Search for Common Ground (Search), in consortium with the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) and in partnership with the Centre de Recherche sur l'Anti-corruption (CERC) and Africa Youth Mouvement/BIM Sarl, is taking part in Youth Excel: Our Knowledge Leading Change, implementing an activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from May 2021 to August 2022 in North Kivu and Kinshasa. This activity aims to provide support to youth leaders, youth-led organizations, and youth-serving organizations to form an issue-based collaborative youth network (ICON) to conduct research on the following question: “How might we strengthen the inclusion of under-represented and marginalized youth in education and workforce development programs?” The purpose of this research is to generate actionable information and recommendations on the integration of inclusive youth workforce development and participation in DRC. This report presents the main findings obtained from conducting a assessment on conflict, gender and social inclusion, and protection analysis in North Kivu and Kinshasa before the implementation of the activity.
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