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cord-292551-n3gzgn6w	Pavarini, Gabriela	Debate: Promoting capabilities for young people's agency in the COVID‐19 outbreak	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	1262	62	45	Inspired by Amartya Sen's capabilities framework, we argue that building capacity and creating opportunities for community and civic engagement during this time will help young people gain agency and well‐being. Providing capabilities for young people's agency not only builds personal resilience, but also strengthens the quality of our research, interventions and overall response to the global health crisis. In what follows, we position young people's agency as a critical capability (Singh, 2017) to be mobilised during COVID-19, and we highlight two key areas where this potential can be realised: coproduction of research, and peer-led interventions. In addition to active participation in research, it is also important to support young people in the design and delivery of peer-to-peer education and mental health interventions. However, such considerations should not form a priori reasons to conceptualise young people as capable primarily of passive participation in civic engagements, such as COVID-19-related research and peer support initiatives.	./cache/cord-292551-n3gzgn6w.txt	./txt/cord-292551-n3gzgn6w.txt