By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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At least sixty young people from five counties of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, gathered for a two-day workshop on peace and security ahead of elections.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The youth are joined by women and government representatives for the event at Aweil Town.<\/p>\n Empower Youth Africa Organization organized the workshop under the theme “Maintaining Peace and Security during Elections,”.<\/p>\n Project Officer Deng Teng Achien said the workshop aimed at equipping young people with conflict resolution skills and promote peaceful participation in the electoral process.<\/p>\n “We want to enlighten youth on how to be more peaceful and observant of potential conflict triggers,” Achien explained.<\/p>\n “We aim to ensure everyone’s voices are heard and their concerns are incorporated into the national youth strategy” he continued.<\/p>\n Achien acknowledged the public’s anxieties about potential election-related violence.<\/p>\n “Bringing young people together allows their issues to be addressed and helps build trust in the electoral process,” he stated.<\/p>\n Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, and the Ministry of Gender, among others.<\/p>\n Mary Akur Garang, a participant, praised the initiative and urged her fellow youth to advocate for peaceful conflict resolution.<\/p>\n “Back in Aweil Center, I will share what I learned and encourage others to seek mediation instead of resorting to violence,” she stated.<\/p>\n “We were informed that if a political party feels their space is restricted, they can consult the electoral body. This workshop teaches us to seek solutions constructively,” Garang concluded.<\/p>\n With elections approaching, some critics express concerns about feasibility due to potential pressures on political parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou At least sixty young people from five counties of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, gathered for a two-day workshop on peace and security ahead of elections. The youth are joined by women and government representatives for the event at Aweil Town. Empower Youth Africa Organization[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-northern-bahr-el-ghazal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Participants-posed-for-a-group-photo-during-the-workshop.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22006,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22004\/revisions\/22006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}