Institutional Governance
Safeguarding & ethics protocol.
Comprehensive child protection, whistleblower channels, and ethical standards operational across all 26 sovereign national sites.
1. Zero Tolerance for Harassment & Discrimination
AfriYouth enforces a zero-tolerance policy against all forms of gender-based violence, discrimination, exploitation, and abuse. All lab facilities, virtual cohorts, and field research missions are protected by strict safeguarding reporting channels.
2. Community Fieldwork Consent
Field enumerators and research fellows must obtain informed, freely given consent from all community survey respondents and workshop participants before gathering interviews, photographs, or data traces.
3. Independent Ombudsperson
Anyone can report ethical concerns directly to our independent ombudsperson via safeguarding@afriyouth.org.