Author: Julie

  Women for Climate Justice (MXJC) is a Colombia-based project led by Barranquilla+20, a youth and women led NGO which aims to transform the way organizations, collective movements, groups, and decision-makers incorporate gender equality in their strategies and maximize intercultural leadership to influence climate policies. It recognizes the need to increase the participation of young…

  Itinerant Travelling Cinema aims to ensure high-quality audiovisual content for audiences in remote areas in Guatemala and other countries in the region. The project screens relevant films and documentaries in rural and vulnerable urban communities, where residents have limited access to such materials, although they may well be at the center of these stories.…

  Inspire is harnessing the power of the world’s most popular game, football, to tackle one of the biggest issues we face today — gender-based violence. Recognizing the need to create safe spaces for women and curb gender-based violence at an early age, the initiative aims to educate young boys through the medium of football…

  Enabling all people of all abilities to read together: this is the idea behind Mais Diferenças’ multi-format accessible books initiative. Based on the principles of universal design and inclusive accessibility, Mais Diferenças has created a pioneering methodology to promote access to books and reading for all people. This entails developing audiovisual books based on…

  Community Street Football/Netball strives to leverage sport to help children and youth who have fallen through the gaps within society, and have either dropped out of school or have become involved with gang-related activities. The programme encourages participants to join street football events where social development life-skills are taught through the art of sport.…

  The initiative empowers marginalized girls and young women to develop STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) competencies and critical thinking skills through an inclusive gender-based approach to scientific learning. The project is implemented through science clubs or extracurricular spaces facilitated by volunteer STEM teachers, where students engage in group activities to solve scientific problems…

  SWANS supports German-raised female academics from immigrant families, Black women, and women of color (BIWoC) by providing opportunities for them to get the jobs they have earned and deserve. The organization offers workshops on career-related topics such as leadership, negotiation, and job application training, along with a volunteer-based support system. To this end, they…

  Tech2Peace aims to cultivate a new reality: Palestinians and Israelis innovating together, while leveraging the power of Israel’s impressive technology ecosystem. Tech2Peace believes that through collaborative innovation, Israelis and Palestinians can build a better future for all in the region. In a complicated geopolitical landscape where opportunities for both groups to meet and collaborate…

  The initiative aims to break cultural and socio-economic barriers by fostering interconnection and mutual understanding between youth of diverse backgrounds, enabling them to work together towards a common cause. Shabbek Wa Bader seeks to deconstruct the “victim-and-hero” mentality in volunteer work and instead create community cohesiveness. This is achieved by partnering students from private…

  Welcoming Cities is a national network of cities, shires, towns and municipalities that are committed to an Australia where everyone can belong and participate in social, cultural, economic, and civic life. The continued advancement of social cohesion in Australia is contingent upon the ability to embrace diversity and build economic success in the face…

The Trustbuilding Programme prioritizes the needs of communities in conflict, which are working on transformation of their societies. They explore individual change and create safe spaces for community leaders and young people to have honest and open dialogues about uncomfortable issues that pose challenges to initiating positive change in one’s life, families and communities. This…

La Cana is a social enterprise that seeks to create fair employment and provide skills training for incarcerated women, enabling them to earn an income away from crime through the creation of high-quality products. Beyond creating handmade products, La Cana seeks to address social issues such as the lack of opportunities, low levels of education,…

This project serves as the first youth dialogue in the world on the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, a joint statement signed by Pope Francis of the Catholic Church and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. The document aims at discussing and promoting its principles to elevate human fraternity.…

MITTI Café implements inclusive cafes managed by persons with disabilities, that connect people, generate livelihoods and create awareness about inclusion through the medium of food. MITTI builds bridges by providing nutritious meals and generating livelihood for persons with disabilities which creates awareness about inclusion through natural interactions. The project creates visible and tangible models of…

Arrival Advisor connects refugees and immigrants to trusted settlement and service information so they can plan their settlement journey in Canada. Through technology and innovation and with many settlement services and resource centers closing in response to COVID-19, the Arrival Advisor app puts reliable information in the hands of newcomers directly. The sea of information…

PLACE was born in 2017 to enable newcomers (including refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants) to be credible leaders, influential contributors and active shapers of European host societies. The project creates a link between migration and innovation, by making visible and accelerating migrant-led innovation. The end-goal is a change of narrative that will enable Europe to leverage…

Since 2018, Ambassadors Program Politize! provides knowledge, training and experiences to build a new generation of citizens who are aware and committed to democracy. The project selects thousands of young people every year to empower them to develop civic education workshops and public solutions for their own community’s issues, thus forming new civic leaders. Ambassadors…

Culture Clouds aims to make memories visible again in public places through physical presence and performances, to conquer cities in a reminiscent way and to further explore using the human body. This project invites people of every background to explore history through the body, offering simple but artistic, creative and performative approaches, such as dance,…

Creative Youth Boot Camp galvanizes young individuals from over 200 ethnic groups in Nigeria to co-create, using performing arts as a tool to confront social issues such as gender inequality, lack of inclusion, xenophobia, and violent extremism, plaguing the development of women, youths, and young people with disabilities. By deploying a human-centered approach called “reflection…

