Political Engagement and

Youth Empowerment
GROUP-6
 Learning Objective:
●After going through this lesson,
you are expected to:
Explain issues and programs
related to political engagement and
youth empowerment.
"No one is born a good citizen; no nation is
born a democracy. Rather, both are
processes that continue to evolve over a
lifetime. Young people must be included
from birth. A society that cuts itself off from
its youth severs its lifeline; it is condemned
to bleed to death.” (Former Un Secretary-
General Kofi Annan )
Lets Play!
SPIN MY NAME
 How would
you know that
a person is
youth?
 Political Enagement and the Youth
According to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) (2016),
youth is a more fluid category than a
fixed-age group, age is the easiest way
to define the youth in terms of
education and employment.
Creative force and a dynamic source of
introducing something new or noble in
our society.
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Various resolutions and statements that manifest the international
community's recognition on the indispensable role of the youth.

"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(UDHR) (1948)

• “Right to take part in the government

of his country, directly or through freely
chosen representative" (Article 21).
Various resolutions and statements that manifest the international
community's recognition on the indispensable role of the youth.

"The United Nations' Convention of Rights of

the Child (1989)
• Most widely ratified international agreement — affirmed
various civil and political rights for all individuals up to
15 years of age.
• "States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable
of forming his or her own views the right to express
those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the
views of the child being given due weight in according
with the age and maturity of the child" (Article 12).
Various resolutions and statements that manifest the international
community's recognition on the indispensable role of the youth.

"The World Program of Action for Youth to the

year 2000 and beyond adopted by the UN
General Assembly in 1996.

• “Full and affected participation of

the youth in the life of society and
decision–making."
Various resolutions and statements that manifest the international
community's recognition on the indispensable role of the youth.

"The UN A/RES/58/133 Resolution (2003)

• “Importance of the full and effective

participation of youth and youth
organization at the local, national, regional
and international levels in promoting and
implementation.”
Four Aspects of Programs and Activities That Induce Youth Participation

Youth
Information Decision- Initiating
Consultation
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A great nation
generates great
young people.
 Some Major Issues and Cases on Youth and Participation

The UN, through the United Nations

Development Program (UNDP), lists
primary issues relevant to governance
and the youth participation. Among
these are the following:
Lets Play!
SPIN MY NAME
 What are the
youth issues
todays you know
or is aware of?
 Some Major Issues and Cases on Youth and Participation

1 2 4 5
Young men and The youth's
3
The youth are not Young men and women
women are participation in The adequately tend to feel excluded and
excluded from governance, including
participation of represented in formal marginalized in their
policy development opportunities for
youth in formal political institutions communities given the
given their engagement, is and institutional and processes limited opportunities and
disillusionment withdependent of different
processes is including political exposure provided for
the political political, relatively low parties, parliaments, them to participate
leadership and socioeconomic, and compared to elections, and public meaningfully in decision-
political cultural contexts. older citizens. administration. making processes.
institutions.
To reach the objective of substantive
inclusion of the youth in governance and
in decision-making
the UNDP further claims that actions
must revolve around two main
commitments in political inclusion.
1. Support to young people's participation
in inclusive political processes and
democratic practices through the following:
Promotion of an enabling environment for
young people's participation in a broad
range of processes and areas at local,
subnational, and national levels.
Promotion of young people's skills and
capacities to participate actively in
democratic practices, including in local,
national, and international contexts.
Promotion of young women's participation
and presence in political office and
decision-making at all levels.
2. Support to young people's inclusion in
decision-making and in all levels of
development processes through the
following:
Effective participation of young people-led
organisations in UN governance and
decision-making processes.
The ability of young people and young
people-led organizations to contribute to the
achievement of durable solutions for
humanitarian and peace-building initiatives,
focusing on enabling young women and men
to become active leaders in global efforts to
achieve sustainable human development as
a long-term investment.
 Issues and Concerns for The Youth

Poor education system 1

2 Poverty

Lack of support groups 3

4 Cultural factors

Social inequality 5
Lets Play!
SPIN MY NAME
Give at least one Practices
or Organizations that can
be Created by the Youth.
 Some Practices or Organizations that can be Created by the Youth

Create Programs Collective action

Support group Mass
Meaningful YOUTH Media
Activities Reporting Environmental
Input Donation protection
Coordination
 Some Programs In Empowering the Youth

PROGRAMS

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 The Legal and Institutional Environment
The participation of youth in the country is recognized
in various legal frameworks including the 1987
constitution.

