Helen Berents

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Many younger people are politically engaged. We saw this in the recent student-led protests on climate change policy. Dan Peled/AAP

Should Australia lower the voting age to 16? We asked five experts

Sasha Petrova, The Conversation

People under 18 can leave school, get a job, drive a car and pay taxes. Should they be allowed to vote too?
These participants in a seminar on advocacy and peacebuilding are part of a generation of young people working for global peace and security. Institute for Inclusive Security/flickr

Not just victims or threats: young people win recognition as workers for peace

Helen Berents, Queensland University of Technology and Lesley Pruitt, RMIT University

When nearly half the world’s people are under 24 years old, they clearly have a critical role to play in working for peace and security around the world.
Students who are marginalised from formal politics use what is left to them, their bodies, to protest against decisions that have direct impacts on their lives. AAP/Julian Smith

Slackers or delinquents? No, just politically engaged youth

Helen Berents, Australian Catholic University

Political participation is about more than voting. But when young people engage in politics their actions are deemed illegitimate. This is the supposedly apathetic generation that never gets off the couch…

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