Listening Tour Survey
Hello! I’m Angelica Ojinnaka, and I am excited to be hearing from, learning beside and leading with young people across Australia to discover the issues that are most important to them.
Understanding young people across Australia
112 Young People aged 12 to 25 in Australia have told us what is important to them through our survey. That is 6 more surveys since yesterday, and we want to hear from at least 9732 more.
Our data is updated daily at ~10am AEST.
Why is the target number of young people so specific?
We want to hear from 9838 young people across Australia. We haven’t just created a random number. Looking at the most recent Census, reaching these targets in each State and Territory will allow us to understand and make representations about all of Australia while explaining that young people are not a homogenous group. We are ambitious because the diversity of identities deserve to be voiced and included at local, state/territory, national, and international levels.
Representing all youth identities, known and changing
We aren’t just focusing on population. Young people’s identities from gender, Indigenous Background, disability, age, and more intersect to influence how we live within and experience our societies. However, it is important to not make dangerous assumptions such as a 50/50 gender split goal as this would dismiss the diversity of gender, and therefore young people themselves. We want our survey to breakdown assumptions so young people can explain who they are as they see themselves
What our Survey will ask you
01. Understanding you
Section one of the survey asks you several demographic and diversity questions. We want to understand where you come from and where you’re going as an individual. Understanding the diversity of each other is an important first step in building and deciding on a better future.
02. Your experiences as a young person
Section two asks about your feelings and perspectives on a range of topics relating to how you, as a young person, live within your local and our globally-interconnected society. The questions will ask you about political representation, discrimination, media, and more. You can simply tell us on a scale whether you strongly agree to disagree, or go as far as to tell us the why behind your experiences.
03. The issues you’re concerned about
Section three will explore three issues or areas of concern important to you. Since 1999, we have heard young people express concern about various local, domestic, and international issues. We have collected the concerns from the past five years as well as new topical issues to understand if these issues are important to you, or if there are changes occurring. Importantly though, you can choose to tell us completely different issues as defined by you. We invite you to share why your three issues are important and what may need to be changed to better address them.
04. Your message to the United Nations
Although everything above that you will share with us will be conveyed to the United Nations and Australia, we want to offer the opportunity to craft an exact message. Whether that be a statement or a poem (yes, we’ve received poems!), this is your opportunity to tell the UN where Australia currently is and where support for young people should go.
What happens with what I say?
The information (or ‘Data’) you provide to us by filling out the survey will be analysed and interpreted by young people who make up the Youth Representative Program at UN Youth Australia. We will use your responses to build a body of information used to inform and write our ‘Youth Representative Report’, our speech to the United Nations, our conversations and contributions with decision-makers, businesses, and the community, and promotional material and sponsorship.
Is this really annoymous?
Yes! We don’t know who you are when you fill out our survey, and we never will want to find out. While we ask you questions that describe who you are such as your age and gender, this information doesn’t indicate exactly who you are. We also take your personal information very seriously, and will scan and clean any direct-identifying information you might have let slip before moving to analysis. Your comfort to tell us what matters is important.
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