"Youth for Eliminating Harassment" Campaign

"Youth for Eliminating Harassment" Campaign

ANHRE implemented an advocacy campaign entitled "Youth for Eliminating Harassment" funded by USAID Takamol - Gender Program - Civil Society Grants Program; Sept. 2015 – May 2016 In Jerash, Karak, Ajloun, Zarqa and Russaifah.

The campaign aims at working with youth leaders and volunteers from the 5 Jordanian communities in order to design and implement a campaign about harassment of girls and women through utilizing a variety of tools in order to reach people face to face in schools, universities, CBOs, their local communities and nationally through social media on all potential levels. 20 young leaders from 20 CBOs are targeted in the 5 communities in addition to 150  youth who are engaged to advocate for the issue. In addition, at least 30,000 people have been reached out through videos and 5,000 people have been engaged in the discussion about harassment presented in social media.

The campaign succeeded in iincreasing awareness on harassment in the perception of 2500 adolescent school students from 15 schools, 2000 university students from 6 universities and 600 men through Madafat Takamol in the 5 communities

A Study on Harassment in Jordan Developed as Part of the project.

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