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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.


News
09 November 2011Computer Games Enable Self-Expression among Palest
03 November 2011New Inspiration has come to Palestine
18 October 2011Youth Engagement through Performing Arts
10 October 2011A new batch of trainers arrive in Amman
03 October 2011Rapolitics Bokra
12 September 2011First Youth Officer has come to Hebron
11 September 2011Anyone Can be a Leader
08 September 2011New 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

09 November 2011 Palestinian girls should be able to express themselves and the stories of their daily lives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through new technology
03 November 2011 New inputs have come to Palestinian partner organisations. Ane, Camilla and Amy are ActionAid Denmark's new Inspirators in the West Bank.
18 October 2011 The two first weeks of October was a time of theater and performance for civic engagement in Amman. Development workers, youth activists, actors, clowns and other artists from the region were gathered to discuss and explore the possibilities of engaging youth through performing arts
10 October 2011 A lot of things are happening in these months, including the arrival of six new trainers, who will be working to train young people from all over the region.
03 October 2011 RAPOLITICS is a Danish association that works with urban musical expressions, appreciative communication and democratic awareness among young people in Denmark and the Middle East.
12 September 2011 Meet Shatha Daqaq. She has since July 1st been Youth Officer for ActionAid in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Born and raised in Palestine, she sees it as the goal for her country to develop a healthy civil society of its own.
11 September 2011 In July the Global Platform in Amman was filled to capacity. Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian and, for the first time, also Egyptian youth gathered for a three week educational course, Training of Trainers (ToT). Two of the participants, Ibrahim & Nasma, take stock of their stay.
08 September 2011 Meet ActionAid Denmark's new Youth and Capacity Development Adviser in MENA, Anindita Dutta Roy.

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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)



 

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Building Bridges for Youth Action
<a href="graphics/ms.dk/dokumenter/buildingbridgesfinaleweb_may2011.pdf" target=_blank>Building Bridges for Youth Action</a> (pdf)<br />A narrative report of ActionAid Denmark&rsquo;s Middle East and North Africa regional youth program, 2009 &ndash; 2010
Building Bridges for Youth Action (pdf)
A narrative report of ActionAid Denmark’s Middle East and North Africa regional youth program, 2009 – 2010