{"id":13758,"date":"2020-09-21T08:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T06:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/?post_type=news&amp;p=13758"},"modified":"2020-09-21T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T06:35:29","slug":"enoughwar-youth-for-peace-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/news\/enoughwar-youth-for-peace-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"#EnoughWar &#8211; youth for peace in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Six years of relentless war in Yemen have devastated the country and left an estimated 100,000 people dead, 12,000 of them civilians. Yemen is facing the world\u2019s worst development and humanitarian crisis, with 80 per cent of the population needing some form of assistance. In the face of this on-going crisis, UNESCO and RNW Media\u2019s Manasati30 platform have launched a youth campaign calling for a ceasefire throughout Yemen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The campaign is part of the \u201cEmpowering Yemeni youth towards peace: ensuring access to information and participation\u201d project, which is funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/peacebuilding\/fund\">UN Peacebuilding Fund<\/a> (PBF). The primary objective of the PBF funded project is to make the peace-building process more inclusive and participatory by strengthening youth engagement using media, communication and technology. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/countries\/yemen\">UNESCO<\/a> and RNW Media through the <a href=\"https:\/\/manasati30.com\/\">Manasati30<\/a> platform are jointly implementing the campaign, which aims to bring young people together, to play a role in shaping the future of their country and calling for a ceasefire throughout Yemen as a fundamental step towards a lasting peace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13761\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/\u062f\u0648\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645-768x459-1-660x394.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"394\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#EnoughWar campaign image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everyone has a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives and, recognising this, the campaign was launched on the International Day of Democracy, September 15th and will continue until the 28th of September. There is a special focus on today\u2019s International Peace Day (September 21st), which sees the relase of the moving campaign video &#8216;Why peace?&#8217; in which young Yemenis share their wartime experiences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u061f\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWb8Zdm_tGc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another powerful video &#8216;War or Peace&#8217; contrasts the reality of young men fighting with their dreams of peace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u062d\u0631\u0628 \u0623\u0645 \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u061f\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O83TbBqSia0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Building peace together<br \/>\n<\/strong>Under the hashtag #EnoughWar, the campaign uses social media to put pressure on the warring parties to agree on a ceasefire. In line with the theme of this year\u2019s International Peace Day, \u201cbuilding peace together\u201d, the campaign is mobilising young people to play a role in the peace process and amplifying the voices and opinions of young women and men calling for peace. RNW Media and UNESCO launched the campaign by sharing a vox pop video in which young people share their messages to the conflict parties.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u0633\u0624\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0639 | \u0645\u0627\u0647\u064a \u0631\u0633\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u0643 \u0644\u0623\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0632\u0627\u0639 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0646\u061f\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfJtGWUeCJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharing stories and opinions<br \/>\n<\/strong>An online survey, running throughout the campaign period (Sept 15th \u2013 28th), has been launched to collect young Yemenis\u2019 opinions on the ceasefire throughout Yemen. A video has been created to encourage participation in the survey and the results will be shared online and with relevant stakeholders as data for advocacy. Young women and men are also invited to share their stories and messages along with pictures. Daily social media posts explain how young people can participate and a number of users\u2019 pictures are being shared every day for five consecutive days. The best photos are being combined for publication as a digital mural which will be shared widely online.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13762\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13762 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0_\u064a\u0643\u0641\u064a-\u062d\u0631\u0628-768x414-1-660x356.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"356\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 660px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 660\/356;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos posted by users with the #EnoughWar hashtag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Solutions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Finally, as part of the \u201cEmpowering Yemeni youth towards peace\u201d project a \u201cmy solution\u201d initiative has been launched. This initiative aims to promote and showcase success stories of young Yemeni peacebuilders. An open call was launched in August inviting young Yemenis to submit their \u201csolutions\u201d for peace in their country. Seven promising initiatives have been selected which will be announced during the campaign. More information about the activity can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/manasati30.com\/manasati-news\/12568\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNESCO and RNW Media\u2019s Manasati30 platform have launched a youth campaign calling for a ceasefire throughout Yemen, a country left devestated by 6 years of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13758","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnw.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}