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The Middle East and North Africa
ActionAid Denmark works to increase young people's participation in the civil society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as in Denmark. Part of this is promoting cross cultural understanding and respect between youth in the countries.
Strengthening youth participation
“This was the best experience that I’ve ever been through, there were many things that I’ve learned, many things in my life were affected in a way or in another, and I have totally changed my thoughts and opinions about the West in general and especially Denmark”
Ibrahim I. Ayeshn, Jordanian participant in youth exchange with Denmark
From the regional office in Jordan, MS ActionAid Denmark coordinates and facilitates projects aimed at strengthening youth groups and youth organizations. The aim is to create possibilities for young people to work on positive change and to put their own dreams into action. This takes many forms, from international seminars on youth leadership, to theater and dance workshops, debate clubs and the provision of space for the youth to meet and organize. The overall mission is to strengthen the role of the young generation though participation and raising awareness.
Along with the above-mentioned focus on empowerment and mobilization, the office also puts a lot of work into promoting dialogue among the youth from the region and young Danes. By joining and cooperating on projects in Denmark and the Middle East, an intercultural exchange takes place, which is important in order to break down stereotypes and barriers.
| 09 November 2011 | Computer Games Enable Self-Expression among Palest |
| 03 November 2011 | New Inspiration has come to Palestine |
| 18 October 2011 | Youth Engagement through Performing Arts |
| 10 October 2011 | A new batch of trainers arrive in Amman |
| 03 October 2011 | Rapolitics Bokra |
| 12 September 2011 | First Youth Officer has come to Hebron |
| 11 September 2011 | Anyone Can be a Leader |
| 08 September 2011 | New efforts in capacity building in MENA |
Our work in the MENA region
MS ActionAid Denmark focuses on three priority areas in building bridges for youth issues in the Middle East, North Africa and Denmark:- Engaging young people in civil society issues and strengthening their ability to organize advocate and act by themselves.
- Promoting cross-cultural understanding and dialogue by giving youth from both Denmark and the MENA region a chance to meet and interact.
- Supporting partnerships between youth groups in the MENA region and Denmark, thereby learning from each other's knowledge and experience.
In dept with the priority areas
A separate, but very important, cross cutting issue in the program is gender equality. MS ActionAid Denmark has developed a gender strategy that promotes individual empowerment of young women and equal participation of young women and men in all youth mobilization activities of the organization.
Our gender strategy in MENA (pdf)
Learn more about the situation in the Middle East and our focus on youth
Documents
Blogs
Postcards From Palestine (English)
Signe is the Information and Communication Intern for ActionAid Denmark in Hebron, Palestine. She writes about the people she meets and life in the West Bank.
(By: Signe Hare, Intern, July – January 2011/12)
Ananaddoush (English)
Nadia is a Danish blogger, project maker, idea generator and social entrepreneur. She is currently working as a trainer at the Global Platform in Amman and writes about the Middle East and life in Jordan.
(By: Nadia Norvang Christensen, Trainer, October 2011 – 2013)
Sebastian in Palestine (Danish)
Sebastian was the Communication Intern with ActionAid Denmark in Hebron, Palestine the fall 2010 and spring 2011. He engages his reader in his daily life in the West Bank.
(By: Sebastian Frandsen, Intern, Januar – July 2011)
!aske (English)
Aske was the Information and Communication Intern at ActionAid Denmark's regional office in Amman. He's eager on doing visual documentation from projects and it was his first trip to the region. He still writes about his work after his return to Denmark.
(By: Aske Erbs, Intern, Januar – July 2011)
The land of Arabia (Danish)
Jonas blogged about his experience as a volunteer in the refugee camp Al-Alrroub in Palestine. He took a lot of interesting photos during his stay.
(By: Jonas Holst, Volunteer, Spring 2011)
Gazoom – Facing Palestine (English)
Lucas has been based in Gaza supporting MS’ partner organisation Sharek Youth Forum in developing initiatives for youth.
(By: Lucas Nielsen, Inspirator, April – December 2010)
Mussi and Niksi in Hebroni (Danish)
Rasmus and Nikolaj have been volunteers in Palestine for three months. Beautiful and thought-provoking pictures and anecdotes from the Westbank.
(By: Rasmus D. Skavlan & Nikolaj H. Mortensen, Volunteers, Spring 2010)
Videos
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ActionAid Denmark Middle East North Africa
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