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What Works in Youth and Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance

This section includes resources that explain how programs can assist young people in overcoming barriers to their political participation and transforming ...

WHAT WORKS IN YOUTH AND DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS ...

Main navigation ... Democracy, human rights and governance (DRG) assistance programs involving youth can be examined through sub-sectors, such as participation in ...

Programs work to engage young people in democracy

54 New York City high school students challenge one another to imagine an ideal democracy. Wood-paneled walls are covered in haphazardly taped posters.

Empowering Global Youth: A Path to Inclusive Democracy

Amidst the challenges faced by democracies worldwide, a beacon of hope is emerging as young people take charge of their futures. Youth across ...

Defending Democracy: Youth Policy Recommendations

Globally, youth are becoming increasingly disaffected with traditional democratic institutions and processes. Over the last decade, ...

Youth Recommendations to Increase Engagement in Democracy

Presidency (2022 to 2023), the Community of Democracies can pride itself on its work to involve youth in shaping the future of democracy. For many years and ...

Youth Democracy Cohort: Home

The Youth Democracy Cohort (YDC) is an inclusive platform to take meaningful action toward implementing Summit for Democracy commitments on youth political and ...

To Strengthen America's Democracy, Invest in Youth Civic Learning

Young people may learn about civics in school, but curriculum is increasingly politicized and generally inadequate. ... These are also important ...

Groundbreaking Report Released on Educating America's Youth for ...

“Research shows that civics education works. ... “As a teacher we surveyed stated, civic education 'is essential if we are to continue as a free democratic ...

Why Are Youth Dissatisfied with Democracy? | Freedom House

Young people are disillusioned with democracy, but they're finding alternative ways to make their voices heard. It's time to bring them into the fold.

Teens for Democracy

The initiative aims to create a space for teens to engage in deliberative democracy in ways that will allow their voices to be heard on issues that impact ...

Announcing the Global Youth Democracy Network: Fostering a New ...

Integrating the voices of young people is critical to sustaining strong democracies. Including youth perspectives into our decision-making ...

Voices of the Future and a Youth Agenda for American Democracy

With the deliberative polling data as a guide, the Academy hosted the Youth Agenda for American Democracy summit in partnership with Washington University in St ...

How To Encourage Youth Participation in Local Democracy - GovPilot

Encouraging young people to understand that they have a voice and a responsibility in local government is vital for the health of democracy.

Youth inclusion is key for strong democracies – CoD

Increasing young people's civic engagement and political participation is crucial to build inclusive societies and strong democratic institutions.

In youth we trust - JHU Hub - Johns Hopkins University

Even as we see young people coming of age with a set of pro-democratic proclivities, we are grappling with a dysfunctional political system. A ...

Youth for democracy - The Council of Europe

The Youth for Democracy programme seeks to achieve the active participation and autonomy of young people in peaceful and inclusive societies of Europe. The work ...

Including Youth Voices in Our Democracy | First Focus on Children

The government, at every level, must become more accessible to and inclusive of youth, especially those from historically underrepresented ...

Speak Youth To Power | National Democratic Institute

To help new voices tip the scales, NDI launched a global campaign to champion the political aspirations of young people, advance democratic practices that ...

Youth Participation Strategies for Building Sustainable Democracies

The participation of young people in democratic politics has historically been challenging. Many initiatives have been started around the world ...