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Young People’s Digital Rights through Youth Work
Young People’s Digital Rights through Youth Work
Content
This activity supports youth workers and youth work managers in understanding and integrating young people’s digital rights into their practices and organisational policies.
Through interactive tasks, you will explore ways to safeguard and promote digital rights in youth work, ensuring that young people can navigate digital spaces safely, responsibly, and with full participation.
By completing this activity, you will:
- Gain a clear understanding of young people’s digital rights
- Learn practical ways to support young people in exercising these rights
- Identify how your organisation can integrate digital rights into youth work policies and practices
Get inspired
Youth work has always supported young people’s rights and empowerment. The same applies to the digital world, where young people need guidance, protection, and participation opportunities.
- Read through the key digital rights highlighted in the infographic
- Consider how these rights relate to the young people you work with and your organisation’s current practices
Take Action: Activities for different roles
Navigate to a specific badge and complete activities with young people, youth workers and youth work managers:
- Digital Rights Aware badge for a digital rights workshop with young people.
- Digital Rights Educator badge for self-assessment and action planning with youth workers.
- Digital Rights Policy badge for digital rights policy integration with youth work managers
Claim Open Badge recognition
Upon successful completion of the activities, participants can claim digital badges recognising their competence in:
- Digital rights awareness
- Ethical digital youth work practices
- Strategic digital policy development
Who created this resource?
The Digital Youth Work Expertise Centre in Finland (Verke) developed the Digital Rights Infographic based on the following:
- The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- General Comment No. 25 on Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment
This resource is designed to help youth workers understand these rights and responsibly support young people in navigating the digital world.
Next steps
Explore more learning opportunities and resources on digital youth work through the Digital Youth Work platform. Apply what you’ve learned to empower young people in digital spaces.
Get activity badge
Digital Rights Advocate Get this badge
This badge recognises your commitment to understanding and promoting young people’s digital rights in youth work practice and organisational development. It is awarded to youth workers and youth work managers who explore the activity content and resources and demonstrate an understanding of how digital rights can be integrated into everyday youth work and institutional policies.
This badge aligns with the SNAC Digital Competences Framework for Youth Work, specifically within the Digital Rights competence area, including:
- Digital rights as an opportunity in youth work
- Awareness-raising on young people’s digital rights and their risks
- Supporting digital safety
Earning this badge demonstrates your capacity to critically reflect on digital transformation in youth work, support young people in exercising their rights online, and contribute to a rights-based digital culture within your organisation.
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
To get this badge
Complete the following steps:
- Select three digital rights most relevant to your youth work context and explain how they create opportunities for young people.
- Describe at least two actions you take (or plan to take) to raise awareness about digital rights and related risks.
- Present at least two concrete measures that support digital safety in your practice or organisation.
Evidence: Submit a structured action plan with a 5–7 minute video/slide presentation that clearly addresses all three task steps.
Skills
#Digital rights as an opportunity in youth work
#Awareness-raising on young people’s digital rights and their risks
#Supporting digital safety
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