{"id":18232,"date":"2023-02-09T18:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/?post_type=events&#038;p=18232"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:40:23","slug":"roundtable-promoting-youth-and-women-participation-in-the-2023-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/events\/roundtable-promoting-youth-and-women-participation-in-the-2023-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtable Promoting Youth and Women Participation in the 2023 General Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) with support from&nbsp;MacArthur Foundation&nbsp;held a&nbsp;Roundtable&nbsp;Promoting Youth and&nbsp;Women&nbsp;Participation&nbsp;in the 2023 General Elections on Thursday, 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;February 2023 at Broadfield Hotel, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Roundtable,\u00a0an assessment of the Guidelines to the Electoral Act that improve on the participation of marginalised groups in Nigerian elections was discussed. The meeting also examined strategies to prevent and manage electoral violence in the 2023 elections. In addition, early strategies for\u00a0women\u00a0and young persons to engage the new administration\u00a0to prioritise their needs and representation\u00a0were deliberated at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More pictures from the event<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0009-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18250\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0009-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/?attachment_id=18250\" class=\"wp-image-18250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0009-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0009-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0009-768x511.jpeg 768w, 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\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18249,"template":"","acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0060-scaled.jpeg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/i\/author\/olumide-adebayo\/","display_name":"PLAC"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 9, 2023","modified":"Updated on February 28, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 9, 2023 6:19 pm","modified":"Updated on February 28, 2023 4:40 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