Asfar is happy to invite young people from the UK to participate in our Storytelling workshop which will take place online, on the 29th and 30th March 2021 at 2 pm UK time. The Workshop is the second Storytelling Workshop we are organising through our ALF Global Learning through Digital Storytelling project. The workshop will … Continued
During our Erasmus+ RESOLVE: Peace Camps Online Dialogue event more then 30 young people got to know each other during the first day. They have learned about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Storytelling. Also we have organised a Simulation Game – MORE. Participants took 6 different roles and are trying to resolve the situation … Continued
Asfar is continuing with the Woman of the Week campaign in March. Check out every week for a new entry and learn about the achievements of woman that have been often overlooked by history. Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to be elected to U.S. Congress and the first woman and African American … Continued
If you have attended any RESOLVE projects, you are invited to attend our next RESOLVE: Network Meeting, which is happening on the 3rd March and is part of our RESOLVE: Peace Camps project. The Networking Meeting theme is ‘Reconciliation in a Digital Age’ and will give our RESOLVE: Network members an opportunity to discuss this … Continued
Today, Asfar’s ALF Global Learning through Digital Stories project has implemented the first activity, the Storytelling Workshop. More than 40 young people joined us to increase their skills in storytelling. Before their workshop, this is with what they connect #storytelling. Participants have learned about the UN #SDGs and developed stories on different SDGs. The project … Continued
We are looking for contributors for our next 2021 edition of the Asfar e-Journal! If you are interested in writing an article on ‘knowledge exchange’ in the Caucaus, get in touch at e.journal@asfar.org.uk The e-Journal focuses on the Balkans, Caucasus and Middle East and North Africa. Articles can be on a range of topics and … Continued
Most international or global days are celebrated to create awareness and educate the community about topics of concern that needs global attention. International days are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address #globalproblems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity on a global and … Continued
Our next Digital Talks: ‘Period Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa’ will be by Modupe Adeagbo, a Public Health analyst from FemBox. Modupe Adeagbo is a Public Health analyst with a degree in Global Public Health from New York University and works for FemBox – a non-profit organisation promoting women and girls health in Sub-Saharan Africa. The … Continued
The RESOLVE: Peace Camps Online Dialogue Activity is a skills development & dialogue focused activity where young community change-makers and local peacebuilders address the societies’ social intolerance throughout Europe. The RESOLVE: Peace Camps 2020 is designed to support youth leaders to represent themselves to decision-makers, develop their conflict resolution skills, and ensuring young people are … Continued
Our next Digital Talks: ‘Rombelong Tutoring: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and education in the UK‘ by Chrissie Browne, Widening Participation Department at King’s College London. Chrissie Browne leads on the work to increase representation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students in Higher Education by addressing barriers that occur throughout the education lifecycle. The Talk will … Continued
Asfar is happy to invite young people from the UK to participate in our Storytelling workshop which will take place online, on the 23rd February 2021 through our ALF Global Learning through Digital Storytelling project. The focus of the project is to create a platform for powerful, critical and meaningful dialogues, which will inspire intercultural … Continued
Asfar is continuing with the Woman of the Week campaign also in Feburary. Check out every week for a new entry and learn about the achievements of woman that have been often overlooked by history. Fata Orlović, a Bosniak woman who fought a legal battle to have a church removed from her back garden. After … Continued
According to the Guardian, young women in the UK are also adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a substantial rise in the number of women aged 20-40 being admitted to hospital with serious COVID cases in the second wave of COVID in the country. In the UK there is a higher proportion of women … Continued
As part of our new partner project ‘Global Learning through Digital Stories’, which is funded by the EU through the Anna Lindh Foundation, we will be sharing weekly posts about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals! (SDGs) The aim of the project is to empower young people in their countries and other countries in Euro-Med … Continued
According to the United Nations Human Development Working Paper on ‘Gender inequality and the COVID-19 crisis: A Human Development perspective’, women are disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The paper explains how ‘women make up more than 85% of nursing personnel and women make up almost half of doctors for all countries except those with … Continued
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