A new release from Pal-Think for Strategic Studies
Pal-Think published «Community issues through the eyes of Palestinian youth» — eleven research papers by fifteen young researchers trained in expression and intellectual writing, under the Canada-funded project «Promoting democratic participation of Palestinian youth».
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- 2020-04-01
Pal-Think for Strategic Studies released this week a book titled “Community issues from the perspective of Palestinian youth”, containing eleven research papers by fifteen young researchers who took part in the training programme “Skills of expression and intellectual writing”, within the project “Strengthening the democratic participation of Palestinian youth”, funded by the government of Canada, which ran from July 2019 to February 2020.
The book contains eleven research papers addressing different topics of concern to youth, from a youth perspective, among them: youth participation in the neighbourhood committees — reality and hope; the migration of Gaza's youth in the boats of death; child labour in the Gaza Strip; transitional justice from the perspective of Palestinian youth; mechanisms of strengthening peaceful dialogue among Palestinian youth; and Gaza Strip graduates and online freelancing. The project comprised four stages. In the first, the young researchers underwent an intensive training programme in creative writing, the skills of delivery and public speaking, leadership, and body language. In the second stage, the trainees presented their research papers in radio episodes. In the third stage, the research papers were developed and revised under the trainers' supervision. And finally: workshops were held and the trainees presented their research papers before specialists, researchers, and civil-society institutions.
In the book's introduction, Mr Omar Shaban, director of Pal-Think for Strategic Studies, said: Pal-Think for Strategic Studies, an independent Palestinian research institution, aims to strengthen sustainable human development through investing in youth. It has implemented many youth programmes aimed at strengthening their capacities and skills; practice, conduct, and creativity form the pillars of achieving progress in society, beyond their role in responding swiftly to the requirements of change for the better — and this calls for continuous work on improving and activating the development of human capacities, through training, education, motivation, and empowerment.
