Anna Lindh Foundation

Identity and Difference research group

National Network

Morocco

Address

Faculte des lettres et des sciences humaines, Universite Mohammed Premier Hay Alqods 60050 Oujda Morocco

Country

Morocco

City

Oujda

Street address 2

Faculte des lettres et des sciences humaines, Universite Mohammed Premier Hay Alqods

Mobile Phone

(212)661256043

Telephone

(212)0536500604

E-Mail

ltouaf@gmail.com

Year of Establishment

2010

Contact Person1

Larbi Touaf

Job Title 1

Professor and Group coordinator

Contact Person 2

Soumia Boutkhil

Job Title 2

Professor and founding member

Organisation Type

Public Institution

Fields of Activity

Democracy and community development

General Information

Identity and difference is an educationa, civic and academic group, it is composed of 4 fulltime faculty members and 12 graduate students, it is headed by a coordinator. our main source of funding is the university with which we are affiliated and also other national and internation organizations Our work follows two main lines, research and civic education targetting youth, espcially university students. In March of each year we organize a month long activity named "Women's History Month" where we involve students in creative activities related to women's rights and gender-based violence. We aso organize workshops for students on media literacy, civic engagement The latest major project was an international Forum on migration with researches and civil society organization. This took place in Oujda in June 2019 and that we plan to organize evry 2 years, the title is The Afro-Mediterranean Forum for migration. Our partners include The Rabat Bureau of the La Cooperation Swisse, L'Organisation Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme (OMDH), Association MS2 and Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique.  

Mission and Objectives

Our main objectives follow the two lines of action that we set:  in civic education: Our objective is to continue sentitizing students to the importance of getting involved in their communities and to fighting gender-based violence, and to empower them to understand the world around them through  providing  media(particularly digital) literacy. In research is to continue studying phenomena related to identity in relation with gender, minorities and migration.

Main Projects / Activities

-Workshops for university students on Gender-based violence, civic education and media literacy. -Women's History Month (every March of each year) -Research and publication:  in research: we do research and organize conferences on minorities (2004, 2005), public space (2006), media (2010) gender equality ( 2011, 2013) and migration (2013). We publish books on the same topics (Minority Matters 2005, Representing minorities 2006, The World as  A Global Agora Criticalperspectives on Public Space 2008, North African Women After the Arab Spring in the Eye of the Storm 2016, Ikhtilaf Journal of Critical Humanities and Social Studies Issue 1 in 2018, Issue 2 in 2019.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We hope to expand the network to include the university community and spread the values and aims of the Anna Lindh Foundation among a large population of students who are more and more absorbed in the virtual world of games and social media.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

we need to strengthen our network and connect with people who share our aims and visions, and also find possible partners for research and civic action.