Active Citizenship

Nagaland Election Watch (NEW)

Clean Candidates, Better Governance

The Supreme Court judgments of 2 May 2002 and 13 March 2003, by mandating disclosure of criminal records (if any), financial and educational information for all contestants to Parliamentary and Assembly elections, has empowered the Voter and the Civil Society to actively participate in improving the quality of polity and governance in our country.
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YouthNet encourages youths to be active citizen, ranging from being responsible citizens to recognizing and defending a person’s basic human rights.

Electoral Reform

Nagaland Election Watch (NEW):

Before the Nagaland Assembly election in 2008, YouthNet in association with the Association for Democratic Reforms, and other concerned citizen formed NEW,a non-partisan civil society effort for creating accountable and transparent governance in the State.
The NEW collected the affidavits filed by candidates along with their nomination papers and collated them for better comprehension of the voter. Main objective is to raise voter awareness in order to enable them make an informed choice before casting their vote.

Post Election Watch:

Nagaland went to the polls on 5th March, 2008 for the 11th Assembly, which perhaps witnessed the most expensive and violent election till date. As a follow-up of our Electoral Reform initiative YouthNet conducted a survey to assess how much money was spent during the 2008 elections to address the existing culture of election related corruption in the State which has become a deeply disturbing trend. To carry out the survey youth representatives from all the 11 districts came together to collaborate and collect information from their respective districts on which a report was made.

Budget Study

The consultation recognizes the general feeling in young people that they are being marginalized on issues that matter to them. Frustration looms around over lack of employment opportunities within the state in other sectors; the government sector having reached a saturation stage. Many blamed the education system for being too traditional and quantity based and not focusing on quality. Students after completion of their academic years are left with no choice to even think of employment beyond government job. Another factor that emerged is the lack of infrastructure establishment that is important to create an enabling environment for youth to take up innovative ventures for self employment

Human Rights

Members of YouthNet are frequently invited to the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) and various other platforms to speak on issues of Human Rights.