Genevieve Sinclair is the CEO of Youth Empowered Towards Independence (YETI), a non-government organisation based in Cairns that has supported young people in Far North Queensland for over three decades.
YETI provide drug and alcohol treatment for young people and are shortly scheduled to launch the first youth alcohol and drug residential treatment service in Far North Queensland in partnership with Gindaja Treatment and Healing and the Youth Support and Advocacy Service. Genevieve is the current board chair of the Queensland Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (QNADA) and board member of The Loop Australia, a drug checking service.
Genevieve is a member of the Youth Justice Sector Advisory Group and an advocate in relation to the human rights of young people engaged with the justice system in Queensland. Genevieve has been involved in several human rights legal cases associated with the incarceration of young people and strongly believes in the importance of systems reform and therapeutic responses to address the needs of young people caught in the justice system.
