{"id":371,"date":"2026-10-02T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youngpeacebuilders.org\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:29:46","slug":"wash-youth-water-governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/youngpeacebuilders.org\/?page_id=371","title":{"rendered":"WASH & Youth Water Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Empowering youth leadership, championing inclusive sanitation, and shaping regional water policy across West Africa..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview & Our Core Commitment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Young Peace Builders, we recognize that access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is fundamental to peace, public health, and social stability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview & Our Core Commitment<\/strong> Cont.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water scarcity and weak governance disproportionately impact women, young people, and marginalized communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through localized community interventions and high-level regional policy advocacy, we work to ensure that young people are not just beneficiaries of water development, but active decision-makers in governance frameworks across the Mano River Union basin and the ECOWAS region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Pillars of Our WASH Strategy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Community-Led Hygiene & Access:<\/strong> Mobilizing youth groups to advocate for safe sanitation infrastructure and sustainable water resource practices at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gender & Social Inclusion (GESI):<\/strong> Breaking down structural barriers so women, girls, and marginalized youth have an equal voice in local water management committees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Policy Engagement & Peacebuilding:<\/strong> Linking local water security with regional peacebuilding, ensuring natural resources unite communities rather than divide them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regional Policy Engagement & Milestones:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Young Peace Builders consistently brings frontline youth perspectives to major diplomatic and strategic forums shaping the future of water security in West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ECOWAS Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Consultations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regional Policy Engagements & Milestones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ECOWAS Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Consultations;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Location & Year:<\/strong> Dakar, Senegal (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Role:<\/strong> Consultative Participant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Impact:<\/strong> Represented youth-led peace and development priorities during regional consultations aimed at strengthening river basin management and harmonizing cross-border water policies under the ECOWAS Integrated Water Resources Management framework<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st West Africa Water Conference:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Location & Year:<\/strong> Abidjan, C\u00f4te d’Ivoire (2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Role:<\/strong> High-Level Panelist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact:<\/strong> Our Executive Director served as a key panelist during the high-level session: “Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion in Water Governance in West Africa: What Levers for More Equitable, Participatory, and Resilient Governance?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During this session, we highlighted concrete mechanisms for integrating youth monitoring networks into formal governance structures and urged regional policymakers to institutionalize youth-led climate and water solutions.\u00c9tudes offers comprehensive consulting, management, design, and research solutions. Our vision is to be at the forefront of architectural innovation, fostering a global community of architects and enthusiasts united by a passion for creating spaces. Every architectural endeavor is an opportunity to shape the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Call to Action \/ Partner With Us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Building resilient, equitable, and water-secure communities requires strong partnerships. We welcome collaboration with governments, regional bodies, and civil society organizations dedicated to amplifying youth leadership in resource governance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Get Involved:<\/strong> wash@youngpeacebuilders.org<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Follow Our Updates:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/youngpeacebuilders.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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