LESSON
Lesson Learned: Involving women and youth CSOs in strengthening democratic debate and public news media around elections in Afghanistan
Public service announcements and other civic education materials should be grounded in the Afghan national context. Focus on constructive information and target the campaign to achieve specific results to help listeners understand the situation, know what they need to do, and manage their post-electoral expectations. It should be clear that elections are only one part of the democratization process and cannot generate change by themselves.
Project Partner
Development Humanitarian Services Afghanistan / The Killid Group
Project Description
Involving women and youth CSOs in strengthening democratic debate and public news media around elections in Afghanistan sought to strengthen the voice of civil society and foster sustainable democratic practices within Afghanistan by generating a deeper public debate among women and youth groups around the 2014 presidential electoral process. The project lost relevance however in implementation. Only a few activities were done in the pre-electoral period and only a portion of the intended CSO-journalist elements were done. In addition, the predominate use of Pashto in the round tables and reporting, narrowed its relevance to the two-thirds of the country that use Dari.
Report
Evaluation Date
March 2015
Theme
Country