YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS



This project, "Youth Empowerment for Peaceful Elections," aims to reduce electoral violence in Northern Ghana by empowering young people.

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Youth Employment For Peaceful Elections

Ghana’s upcoming elections risk violence, especially in the North where youth unemployment, political marginalization, and historical grievances create a volatile environment. HOPin Academy seeks to empower young people to become agents of peace and enhance youth electoral engagement. 

This project, “Youth Empowerment for Peaceful Elections,” aims to reduce electoral violence in Northern Ghana by empowering young people. The necessity that embarks this project is to HOPin Academy, partners with Danish organization “Bidrag til Ghana” to deliver workshops and advocacy campaigns and to establish a network of youth peace ambassadors in five communities.

Image launch photo of the project

Objectives

  • Promoting Civic Education: 400 young people will increase their knowledge and awareness of peaceful elections, electoral violence and enhance electoral engagement 5 by December, 2024.
  • Youth Peace Ambassadors: By December 2024, 50 volunteers from the primary target groups will be empowered to volunteer as youth peace ambassadors and engage 5 communities (Kpalsi, Yaplasi, Sagnarigu, Choggu and Gumbihini) to promote social advocacy and peaceful elections.

THE INTERVENTION

The “Youth Empowerment for Peaceful Elections” project is designed to address the critical role of youth in ensuring peaceful and democratic electoral processes. The intervention is in two folds- advocacy and training. The trainings encompass workshops/trainings on civic education, voter rights, leadership and peacebuilding. The advocacy aspect entails radio engagements, unity walk, peace games, panel discussions and debate, and community outreach. These interventions are to ensure tolerance, peace, non-violence and overall youth awareness about civic rights and voter rights.

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