Politics a �dirty game�- ploy to keep women and smart folks away

Hobona
Hobona

In March last year, the Youth Empowerment Transformation Trust (YETT) held the Participate 2013 Regional Youth Camp on Youth and Elections in the town on Kariba in Zimbabwe.

This camp brought together young African representatives to dialogue, interrogate and share experiences on how youth participation in electoral processes fosters democracy and development. Given this being an election year in Botswana, and one where yet again women participation in elected political positions seems low; I thought to share thoughts from this Youth Camp.

The camp sought to raise awareness and create a shared understanding of the nature and role of youth in elections at different levels: youth as candidates, youth as voters, youth as mobilizers and the role of other stakeholders in elections such as election management bodies, corporate sector and religious institutions: to share experiences between countries in order to establish best practices on elections and democracy in Africa as well as to investigate the role of the media in elections in order to establish its effectiveness in promoting peaceful participation of youth in electoral processes.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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