These elections have evinced the need to be intentional about inclusion in public discourses and leadership - especially of the youth.
online and offline while covering the campaigns. For these two countries whose media have played critical roles in consolidating their democracies, this should not be so.
Indeed, these elections have evinced the need to be intentional about inclusive participation in public discourses and leadership – especially of the youth, the largest yet most underrepresented group. We need intentional investment in civic education, and we need the media industry to shape these positive narratives.
We need to demonstrate true commitment to values and ideals underpinning democracy, including diversity and inclusive participation, justice and fairness, freedom of expression, independence of the judiciary, and press freedom. We need to protect those who hold power to account, including the media and other civil society organisations. We need to empower more media groups to provide accurate, non-partisan information.
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