Mia White, Ms (2023) Elevate the seldom heard, empower Ireland’s future! An investigation into seldom heard youth’s involvement in youth participation in the Republic of Ireland. Master thesis, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences.
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Abstract Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child mandates that children and young people must be given the space to voice their views freely on all issues that affect them, that their opinions will be taken seriously, and that they will have adequate opportunities to express these views. To which, Ireland has been making increasing and serious progress in this arena. However, the sphere of youth participation has been namely a restrictive and privileged space for children and young people, which hinders the participation of those children and young people who often fall ‘seldom heard’ as they are not given this space to participate in decision-making on matters that affect them. In which, the youth organisations that promote youth participation play a pivotal role. Adult professionals within such organisations play a key role in implementing and carrying out such policies, aims and strategies. This qualitative study investigated the sphere of Irish youth participation for seldom heard youth by probing five youth work professionals working in the top Irish youth organisations. Which, found that Ireland's youth participation sphere reflects this restrictive and privileged nature, whereby seldom heard youth are not adequately included. To which, the policy-makers and youth workers must work together to implement inclusive policy and practice which include all youth in order to allow decisions to be shaped by an aggregation of youth who reflect an authentic pulse of the nation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schreuder, P.R. and Frans, N. |
| Degree programme: | Pedagogical and Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Youth 0-21, Society and Policy [Master Pedagogical and Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2023 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2023 08:54 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2596 |
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