“Witness Center organizes a workshop titled Utilizing Digital Media to Promote Nonviolent Policy.

As part of the activities of the Youth, Peace and security network in Palestine, Witness Center for Citizen Rights and Social Development organized a workshop, entitled “Employing digital media to promote the policy of non-violence” as a complement to a training course entitled “Time for change” within the Youth Lead Peace Project, which aims to promote human rights in society and provide a platform for constructive dialogue and exchange of ideas and give space to express their ideas through various initiatives, activities and trainings. For his part, the trainer Ahmed Musmar made an intervention on “Employing digital media to promote the policy of non-violence” and talked about the importance of digital media, and how to employ it in preparing media campaigns.

Students from various Palestinian universities participated in the training in order to guide them to make initiatives and media campaigns aimed at promoting the policy of non-violence at their universities.

Note that the project aims to strengthen cooperation in the field of peace and security based on UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, security and peace by providing a platform for dialogue and exchange of views, and promoting human rights in their local communities. This project is implemented within the Erasmus+ program (Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.The project is scheduled to last for a year, interspersed with many training’s and youth initiatives at Palestinian universities and international visits.