#13 Swarna Ravi - Inclusive Neighbourhood Children’s Parliaments

Swarnalakshmi Ravi speaks to host Pete Burden - about her experiences as a young person involved in the Inclusive Neighbourhood Children’s Parliament in India and becoming a spokesperson for this approach at the United Nations in New York and Geneva.

Swarna describes how Sociocracy (a theory and practice of governance) is used by the Children’s Parliament, and how its principles support democracy. She talks about her own childhood experiences of power and about how her values help her address the risks of ‘ego’. She also covers how she has tried to bring the principles of Sociocracy into more traditional organisational structures, and points to the felt sense of power - and the real joy of being heard and really hearing others.

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