Empowering Youths to Advocate for Peace and Challenges Hate Speech in Myanmar

We implemented a 2-year project on “Empowering youths to advocate for peace and tackle hate speech in Myanmar” throughout Rakhine State, Mon State, Mandalay, and Bago Region, funded by the United Nations Peace Building Fund (UNPBF) that reached 5000 direct and 30000 indirect beneficiaries as well as 18 religious institutions and 20 youth women-led initiatives.

The activities included in this project-

• Supporting to organize township youth committee as per National Youth Policy.

• Organizing Youth Coordination Meetings with local youth networks, Youth Affair Committee, and local CSOs to advocate for peace and tackling hate speech in Myanmar
  

• Organizing Strategic Planning and Advocacy workshops for youth committee and youth network members to be able to write their strategic planning for their networks and to advocate for others by themselves.

• Organizing youth-led peace Campaigns that decrease hate speech and increase tolerance among different religious and cultural groups.

• Making Cross Regional Exposure Trip among different ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds to build mutual understanding, trust, and respect and increase tolerance.

• Facilitating intergenerational and Inter-community dialogue to enhance trust among different communities and generations and providing training to youths’ networks that support civic engagement and collaboration to lead cross-regional events.