (Communications) in September 2024. She represents the Europe region in the steering committee.
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
YANAA was funded through ICWRSA from 2019 until May 2024, in the past few years through three grants from the Global Fund for Women. We now have a new fiscal sponsor. Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) is managing YANAA’s funds since June 2024.
FUNDING
YANAA received a grant of 1.5 years from Fos Feminista in 2024.
ACTIVITIES
For this year, YANAA is organizing a series of Youth Talk Abortion webinars with 40 young people. The webinar series are being translated to French and Hindi. The first webinar was led by Dominique Ogreanu on 26 November 2024. The webinar was on Busting Abortion Myths.
The second webinar was led by Lucía Berro Pizzarossa on 3 December 2024. The webinar was on Self-Managed Abortions.
We will continue with the webinars in the next year!
28 September
YANAA organised a Tweetathon titled, Unite in #AbortionSolidarity on 26 September 2024. A report of the Tweetathon was published in October in the newsletter of the International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion.
OUTREACH
YANAA members: 218
Webinar series participants: 40
X – 886 followers
Instagram – 834 followers
Report by Shruti Arora, 17 December 2024