“The natural and primary right in duty of

parents in the rearing of the youth for civil
Article II, Section 12
efficiency and the development of moral
character shall receive the support of the
Government.”
 The Legal and Institutional Environment

"The state recognizes the vital role of the

youth in nation-building and shall
promote and protect their physical, moral,
Article II, Section 13 spiritual, intellectual, and social well-
being. It shall inculcate in the youth,
patriotism and nationalism and encourage
their involvement in public and civic
affairs"
 The Legal and Institutional Environment
Article VI, Section
5. Paragraph 2 of the Participation of youth through a party list
constitution representative in the congress

Article XIV, Section “The state shall provide adult citizens, the
2, paragraph 5 disabled, and out-of-school youth with
training in civics, vocational efficiency,
and other skills.”
 The Legal and Institutional Environment

Republic Act No. National youth commission and

8044 or The youth in established a national comprehensive and
Nation building Act coordinated program on youth
development.
Program is based on the following principles:
Lets Play!
SPIN MY NAME
 Name an
organization that
also aims to help
the youth.
 Institution or Agencies that deal with the Issues of the youth

The department of National Youth

social welfare and Parliament
development (DSWD)
Government agency that is tasked
to look at welfare issues of the INSTITUTIONS/
youth.
AGENCIES
Youth sectoral council National Volunteer
of the National Anti- Sangguniang Service Coordinating
Poverty Commission Kabataan Under Agency
(NAPC) The Office Of The
President
 Some Cases of Youth Engagement

Formal, long-term
service
• 20 hours per week of service
for three months or longer

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Part-time Volunteering

• Anything less than formal, long-

term service but more than two
hours per week for two months

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Occasional
Volunteering
• Anything less than the
above

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 Some Cases of Youth Engagement

Service-learning

• A teaching methods that enriches

learning by engaging students in
meaningful service to their schools and
communities.

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 Some Cases of Youth Engagement

Volunteering

• Volunteers offer services to

communities in countries
other than their own.

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Mutual Aid

• Aiding and support to others within

the same community or social group;
the distinction between the volunteer
and the beneficiary may be less clear.

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Governance

• Representation to, and lobbying of,

government, bodies to monitor
government policies, service and
programs.

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 Some Cases of Youth Engagement

Advocacy and
Campaigning
• Raising public
consciousness or working to
change legislation.

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Youth Media

• Video, radio, film newspaper, or other

(Forms) of media production (being -
utilized) by young people; audience
may be other young people or adults.

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Social Entrepreneurship

• Creating innovative solutions to

social problems by designing
products or offering service.
 Some Cases of Youth Engagement

Leadership Training and Practice

• Mechanisms for learning and exercising

leaderships skills, including workshop as
well as participation in volunteer activities
state-society interaction and citizenship-
in-practice in the Philippines.

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Lets Play!
SPIN MY NAME
 What type or cases of
youth engagement have
you participated from
the said above?
 The youth civic participation programs in Philippines, both at the
national and the local levels, also fall within categories in this typology.

• The representation of the youth sector in the Philippine House

of Representatives is a widely acknowledged form of political
engagement.
• The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) is a youth government
mechanism where young people aged 15 to 18 can be elected
to the local governing SK.
• The National Youth Parliament, established in 1993, is a
program created by the National Youth Commission (NYC).
 The youth civic participation programs in Philippines, both at the
national and the local levels, also fall within categories in this typology.

• The Sangguniang Kabataan Organizational Leadership and

Reorientation Program (ISKOLAR) is another program of
NYC, which provides a two-step training program for SK
officials.
• The government also engages young people with the
integration of the National.
• Service Training Program (NSTP) in the higher education
curriculum in 2001.
 Several civil society and private sector initiatives, local or
international, that aid in that project of the youth civic engagement in
the country.
ENGAGE

Engages student leaders

The Ayala Young
through a series of
Leaders Congress
workshops, which aim to
brings together university
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students throughout the
catalyst for change in the
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country.
 Several civil society and private sector initiatives, local or
international, that aid in that project of the youth civic engagement in
the country.

