Rizina Yadav: Amplifying Young Women's Voices Through Research and Advocacy 📢

In this episode, we chat with Rizina Yadav, founder of Young Women’s Alliance about her experience receiving a Backing the Future grant. 

Rizina shares her remarkable journey from growing up in regional Australia to studying at Stanford University, and her deep passion for creating social impact. 

With the grant, Rizina created a nationally representative research study on young women aged 18-28 through 300 long-form interviews, a national gender survey with 3000 respondents, 77 expert consultations, and a literature review of 800 academic articles, all the while engaging 17 young women from across Australia to assist with the research.

This work resulted in two reports - 'Young Minds, Old Biases: The Gender-Based Violence Crisis' and the 'Young Women's Policy Submission' which were submitted to state and federal parliament.

Rizina reflects on her initial youthful naivety and idealism, to the importance of careful planning for success, as well as why sometimes you need a plan B, C, D, and even E. She shares insights on what it was like to work influencing and informing government policy, and interacting with senior politicians and government departments. 

Rizina also offers valuable advice for grant applicants and explores the critical role philanthropy plays in the research and policy space in a non-partisan manner. 

Learn more about Rizina’s work: rizinayadav.com and youngwomensallianceaus.com

🎧 Join us for an insightful discussion about the intersection of youth advocacy, social change, and the transformative power of philanthropy!

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For more about the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, head to vfff.org.au.