{"id":180529,"date":"2024-09-13T23:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/liberia\/liberia-empowering-the-next-generation-the-key-to-a-thriving-democracy\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T23:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T21:17:41","slug":"liberia-empowering-the-next-generation-the-key-to-a-thriving-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/liberia\/liberia-empowering-the-next-generation-the-key-to-a-thriving-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia: Empowering the Next Generation &#8211; the Key to a Thriving Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"58\">As we approach the International Day of Democracy on 15 September, it&#8217;s crucial to reflect on the role of the next generation in shaping the future of democratic governance. This year&#8217;s theme, &#8220;Empowering the Next Generation,&#8221; resonates deeply with the mission of the Amos Claudius Sawyer Foundation, which has long championed the cause of inclusive and participatory democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"68\">The Late Dr. Amos Claudius Sawyer, a visionary leader in Liberia&#8217;s democratic transition, once said, &#8220;The strength of&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202409130617.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Liberia\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the International Day of Democracy on 15 September, it&#8217;s crucial to reflect on the role of the next generation in shaping the future of democratic governance. This year&#8217;s theme, &#8220;Empowering the Next Generation,&#8221; resonates deeply with the mission of the Amos Claudius Sawyer Foundation, which has long championed the cause of inclusive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":180530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn08.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1086],"tags":[258,256,4854,6638,11607,7274,4712,1107,257,254,33105],"class_list":["post-180529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liberia","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-democracy","tag-empowering","tag-generation","tag-key","tag-liberia","tag-liberia-news","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today","tag-thriving"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn08.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}