It is important for young people to understand how democracy works

Today, we had the opportunity to be present when representatives of the Future Starts Now Gambia school, which is looking for new premises, visited the rental market in a neighborhood that is home to several youth organizations.

One of them is National Youth Parliament - The Gambia. Local leaders tell us that since its inception in 2002, the National Youth Parliament has involved youth from across the country to build their capacity in the three arms of the state and parliamentary democracy procedures with the aim to prepare and enhance their knowledge on leadership, governance, administration, policy advocacy, debate etc. More than 50 percent of the global population are young people under 30, but according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, they constitute less than 2 percent of the world’s National Assembly Members.