Nordic youth voices – the right to be heard during crises, Julia (Sweden)

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“You must provide youth with a platform, if they are to have a say”
Julia is 17 and l lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She started upper secondary school in Stockholm during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020). When she started school, she could go there for a short period but then the school closed, and all tuition was online until the summer the following year, 2021. Julia felt that the students' voices and opinions were not heard. The lack of a platform to speak out on was obvious.

In contrast to the younger children, there were two periods of full online teaching for the students at upper secondary schools in Sweden, except for students in vulnerable situations. The first period took place from March until June 2020, the second two weeks in December 2020 and at that time, online teaching was extended to grades 7-9 as well. An exemption was made for students who benefitted strongly from onsite learning, such as for individuals who faced social challenges at home or did not have a place to study.

Public events and meetings were restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic to 500 participants, and the number was later decreased to 50 and then 8 persons. Sports and recreational activities were put off or had to be performed outdoors alone or in smaller groups, and competitions were limited or cancelled until December 2020, with some changes in between.

Public services such as libraries, swimming halls and gyms and such were not affected by the crowd restrictions, even though safety measures were applied.


Status of school closures in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Early childhood education: open
Primary education: open
Secondary education: closed March 20 – June 20.
Adjusted operations during November 20, yet again closed December 20 - May 21
Higher education: closed March 20 – June 21

Read more about our project:
https://nordicwelfare.org/en/projekt/...

Description source:
State of the Nordic Region (https://pub.nordregio.org/snr22/) and Research in progress for The Nordic Welfare Centre, by a Consortium of The Finnish Youth Research Network (https://www.youthresearch.fi/) and The Danish Center for Social Science Research (https://www.vive.dk/en/welcome/).

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