PARADIGM YOUTH NETWORK ORGANIZATION

Paradigm Youth Network Organization is a non-profit youth led organization based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is dedicated to advancing the sexual legal, social and cultural rights of marginalized women, children, and men in both urban and rural areas. Formed in 2013, P.Y.N.O aims to build a safer sexual rights culture in Kenya by challenging behavior and attitudes in society. Additionally it develops programs focused on upholding international recommendations on standards on sexual rights. The organization targets vulnerable communities and aims to strengthen young people through human rights based approach premised on fundamental principles of equality, dignity, and respect for all. The organization offers a wide variety of services, which include access to information, training and empowerment, capacity strengthening skills building, and advocacy while reducing SRHR related stigma through raising awareness among community members. Our programs primarily target lesbians, sexual minorities, women living with HIV/AIDs, sex workers and adolescents. It utilizes groundbreaking projects and pioneers new projects that address taboo issues in urban and rural Kenya. P.Y.N.O works to strengthen the capacity of these minority groups to advocate for their rights