What is Youth Participation?
Youth participation is the active engagement of young people throughout their communities. It is often used interchangeably with the term 'active involvement'. This means more than simply taking part in an activity. It refers specifically to the involvement in the process of identifying needs, exploring solutions, making decisions and planning action within communities and organisations that seek to support civil society. Sports, schools and any activity where young people are not historically engaged are used as tools by youth participation.
In relation to young people, youth participation is often regarded as the involvement of young people in decisions that are made that affect them. However many people believe that young people should be treated as citizens now (as opposed to the citizens of the future) and should be involved in all decisions that are made about the community and society in which they live.
All actions involving youth can be divided in youth participation and non-participation:
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