SMART Advocates — a project of DreamSpace Academy, formerly known as Strengthening Youth Leadership Collective (SYLC) — is designed to train individuals who have the passion to engage in effective advocacy to address the grassroots conflicts and to build a better Sri Lanka. By facilitating peacebuilding through visual storytelling, SMART Advocates aims to tackle socio-economic…

Milenial Islami aims to promote peaceful religious values through interfaith dialogue and critical thinking courses by utilizing technology and real-life interactions. This initiative fights against messages of hatred by promoting peaceful coexistence online. Within the project, religious representatives gather to spark conversations on religious values through online platforms such as Instagram and Youtube. Moreover, earlier…

The Child Soldier Reintegration Project helps traumatized and stigmatized former child soldiers reconcile with their war-affected communities in northern Uganda through innovative socio-economic and peacebuilding programmes. When former child soldiers return home, they do not only face their own war trauma, but also severe stigma and mistrust from their communities. Using locally designed and culturally…

The Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom is based on the premise that it is easy to hate someone you do not know, but when you know someone, it is harder, and when you care about them, it is almost impossible. The members go from being strangers, to friends, to sisters. The sisters rise up against hate,…

MinorMatters is an innovative and first of its kind national initiative with the aim to promote religious freedom and coexistence in Sri Lanka. As a web-based platform, MinorMatters seeks to raise awareness on issues surrounding freedoms of religion and belief. The project’s main objectives are to support interfaith communities and enhance coexistence. Carried out in…

Since 2015, Schools of Peace has aimed to solve conflicts, prevent violence and promote a culture of peace through art and culture. This program provides workshops on music, theater, screen printing and photography and has benefited hundreds of vulnerable students. By visiting the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen and witnessing the historical and…

Entrepreneurs for Diversity (E4D) manifests a creative possibility for the youth community. This initiative is a co-creative ecosystem that empowers interculturally-innovative young changemakers from marginalized communities in different locations of the Ibero-American region. E4D promotes more than artists and creators. Through a co-learn and co-create methodology, young entrepreneurs in creative and cultural industries adopt artists…

Using songwriting, recording and storytelling, the Life into Lyrics program empowers youth to reduce prejudice and promote cross-cultural understanding by contributing to discourse on racism. The program collaborates with youth to create pop songs and digital campaigns with social purpose, encouraging youth to lend their voices to the change they want to see in the…

Inclusive Intercultural Education for Social Cohesion project empowers and equips young leaders to become facilitators of intercultural dialogue in real and digital virtual communities of northern Myanmar. Diverse people in the country have been facing a spectrum of challenges from inherited political conflict to a lack of respect for rights and a lack of inclusive…

Women as Peace Champions is an innovative approach working with marginalized women groups with the goal to decrease the gap in the decision-making process and to increase collaboration between different communities. By initiating the culture of acceptance, the project enables dialogue on peace and transforms the differences amongst communities through the contribution of women. The…

180° Wende started in 2012 in Cologne as a bottom-up initiative that creates networks of young people with the aim to prevent youth radicalization and delinquency. With a unique peer-to-peer approach, the project reaches out to those who are left behind by ordinary institutions. 180° Wende connects the youth community to support their disadvantaged peers…

The ‘Buddy Up’ initiative supports everyday people in an effort to change the story of Northern Ireland. The project features a partnership between CRIS, one Protestant school and one Catholic school. It engages children between the ages of 3 and 4, their parents and their families.

The Crossroads Project promotes alternative ways of resolving conflict leading to social cohesion, reconciliation and lasting peace among communities in Northern and North-Eastern Uganda.

Encontrarse en la Diversidad was created in 2007 in response to the lack of awareness about discrimination in Argentina. It aims at establishing mechanisms for effective education on these issues.

The motivation behind the Global Enterprise Experience is to develop future global leaders skilled in managing across cultures and countries with diverse views that are worlds apart.

Awakkuna is an innovative approach to working with indigenous communities to protect biodiversity. Taking into consideration the difficulties of opening dialogue and cooperation with indigenous communities, knitting creates a safe space for intercultural dialogue and cooperation between indigenous communities and other groups.

Peace Rickshaws Project uses the canvas of auto-rickshaws and the medium of pop-art to relay messages of peace, tolerance and interfaith harmony in Pakistan. By creating a culture of tolerance, the project sparks conversations on peace and transforms conflict on the streets.

Games for Peace’s Play2Talk school programme uses the popular game Minecraft to reduce stereotypes and prejudice between Jewish and Arab schoolchildren in Israeli schools.

While travel opens minds, it unfortunately remains a luxury for a privileged few. Safarni, however, brings travel adventures to all.

The cultural and livelihood differences between pastoralists and farmers have lasted for many generations, as have their patterns of coexistence. In recent years, however, the line dividing pastoralists and farmers has widened in parts of Nigeria and other countries across the Sahel.

Unleash Tunisia Venture Bus started as a mobile school to teach young graduates necessary skills and core competencies to launch their startups.