{"id":21440,"date":"2026-04-07T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?p=21440"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:26:28","slug":"webinar-digital-rights-and-grassroots-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/webinar-digital-rights-and-grassroots-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"[WEBINAR] Digital Rights and Grassroots Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Across Sub-Saharan Africa, youth are bypassing traditional political barriers by using digital tools to organize and demand accountability. While technology offers powerful new avenues for grassroots participation, it also introduces risks like surveillance and digital exclusion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, <strong>Kevin Waigwa Gichuhi<\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/nurutrust.africa\/\"><strong>Nuru Trust Network<\/strong><\/a> is hosting an interactive session for the Youth Democracy Cohort (YDC) to explore how digital rights support democratic action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through breakout groups, participants will co-create practical, grassroots-driven digital responses for inclusive governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PRACTICAL INFO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Registration is mandatory<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#128467;&#65039; 21 April at 13:30 CEST Time on Zoom (Zoom link will be shared the day before with registered participants)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live interpretation will be available in French and Spanish, subject to attendance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&rsquo;t miss this opportunity to join the conversation and learn new skills!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-dark-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSefr_Sr1Pr8rPrtheXlP6B_PD1u3vlMf1qYfKT8t2tGqZ-cVA\/viewform\" style=\"border-radius:7px;color:#ffffff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register here <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Questions? Reach out to <a href=\"mailto:info@youthdemocracycohort.com\">info@youthdemocracycohort.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across Sub-Saharan Africa, youth are bypassing traditional political barriers by using digital tools to organize and demand accountability. While technology offers powerful new avenues for grassroots participation, it also introduces risks like surveillance and digital exclusion.&nbsp; To address this, Kevin Waigwa Gichuhi from Nuru Trust Network is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KS-website-_-mailing-3.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21440"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21470,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21440\/revisions\/21470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}