EMPOWER
It empowers out-of-school
youth from rural areas to
develop conversation skills,
work ethic, and leadership
qualities through community
development efforts.
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The Palawan Conservation

Corps, established in 1999,
focuses on environmental
consciousness and community
development.
 Several civil society and private sector initiatives, local or
international, that aid in that project of the youth civic engagement in
the country.
Save the Children, an international Inititiative
organization spearheaded the
Adolescent Friendly Reproductive
Health Services. Provides civic
participation opportunities for public
health and community development.
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Young advocates to serve as peer

educators for sexual and sexual and
reproductive health, and health and
nutrition awareness campaigns.
 Challenge and Prospects

Hutter (2008)

However, challenges still confront youth

engagement in the philippines, a country
categorized as a "democratizing state with
strong civil society. "

Philippines (together with the Youth-oriented programs are

Thailand) as a country that has run by multiple organizations,
decentralized support for youth including youth-led ones.
civic engagement, including
policies, programs, and youth
Bodies.
 Challenges for Engagement

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3
2 Weak education
1 system
Weak economy
(Philippines) (Philippines)
Inefficiency and
corruption of
Decreasing
national youth
government
council
funding for youth
(Philippines)
civic engagement
activities
(Philippines)
 Challenges for Engagement

8
7
6 Difficulty for
5 High financial
young people to cost of
Gender balance studies, participating in
High levels of
inequalities responsibilities at distance of
youth
unemployment home, and activities from
and migration participation in home
(Philippines) youth civic
engagement
activities
 Challenges for Engagement

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10
9 Negative or
mixed media
Lack of
In some cases, portrayals of
information about
lack or parental young people
programming
support for
options
participation
 Support for Engagement

Support
Religious support for Value of helping others in local
youth civic engagement culture

Government
decentralization allowing Adult role models and
greater youth participation collaborative youth-
and the local level adult relationship

University support for Significant government

youth civic engagement support for youth civic
engagement within the
formal education system
Extreme or extra-legal, if not at all violent political
engagement venues for youth (LN Security Council,
2013).
Aged 10 to 17 years old are recruited and used by:
• Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
• Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
• New People's Army (NPA)
• Abu Sayyaf Group in armed conflicts.
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The youth has a vital role in nation-

building, governance, and
development.
Lets Play!
SPIN MY NAME
WHAT HAVE
YOU
LEARNED?
GET 1 WHOLE
SHEET OF
PAPER
 ACTIVITY: POSTER MAKING

Directions: Make a poster that shows the importance

of youth empowerment and youth engagement in
politics.

Rubric for the Poster Making

Relevance to the Topic- 10pnts
Creativity- 5pnts
Neatness- 5pnts
TOTAL= 20pnts
 Activity 1: Do You Know Me?

Directions: Identify the following.

A period of transition from the

_______________1.

dependence of childhood to adulthood's

independence and awareness of our
interdependence as members of the larger
community.
 Activity 1: Do You Know Me?

Directions: Identify the following.

An Act which created the National

_______________2.
Youth Commission and established a national
comprehensive and coordinated program on youth
development.
 Activity 1: Do You Know Me?

Directions: Identify the following.

The government agency that is

_______________3.

tasked to look at welfare issues of the

youth.
 Activity 1: Do You Know Me?

Directions: Identify the following.

A youth government mechanism

_______________4.
where young people aged 15 to 18can be elected
and works to establish community projects and
serve as an avenue through which young people
gain leadership skills by serving as leaders of their
communities.
 Activity 1: Do You Know Me?

Directions: Identify the following.

A program created by National Youth

_______________5.
Commission and established in 1993 wherein
youth leaders meet every two years to talk about
youth development issues and come up with a
guide that could direct the government's policy-
making programs.
 Activity 2: Acronym!

Directions: Spell-out the following acronyms.

1. UN- 6. SK –
2. UNESCO- 7. NYC-
3. UDHR- 8. ROTC-
4. UNDP- 9. MILF-
5. DSWD- 10.NPA-
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