Hay Andalus N° 345
Tiflet
Maroc
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
The Youth Empowerment Society (YES) is an association created in July 2017 by a group of socially-committed young people Association aspires to the dissemination of the citizenship and of universal rights principles and values in the city of Tiflet in the province of Khemisset, in the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra. Aiming to build on the combined experiences of its members in the areas of promoting the rights of young people, combating social inequality and gender-based violence, YES pursues the following goals: - Promoting the values of citizenship and observance of human rights, - Strengthening civil and political rights and political participation among young people and women in the region, - Participating in the economic and social development of the region by giving a primary role to women.
Aiming to build on the combined experiences of its members in the areas of promoting the rights of young people, combating social inequality and gender-based violence, YES pursues the following goals: - Promoting the values of citizenship and observance of human rights, - Strengthening civil and political rights and political participation among young people and women in the region, - Participating in the economic and social development of the region by giving a primary role to women.
YES aims to be a space for consultation and guidance for young people with a particularinterest in promoting women’s rights. The founding members devoted the first months of the association’s existence to strengthening their skills through participation in training workshops including: training on monitoring and evaluating public policies and monitoring human rights violations, organised by the International Republican Institute (IRI), And The President of the Association is one of the young leaders in the Young Mediterranean Voices, Who participated in the various activities of the Anna Lindh Foundation in Belgium, Malta, France and Egypt ... like MED FORUM and the special seminar Time for a Paradigm Shift: Listening and Learning, Soufiyan take part in the EU High-Representative for Foreign Affairs’ “Regional Youth Policy Forum” in Brussels, Belgium on 22nd – 23rd of March 2017... (Get Heard) initiative that highlights rights and laws to protect women, and helps broadcast their stories to the world. It’s implemented by YES (Youth Empowerment Society), led by Soufiyan SAAOUDI with the support of IRI (International Republican Institute) and Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) in partnership with Code For Africa , and other educational institutions based in Morocco. he initiative aims to introducing girls and women from different Moroccan cities to the national and international laws and regulations protecting them from sexual harassment, violence and extortion. It also uses its platform to teach them basic skills and techniques to produce their own podcast, in order to have a voice online to tell their stories. The project facebook page : www.facebook.com/Sem3iSawtk Web Site : www.Sem3iSawtk.com our participation on World Forum for Democracy in strasburg https://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/lab-11-how-can-women-us...
Definition of the network and its objectives Organizing meetings and workshops to achieve the goals of the َAnna Lindh Foundation Effective participation in all events organized by the Foundation
The participation in the ALF Network is very very important because it comes in coincidence with our working on the same topic of Interculturel and Youth Empowerment. So, we will definitely benefit from it so as to acquire some technics, tactics, and mechanisms to make our projects successful and effective. we sure that we will share our experiences with the participants in this network.