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The major structural activities where youth empowerment happens throughout society include:

False forms of youth empowerment include:
  • Consumer spending

  • Popular culture

  • Forced participation


The educational philosophies of John Dewey , Paulo Freire and John Holt are mainly premised on youth empowerment. These philosopher/educator/writers believed schools would have the greatest impact on students by centering learning on each student's life experiences. Classroom activities that empower youth include Student-centered Learning , Popular Education , and Service Learning . In communities, youth empowerment takes form through Youth Voice and community Youth Development programs.

Youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway to Civic Engagement and Participatory Democracy . Many local, state, provencial, regional, national, and international government agencies and nonprofit community-based organizations provide programs centered on youth empowerment. Activities involved therein may focus on Youth-led Media , Youth Rights , Youth Council s, youth Activism , youth involvement in community decision-making, and other methods.

Each major political party in the United States, including the Republicans , the Democrats , and the Green Party , as well as many major European, African, South American, and Australian political parties have statements supporting youth empowerment. Youth empowerment is also a central tenet of the United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child , which every country in the world (minus the U.S. and Somalia) has signed into law.


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