In Their Words: A Practical Guide for Engaging Young People in Civic Education

Annexes

Annex 1: Survey Respondents by Country

Total Number of Respondents = 858

COUNTRY

# RESPONDENTS

Albania

2

Argentina

4

Armenia

11

Bangladesh

22

Botswana

1

Brazil

1

Burkina Faso

1

Cambodia

7

Cameroon

2

Canada

2

Chile

1

Colombia

2

Dominican Republic

2

Democratic Republic

of the Congo

2

Ecuador

116

Ethiopia

42

Georgia

8

Guatemala

1

Guinea

1

Guyana

8

Haiti

1

Honduras

1

India

3

Indonesia

4

Iraq

52

Ireland

1

Jamaica

1

Kenya

12

Kosovo

1

Kyrgyzstan

15

Lebanon

10

Lesotho

1

Liberia

1

Libya

8

Madagascar

3

Malawi

1

COUNTRY

# RESPONDENTS

Malaysia

2

Mauritania

1

Mexico

1

Montenegro

1

Myanmar

1

Nepal

12

New Zealand

1

Nigeria

191

North Macedonia

4

Pakistan

5

Palestine

2

Papua New Guinea

10

Peru

2

Rwanda

2

Serbia

1

Sierra Leone

2

Singapore

2

Solomon Islands

1

South Africa

2

South Korea

1

South Sudan

2

Sri Lanka

23

Tanzania

4

Timor-Leste

1

Tunisia

63

Uganda

7

Ukraine

139

United Kingdom

2

United States

7

Uruguay

1

Uzbekistan

2

Venezuela

1

Vietnam

4

Zambia

1

Zimbabwe

4

Not Identified

2

 

Annex 2: Tips and Guidance for Young Leaders and Practitioners ACTIONS

Tip Actions for young leaders Actions for Practitioners working with young people
1: Recognize social media as a platform for leadership

Take your leadership skills online. Map and engage your social media network. Amplify your efforts through messaging apps and image and video sharing sites.

Engage young people in the design and rollout of social media campaigns. Incorporate learning about leadership skills in online spaces.

2. Apply a mixed media approach Cross-post content on social media
platforms and traditional media outlets.
If safe to do so, livestream events or
radio shows on social media to
maximize your reach.

Include traditional and digital media approaches in learning materials to bolster young people’s skills to engage in person and digitally.

3. Acknowledge young people with intersectional identities Invite young people with diverse
backgrounds and intersectional
identities to inform, facilitate, and
participate in your activities.
Apply an intersectional lens to program design to raise awareness of and tailor
programming to the specific
experiences of young people with intersecting identities to ensure
accuracy, sensitivity, and representation.
4. Make civic education more accessible Use alt text, closed captions, graphics,
and different media such as radio,
videos, or images to maximize accessibility and reach diverse youth populations.
Make sure activity locations allow for everyone to participate safely. Budget for reasonable accommodations and
accessibility features for materials to ensure activities are accessible to all.
5. Engage young people under age 18 Invite parents, caregivers, and their
children to participate in your
activities when it is safe to do so.
Provide opportunities for them to
work and learn together.
Obtain consent from parents and caregivers and assent from learners under age 18 for their participation and use of their images or quotes. Add
safeguarding mechanisms for the inclusion of young people under age 18 in programming scopes of work.
6. Incorporate peer-to-peer and intergenerational learning Engage peers and youth champions of
all ages in your activities. Invite youth
champions from older age groups to share stories and experiences with
younger age groups.
Focus program design on each phase of the electoral cycle to strengthen young people’s engagement in the pre-electoral and post-electoral phases
and to build sustained habits of
participation.
7. Include civic education throughout the election cycle Connect your activities to all phases of
the electoral cycle and include first-time
voters and under-represented youth
populations. Foster partnerships with
the EMB to align your efforts.
Focus program design on each phase
of the electoral cycle to strengthen
young people’s engagement in the
pre-electoral and post-electoral phases
and to build sustained habits of
participation.