Youth Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, Nepal (YFIN) is an autonomous and politically non-partisan, national level common and umbrella organization of Adivasi Janajati (Indigenous Nationalities) specific youth's organizations established in 1999. The multiple roles that Nepalese indigenous youth play contribute to maintain preserve and promote the distinct identity of Indigenous peoples. Their language and cultural skills, traditional knowledge in management of community and resources are distinct.
Laws, policies and practices highly marginalize, exclude, deprive, and discriminate indigenous youth. Despite of this fact, indigenous youth retain some or all knowledge, skill, culture, energetic role and traditional institution as well. YFIN is a common and representative organization of indigenous peoples of Nepalese Youths. It was duly registered with the government in 2011 and affiliated with the Social Welfare Council in 2011 with the aim of ensuring right to participate in all state structures with their distinct identity. Presently, 42 national level independent indigenous communities of youth organizations are affiliated under this umbrella organization the member organizations are widely distributed throughout the Terai, Hills and Himalayas of Nepal and YFIN’s activities are mainly concentrated in 45 districts of Nepal.
In Nepal, Adivasi Janajati Youths have bitter experiences of inherent structural patriarchy and dominated political systems. Social exclusion based on age factor has for centuries been an important part of the Nepali milieu. Similarly, social exclusion based on ethnicity has been another reality in Nepal. Thus, Indigenous Nationalities Youth face social exclusion not only because of them being youth, but also because of their ethnicity. Youth comprise 45 percent out of which 35.1 percent are Adivasi Janajati youth. It is a fact that the state has not recognized the "identity" of Adivasi Janajati youth, deprived them from policy making processes and has been including them under the general term "Nepali youth"_ In addition, Adivasi Janajati Youths are marginalized and excluded from the mainstream of national development- Adivasi Janajati Youth suffer from triple forms of discrimination, First for being youth, Secondly for being Adivasi Janajati and Thirdly for being Adivasi Janajati youth.