Youth Voices from the Frontlines: Facilitating Meaningful Youth Voice Participation on Climate, Disasters, and Environment in Indonesia

Plush, Tamara; Wecker, Richard; Ti, Swan

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-2014-3_134

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“…The creativity and innovation of youth were also evident from their engagement with the research process, using diagrams and photographs to discuss their concerns. Our findings support an increasing body of evidence highlighting how youth contribute creative solutions for addressing disaster risks 49 50…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Changing climates, compounding challenges: a participatory study on how disasters affect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in Fiji

Murphy,

Rarama,

Atama

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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Pacific youth are at the forefront of the climate crisis, which has important implications for their health and rights. Youth in Fiji currently bear a disproportionate burden of poor experiences and outcomes related to their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). There is limited information about how the increasing climate impacts may affect their SRHR, and what the implications may be for climate action and disaster risk reduction. We aimed to explore the experiences of 21 Fijian youth in fulfilling their SRHR when living through multiple natural hazards. We conducted 2 workshops and 18 individual semistructured interviews using visual and storytelling methods. Irrespective of the type of hazard or context of disasters, participants identified limited agency as the main challenge that increased SRHR risks. Through reflexive thematic analysis, we identified four themes centred around ‘youth SRHR agency’; (1) information and knowledge, (2) community and belonging, (3) needs and resources, and (4) collective risks. These themes encompassed multiple factors that limited youth agency and increased their SRHR risks. Participants highlighted how existing challenges to their SRHR, such as access to SRHR information being controlled by community gatekeepers, and discrimination of sexual and gender diverse youth, were exacerbated in disasters. In disaster contexts, immediate priorities such as water, food and financial insecurity increased risks of transactional early marriage and transactional sex to access these resources. Daily SRHR risks related to normalisation of sexual and gender-based violence and taboos limited youth agency and influenced their perceptions of disasters and SRHR risks. Findings offer important insights into factors that limited youth SRHR agency before, during and after disasters. We underscore the urgency for addressing existing social and health inequities in climate and disaster governance. We highlight four key implications for reducing youth SRHR risks through whole-of-society approaches at multiple (sociocultural, institutional, governance) levels.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Changing climates, compounding challenges: a participatory study on how disasters affect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in Fiji

Murphy,

Rarama,

Atama

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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“…Multiple approaches must be used continuously to ask and seek youths' opinions, listen to what youths want and then prioritize them in the program. Rather than using programmatic design and delivery to shape social attitudes and behavior (Collin and Swist, 2015), campaigners should discuss with youths and influencers on creating their campaigns rather than maintain the program's sustainability (Plush et al ., 2020). Environmental campaign messages should integrate with creative storytelling to build engagement with young people.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nonetheless, there is a lack of research to explore factors that may hinder young people from participating in proenvironmental activities. Some Indonesian research focused on how the proenvironmental campaign design (Briandana et al ., 2022) creates public awareness through media (Ariestya et al ., 2022; Bassar et al ., 2018; Plush et al ., 2020), and identity (Nilan, 2020; Parker et al ., 2018). Thus, this study aims to illustrate the main issue of their participation while looking for possible way to engage with them in a sustainability program.…”

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Why they do not care? Exploring young Indonesians' low participation in proenvironmental activities

