Catrin Davies

consultation is not participation

there are boundaries between the roles of professional youth work practitioner and active citizen, and limitations in collaborating with young people that professional practice may bring, such as the constraints of employment conditions, government funding criteria, professional ethics, the law and so on.

Youth workers will recognise the impact of social and structural forces on young people, so that their practice is responsive to young people’s experiences and needs and to break down barriers that restrict young people’s life opportunities (Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic) Code 2007).

Ms. Shweta Narayan, Campaign Lead, Global Climate and Health Alliance, Just transition and democracy

Ms. Colette Pichon Battle , Co -founder and Vision & Initiative Partner at Taproot Earth , Climate r eparations

Inter -Agency Network on Youth Development Working Group on Youth and Peacebuilding, Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding: A Practice Note (2016).

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