Youth empowerment
They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes.
[1] Youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway to intergenerational equity, civic engagement and democracy building.
Empowerment theory focuses on processes that enable participation; enhance control through shared decision making; and create opportunities to learn, practice, and increase skills.
[7] Youth empowerment examines six interdependent dimensions: psychological, community, organizational, economic, social and cultural.
[1] The five competencies of a healthy youth are: (1) positive sense of self, (2) self- control, (3) decision-making skills, (4) a moral system of belief, and (5) pro-social connectedness.
[1] Over the last two decades, quality of life (QOL) has emerged as an important unit of measurement to evaluate the success of empowerment programs.
Support for efficacy and mattering specifically focuses on youth being active, instrumental agents of change in their communities, collective decision-making and adults listen to and respect their voice.
Regardless of specific goals or methods, empowering effects include improving women's wellbeing, self-esteem, and self-efficacy, and enhancing social status by teaching technical and organizational skills.
[12] There are also empowerment movements that use the social action model, aiming for disadvantaged people to become empowered, organized, and educated so that they may create change.
[13] This model focuses primarily on engagement as a key marker of positive youth development, emphasizing the need to foster initiative.
[9] The method emphasizes reciprocity among adults and youth with a focus on shared decision making and reflective learning.
[1] In India, Youth Empowerment Foundation, a not for profit organization is focused at uplifting the underprivileged young generation of the society right from providing them with basic education to create a strong foundation for their careers, to developing personality skills, because the youth is the future of the country.
Pots of Hope's main goal is to reduce the vulnerability youth to HIV and Aids through education, information and awareness, as well as income security projects.
[19] They do this by providing evidence-based policy guidance and programmatic support by promoting the active participation of youth in society.
USAID has youth empowerment programs set up around the world that are aimed at civic engagement, access to resources and opportunities for education and employment.
Local, state, provincial, regional, national, and international government agencies and nonprofit community-based organizations provide programs centered on youth empowerment.
The basis for youth empowerment in the EU is based in articles 165 and 166 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
Major structural activities where youth empowerment happens throughout society include community decision-making, organizational planning, and education reform.
Youth empowerment is studied by a variety of scholars including Shawn Ginwright, Henry Giroux, Barry Checkoway, and Mike Males.
Their research is highlighted by advocacy from notable activists such as William Upski Wimsatt, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Salome Chasnoff and Adam Fletcher.
In 2002 Comhairle na nÓg was established in each local authority area as part of the National Children's strategy.
It is run by the local county or city councils under the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
The National Executive has one "youth councillor" from every Comhairle na nÓg and deal with issues important to young people.
Other action points address gender equality, HIV/AIDS, education, the environment, youth participation in decision-making, and democracy and human rights.
The risked-based model can obscure the fact that adolescence is a time when young people master skills and concepts.
