DWA fellows 2020 celebrate their graduation
Democracy Works Academy Fellows celebrated a successful 2020 year in December 2020, despite a turbulent year prompted by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Youth
DWF invites you to a Cool Politics Cafe
Please join us for a Cool Politics Cafe (dialogue discussion) on The politics of marginalisation: What are the policy shifts needed to address gender-based…
Watch Elaine Pypers as she talks on gender-based violence with eNCA
Watch DWF team member, Elaine Pypers, as she talks on gender-based violence with eNCA’s Tumelo Mothotoane https://youtu.be/0yjiBF9iUhU
Youth Day 2020
Today is a very important day in South Africa, it is one that reminds us of how far the country has come and how…
Democracy Works Academy 2020 Fellowship: Apply Here
Democracy Works Foundation is offering 28 young South Africans a free opportunity to join the 2020 contingent of their Democracy Works Academy, which develops…
1 June 2016 Political Cafe
On 1 June Democracy Works Foundation holds its first Political Cafe in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The Cafes are set to become a monthly event in…
African youth participation in democracy and fundamentalism
BBC World Service Weekend, on 2 January 2016, speaks with William Gumede, Chairperson of Democracy Works Foundation, and Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the…
Continent must invest in youth
Africa’s fast-growing youth, excluded from both politics and the economy, and in many cases without any visible opportunities, are a ticking time-bomb, which could…
How can young people shape SA’s democratic future?
Much hopes and expectations have been placed on South Africa’s youth growing up in our still young democracy. The daily struggle for access to…
The politics of circumcision in South Africa
The deafening silence of political, traditional and cultural leaders, who have in the past positioned themselves as the guardians of African culture, on the…