The Parliamentary Forum for Youth met recently at the Parliament under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister Eranga Gunasekara to discuss strengthening youth political participation, leadership, and upcoming forum initiatives with representatives from the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). The discussion centered on securing support, training opportunities, and leadership development programs from the WFD to advance the forum’s future activities. Delegates emphasized the necessity of actively engaging youth in political processes, policymaking and governance, with particular focus on keeping young people continuously involved in political and policy discourse beyond election cycles. To address socio-economic challenges facing young people including unemployment the forum also discussed implementing targeted training and awareness programs aimed at enhancing youth leadership and political participation. (Newswire) The post Youth Parliament Forum and WFD discuss strategy to strengthen political leadership appeared first on Newswire.
