PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, Transitional JusticeHarnessing Africa's Demographic Dividends for Youth Participation in Transitional JusticeThis policy paper explores the impacts of violent conflict on youth in Africa and approaches for ensuring their effective involvement in peace and transitional justice processes. It analyses regional and international policies that guarantee youth participation, and identifies challenges working against them. The paper concludes with recommendations on how best to address these challenges, with a view to involving young… Read More Usani OdumNovember 30, 2022
PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, Inequalities, Youth ViolenceAdvancing Youth Inclusion and Violence Prevention through Public Support ProgrammesState-run socio-economic and livelihood support programmes have been shown to increase the social inclusion of young people and thereby contribute to the prevention of violence involving youth. This practice brief outlines strategies for civil society practitioners to advocate for these public programmes, improve their implementation and amplify their positive effects, based on experiences in Southern and East Africa. Read More Jasmina BrankovicNovember 29, 2022
PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, InequalitiesTHE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIVATE SECTOR ACTORS IN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICAReleased in January 2022 , this summary report, The Roles and Responsibilities of Private Sector Actors in Transitional Justice in Africa and Latin America: Phase II, is part of a larger initiative led by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC), which examines past and present transitional justice processes involving private sector actors, with a focus on accountability for… Read More CSVRNovember 1, 2022
PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, InequalitiesYouth Inclusion in the Development of South Africa's National Youth Policy (2020–2030): Reflections and RecommendationsSouth Africa’s National Youth Policy (NYP) 2020–2030 (DWYPD, 2020) represents the country’s third attempt to outline actions that can or should be taken, by government and other stakeholders, to facilitate youth development at local and national levels. Meaningful youth inclusion and participation represents a central value within this policy. This emphasis on inclusion aligns with the Constitution of South Africa,… Read More CSVRNovember 1, 2022
PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, InequalitiesThe Youth's Continent: Meaningful Youth Inclusion in Policy and Programme CyclesThis policy brief develops from research carried out by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR, South Africa) and the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS, Kenya). Known as the Youth Inclusion for Violence Prevention Project, this research investigated the role of socio-economic and livelihood support programmes in promoting youth social and economic inclusion and preventing violence. A key finding of the research highlighted how such programmes continue to follow a top-down approach, where youth are either merely viewed as beneficiaries or not meaningfully involved in conceptualising, implementing, evaluating and revising such programmes. A discussion around the value of greater youth inclusion is supplemented with examples of how youth may have been more meaningfully included in South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) as well as Kenya’s Youth Employment Opportunities Project (KYEOP). The brief concludes with recommendations relevant to youth inclusion in these as well as other socio-economic and livelihood support programmes. Read More CSVRNovember 1, 2022
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Inequalities, RacismNo Rainbow Nation For Today's Youth1994: The euphoria, the hopes, the dreams, the answered prayers, and finally, the struggle was worth it. Democratic South Africa brought hopes and dreams that black South Africans were finally going to be recognised. Our ancestors’ tears and efforts were not in vain. Surely, we were a generation that was meant to live free of any form of inequality and… Read More Sibonelo MavusoJune 24, 2022
