Issues Addressed through Youth Engagement
Around the world, young people are becoming engaged in a lot of issues. Following is a collection of topics Freechild has identified. There are many other issues youth are engaged in that are not listed here.
Creativity Issues
Economic Issues
Education Issues
- Homeschooling
- School reform
- Sex education
- Students rights in schools
- Teaching about social change in school
- Unschooling
- Reflection
- Critical thinking
Identity Issues
- Adults
- Adultism
- Gay, bisexual, lesbian, transsexual, transgendered, queer, and questioning youth
- Homeless youth
- Intergenerational partnerships
- Parents, parenting and families
- Rural issues
- Urban issues
- Youth in the media
- Gender equity
Government Issues
- Community development
- Involvement in decision-making
- Foster care involvement
- Foundation involvement
- Government involvement
- Nonprofit involvement
- Research representation
- International development
- Nation building
- School involvement (offsite)
Social Issues
- Gun Control
- School reform
- Grantmaking and philanthropy
- Sex education
- Anti-war and nonviolence
- Education
- National service
- Politics
- Racism
- Environment
- Sustainable agriculture
- Public health
Rights Issues
- Adultism
- Ephebiphobia
- Corporal Punishment
- Curfews
- Defining youth rights
- Job discrimination
- Incarceration
- Lowering the voting age
- Youth liberation
- Youth rights in schools
- Youth rights
Youth Issues
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