Category: Online Books
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Youth Mainstreaming Toolkit
Freechild is committed to engaging young people throughout the organizations, agencies, programs and activities that affect them most. In order to be most useful to the people who make decisions in these places, we’re making our popular book, The Freechild Project Youth Mainstreaming Guide, available online free for the first time.
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Potential Youth Mainstreaming Activities
There are many activities that can be part of your organization or community’s Youth Mainstreaming strategy. They include the following activities.
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Next Steps for Youth Mainstreaming
Taking Action for Youth Mainstreaming is essential. The following suggestions, drawn from The Freechild Institute’s experiences and research, can help leaders get started with this effective and cutting-edge strategy.
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Critical Elements of Youth Mainstreaming
The critical elements of youth mainstreaming don’t vary according to the time, place and people involved. Following are some of the most critical things The Freechild Institute has learned from their experience and research.
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Understanding the Strategy of Youth Mainstreaming
Youth Mainstreaming is a comprehensive strategy for integrating youth throughout the operations of an organization or community. Because of the complexity of organizations and communities, it can be essential to spell out exactly what Youth Mainstreaming is and what it can do.
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What Is Youth Mainstreaming?
Youth Mainstreaming is a strategy for integrating youth into every aspect of your organization or community, including the individual perspectives, shared cultures, and throughout the systems and structures affecting young people everyday.
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Choosing the Right Approach to Youth Mainstreaming
Before you get started, there are several things to know about Youth Mainstreaming. You don’t have to start by doing many things at once; you can choose a simple pathway leading to complex transformation. Following are some approaches to Youth Mainstreaming.
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Additional Resources for Youth Mainstreaming
There are several resources available on Youth Mainstreaming. They include some of the following.
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Youth Action Toolkit
This is the Freechild Institute Youth page, created for young people to change the world in positive, powerful ways.
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Stories of Youth Changing the World
The following stories are about young people who decided there was a need in their community, and then took action to meet that need. Some projects were one-time, and some are on going. These stories can inspire, infuriate, and empower youth to change the world, and adults to be partners.
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