ACT!2015 Advocacy Strategy Toolkit

This toolkit was developed as part of the ACT!2015 campaign, which seeks to mobilise young people around the world "to ensure HIV remains a priority in the post-2015 agenda and that sexual and reproductive health and rights gets recognized for the first time ever in major UN [United Nations] goals" (see Related Summary below for more information on the campaign).
The toolkit is intended to provide practical resources to "make sure that all the valuable ideas that have emerged over the past two years in youth discussions on post-2015" - as part of the ACT!2015 campaign and also as part of other youth-focused initiatives - "can be translated into social action".
As stated in the toolkit, it "was designed for a range of youth advocates, including:

• young people who are involved in community dialogues, youth consultations on post-2015, etc.;
• young people who are passionate about ensuring that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues are strong in the post-2015 agenda; and
• young people from key populations, because they have a critical role to play in shaping the debate."

The toolkit is structured in a series of step-by-step modules to help youth build an effective strategy to influence decision-makers. It contains the following chapters:

• Glossary
• Introduction
• The Story So Far
• Our Post-2015 Timeline
• Module 1: Set Your Priorities
• Module 2: Map Your Network
• Module 3: Build Your Timeline
• Module 4: Pick Your Targets
• Module 5: Make Your Case
• Module 6: Choose Your Activities
• Module 7: Take Stock and Review Progress
• Module 8: Develop Your Roadmap
• Wrap Up and Next Steps
• Appendix 1: My Advocacy Strategy
• Appendix 2: Advocacy Hot Tips
• Appendix 3: UNAIDS and the PACT
• References and Thanks