Tokenism vs True Youth Participation
Youth participation in decision-making has become an accepted goodâorganizations, governments, and institutions proudly announce youth advisory boards, youth representatives, and youth engagement initiatives. Yet there is growing recognition that much youth participation is tokenistic rather than meaningful: young people may be present but not powerful, consulted but not heard, involved but not influential.
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