4 Systemic Thinking a comprehensive analytical approach to understanding how different elements interact within a system or structure Youth Empowerment Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. 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. Youth empowerment aims to improve quality of life. Youth empowerment is achieved through participation in youth empowerment programs. Source: What does youth empowerment mean? (n.d.). Definitions. https://www.definitions.net/definition/youth+empowerment Youth Participation Participation is a fundamental right. It is one of the guiding principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has been reiterated in many other Conventions and Declarations. Through active participation, young people are empowered to play a vital role in their own development as well as in that of their communities, helping them to learn vital life-skills, develop knowledge on human rights and citizenship and to promote positive civic action. To participate effectively, young people must be given the proper tools, such as information, education about and access to their civil rights. Source: The United Nations. (n.d.). Youth Participation. https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-participation.pdf
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