{"id":10720,"date":"2025-04-23T08:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rfpjuganda.org\/?page_id=10720"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:21:25","slug":"elections-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rfpjuganda.org\/?page_id=10720","title":{"rendered":"Elections and Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10720\" class=\"elementor elementor-10720\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1a6d37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1a6d37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fef7024 column-style-top\" data-id=\"fef7024\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f8739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84f8739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RFPJ promotes peaceful electoral processes and democratic governance in Uganda, recognizing that elections are potential destabilisers of peace and triggers of conflicts, especially in religious and ethnically plural settings. In this effort, RFPJ invests in the building, strengthening, and sustaining local and regional peacebuilding infrastructure that prevents, manages, and responds to electoral-related conflicts. Further, the organisation conducts pre-election advocacy campaigns, civic education at local levels and through local media, inter-political party dialogues, and post-election reconciliation initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RFPJ promotes peaceful electoral processes and democratic governance in Uganda, recognizing that elections are potential destabilisers of peace and triggers of conflicts, especially in religious and ethnically plural settings. 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This documentary was made in collaboration with Fort TV in October, 2025.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mWKdJCU2uEM&t=2sIn this documentary, Religious\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9868,"url":"https:\/\/rfpjuganda.org\/?page_id=9868","url_meta":{"origin":10720,"position":1},"title":"Past Projects","author":"admin","date":"September 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Capacity Building for Youth-led Groups and Associations Since 2018, RFPJ had been investing in skills development for vulnerable youths and women to enhance their capacities in business entrepreneurship, and market-oriented skills through offering work-based learning and enhancing their employability and graduation from vulnerability to social and economic resilience. The provision\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rfpjuganda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rfpjuganda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rfpjuganda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rfpjuganda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rfpjuganda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rfpjuganda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture2-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10724,"url":"https:\/\/rfpjuganda.org\/?page_id=10724","url_meta":{"origin":10720,"position":2},"title":"Peace Research And Education","author":"admin","date":"April 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"RFPJ documents and disseminates information about peace, conflicts, and violence to inform evidence-based peacebuilding initiatives at local, regional, and national levels. 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