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CPS Network Partners Liberia: Contributing to the Achievement of the CPS’s Regional Strategy
July 16, 2022CPS Partners Contributing to Reducing Youths Involvements in Elections Violence in Liberia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone.
Participants listening to the panelist during the panel discussion
Their presentations included: Overview of the Liberian Context: Challenges and prospect of elections violence in Liberia – Factors and key players that stimulate election violence in Liberia; The role of the Liberia elections coordinating committee in promoting violence free elections; Strategies to address root causes of youth instigated elections violence; Violence free elections: a pillar for promoting national cohesion Challenges and prospects and the role of Social Media in jeopardizing peaceful elections-Approaches to counteracting negative social media information disseminations.
On Challenges and prospect of Elections Violence in Liberia – factors and key players that stimulate election violence in Liberia. Professor Debey Sayndee of the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation – Liberia, identified the issues of governance, susceptibility of youth, retrenching conflict through marginalization of land as well as access and animosities associated with land, as key factors associated with youth violence.
Cllr. Oscar V. K. Bloh and Prof. Debey Sayndee at the meeting preparing for the panel discussion
On the role of the elections coordinating committee in promoting violence free elections, Counsellor. Oscar Bloh of the Election Coordinating Committee in Liberia, an organization that observes electoral processes in Liberia said basic social services are not functioning properly thus making youth exposed to violence. “Why can’t they participate in violence”? He asked
Mr. Lancedell Matthews of the New Africa Research Development Agency, NARDA, a partner organization of CPS -Liberia Partners, discussing a summary of CPS Liberia Partners contribution to addressing youth election violence and promoting social cohesion in Liberia: approaches, challenges, stories and way forward said CPS Liberia Partners are working with different groups among different partners in peace building to include literacy program for women.
(L-R) CEMESP Program Manager, NARDA CEO and Peace Building Office- Liberia Executive Director sit on a panel discussion
CPS Partners next intervention he said, will be elections observation, before, during and after elections, post elections dialogue, as well as building a critical consciousness of a critical masses and targeting the voters and conscientizing them.
Earlier, CPS Liberia Partners Network Coordinator, Mr. Joseph D. Howard said, CPS Partners were very happy to be at the meeting to promote peace among young people.
Nothing that and when one speaks about war, life is not very interesting, nothing that partners are working on different approaches toward peace.
CPS Liberia Partners Network Coordinator, Mr. Joseph D. Howard says CPS Partners are working on different approaches toward peace
A representative of Agiamondo, said his organization supports the work of partner organizations towards peace and Agiamondo has excellent partnership with Bread for the World (BftW). He encouraged CPS partner organizations to make maximum use of the partnership.
CPS Agiamondo Representative makes remarks at the Peer Learning Meeting
Other participants at the program came from Liberia Council of Churches – the governance institution that oversees churches in Liberia, Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) – a youth organization operating in Liberia, Kofi Annan Institute of Conflict Transformation (KAICT), Mano River Union Office near Monrovia and Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP).
Cameroun Coordinators CPS Network Partners
Sierra Leone Coordinators CPS Network Partners
DR Congo National Coordinator CPS Network Partners
Participant at the meeting during the panel discussion
Written by: Emmanuel S. King, Jr.
