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	Press Release	647 días hace
	Press Release Minister for Children launches Stereotyping of Young People Resource Pack Wednesday 12 March, 2008 Equality Authority of Ireland, Clonmel Street, Dublin 2 Brendan Smith TD, Minister for Children, expressed his concern about the inequality experienced by young people as a result of stereotyping. The Minister was speaking at the launch of the Stereotyping of Young People Resource Pack, jointly commissioned by the Equality Authority and the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI). ‘The resource pack was developed as a result of the findings of Inequality and the Stereotyping of Young People(2006), which identified significant barriers to equality for young people and also contained a strategy to address these barriers. This report, which was also published by the Equality Authority and NYCI, set out and analysed a disturbing consensus among young people about how they are stereotyped by so many of the adults with whom they come into contact’ stated the Minister. The Minister noted that the resource pack is an important tool in highlighting that young people are not a homogenous group and possess different identities and life circumstances. Minister Smith went on to say that an important way to ensure that children and young people are respected and not stereotyped is to give them a voice in the development of policies and services that affect them. ‘My Office (the Office of the Minister for Children) consults with children and young people to inform many areas of our work. Goal 1 of the National Children’s Strategy states that children will have a voice in matters that affect their lives. The OMC receives vital inputs from the young people we consult, which has resulted in more effective and user-friendly policies that actually meet the needs of young people’ continued the Minister. ‘Dáil na nÓg, the National Youth Parliament of Ireland, is the responsibility of my Office and gives young people, aged 12-18, the opportunity to represent the views of those under the voting age of 18. One of the top statements from Dáil na nÓg 2007 was that teenagers are negatively portrayed by the media. The Dáil na nÓg Council, who are responsible for following-up the recommendations from the parliament, set up the Fairsay campaign to monitor the portrayal of teenagers in the media. I am pleased to share this platform with four young members of the Fairsay campaign’ said the Minister. Teenagers, Thomas Atcha, Fiodhna Horan-Murphy, Maria Kelly and Stephanie Kelly from Dáil na nÓg Fairsay spoke about their campaign to eliminate stereotyping, discrimination and patronising attitudes towards young people found too often in the media. ‘We are asking the media to give coverage and recognition to serious and positive activities in which teenagers are involved and not just the negative stereotypical headlines we frequently see’ stated Fiodhna Horan-Murphy. The key recommendations from Fairsay are: • Give more balanced coverage to stories about teenagers; • Ask teenagers for their opinions when doing stories; • Appoint a teenage correspondent; • Talk directly to young people who can be easily found through student councils and local Comhairlí na nÓg in every city and county; • Eliminate stereotyping, discrimination and patronising attitudes towards teenagers often found in the media. ‘I would like to commend the Fairsay campaign on its excellent work. The media is a powerful communicator of images and ideas that can too often reflect stereotypes in distorted and misleading ways. By treating young people as problematic and difficult, the media is reflecting negative stereotypes and maintaining the unequal relationship between generations’ continued Mr Smith. ‘This Resource Pack is an important step in stimulating debate to help eliminate stereotyping and eliminate its associated stigmas. I believe it will help young people to recognise when they are being stereotyped and also to celebrate and value diversity in order to achieve a more equal society’ concluded the Minister.
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1 comentario:

	Philip Mc Carron ha dicho…	hace 647 días
	congrats, excellent work, the mentioned fairsay as well, hell yeah
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