Ratriyana

2023

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PurposeYouths are known as a challenging group to be engaged in environmental programs due to their fickle characteristic. This study would like to offer Global South and developing countries' perspectives by using Indonesia as a case study. This study gives a lesson about the top-down approach in Indonesia's proenvironmental program and its trajectories toward youth participation.Design/methodology/approachUsing a case study approach, this article tries to deeply understand the issues happening in Indonesia, particularly among the young people living in several cities in Indonesia. The author was helped by the first participant, a student with experience with air pollution campaigns. Using snowball approach, the authors was helped by the first participant to contact with her friends from different cities to join as the participant in this research. To obtain their dynamic perspectives, the researcher conducted three focus group discussions via Zoom, each with a duration of 1.5–2 h. The researcher asked for their written permission to be participants through WhatsApp text and then verbally via Zoom video call. This research was done during the lockdown status of COVID-19 pandemic; thus, it was advised to do every research activity online. Based on their experience, the participants were divided into three groups: volunteers, influencers and university students aged 18–21. These Focus Group Discussion (FGD) results were transcribed and coded into behavior, peer support and knowledge by the author.FindingsThis study found that youths in Indonesia are concerned about the community's perspective on the environment; thus, their behavior will mirror others as part of a collectivist society. Parents, friends and the community are their role models when practicing proenvironmental behavior. Next, environmental education should be embedded in school curricula and religious centers. In addition, they should apply an open and democratic approach to reach youths' participation effectively. Programs and curricula with a top-down approach should be avoided to maintain sustainable actions. Last, there is an urgent need to develop citizens' literacy about environmental issues because it will highly influence young generations.Research limitations/implicationsThere should be more discussion on developing environmental knowledge for citizens at large. First, the next research should focus on the curricula development in formal and nonformal organisations, focusing on youths' voices during the process. In a proenvironmental program, honoring and prioritizing youth voices is central to youth work. Second, there should be further research on using a democratic approach for building conversation and discussion on environmental issues rather than a top-down approach. Further, researchers must focus on Indonesians' literacy in general, especially older and mature citizens, since their perspective will affect youths' behavior in the long term. These positive attitudes cannot be perceived and sustained if the community comments negatively toward proenvironmental behavior. Last, there is a lack of exploration to the influencers group to show their differences with other groups. Other researchers could further explore this in the future.Practical implicationsMultiple approaches must be used continuously to ask and seek youths' opinions, listen to what youths want and then prioritize them in the program. Rather than using programmatic design and delivery to shape social attitudes and behavior, campaigners should discuss with youths and influencers on creating their campaigns rather than maintain the program's sustainability. Environmental campaign messages should integrate with creative storytelling to build engagement with young people. By implementing this, youths could share their expressions using photography, narration, music, etc.Originality/valueIndonesia becomes a significant case study for this research due to its political and cultural system. Indonesia is known as a paternalistic and corporatist country where the practice of citizenship is challenged by the issue of power dynamics and imbalance. Therefore, a top-down communication is a common practice to create a quick-fix solution to foster productivity. Further, Indonesia has an environmental problem which made it vital for climate study. Globally, Indonesia ranks third in greenhouse gas emission after China and India. Recently, its capital city, Jakarta, is ranked as the worst-polluted city in the world.

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“…Young people in Indonesia are impacted by climate change and environmental derogation in rural and urban areas. They are affected by air and water pollution, forest fires, carbon emissions, floods and droughts (Plush, Wecker and Ti, 2020). UNICEF's Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Unit developed the 2016-2017 Youth Voices from the Frontlines: Community Digital Storytelling (CDST) for social change.…”

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“…A project in Indonesia to engage young people and connect them to policymakers on the topics of "climate, disasters, environment, child rights, health, and well-being" (Plush, Wecker and Ti, 2020, p.835). The project was implemented by the Children in a Changing Climate (CCC) coalition in Indonesia, a partnership between five international humanitarian organizations: Child Fund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, UNICEF, and World Vision International (Plush, Wecker and Ti, 2020). The Youth Voices initiative was co-designed and facilitated by PannaFoto Institute in Jakarta and an international organization.…”

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The Right to Be Heard: Young People’s Participation in Policy Making and the Power of Storytelling

Hurley

2022

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This article explores the role of storytelling in increasing young people’s participation in policy making. The relevance of Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is discussed, followed by the history of young people’s active participation in human rights movements. The theoretical frameworks around political participation and the power of storytelling are reviewed. Six case studies are presented, including two from Canada, one from Indonesia, and three from the United States. Finally, findings suggest that storytelling has the potential to bring young people’s voices to the forefront of the human rights issues affecting their lives and to empower them to recognize their individual and collective agency.

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Youth Voices from the Frontlines: Facilitating Meaningful Youth Voice Participation on Climate, Disasters, and Environment in Indonesia

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Changing climates, compounding challenges: a participatory study on how disasters affect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in Fiji

Changing climates, compounding challenges: a participatory study on how disasters affect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in Fiji

Why they do not care? Exploring young Indonesians' low participation in proenvironmental activities

The Right to Be Heard: Young People’s Participation in Policy Making and the Power of Storytelling

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