Media Sac for Media and Development implemented the project “Our Voice, Our Space! Media and Youth for a Peaceful Future in Yemen,” with support from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), through DW Akademie. The project aimed to strengthen young people’s capacities in media and information literacy (MIL), empower them to engage critically and responsibly with the media and digital environment, and expand their participation in community issues and peacebuilding efforts.

The project targeted male and female media students in the governorates of Hadramout, Aden, and Taiz through a training and practical learning programme that engaged 30 young people, with 10 participants from each governorate, aged between 18 and 25, while ensuring gender balance.

The project included a series of training and practical activities focusing on key media and information literacy concepts, critical thinking, information verification, and responsible engagement with digital content, alongside developing participants’ communication and purposeful media content production skills.

To strengthen the sustainability of the project’s impact within academic institutions, Media Sac established three Media and Information Literacy Clubs at Hadramout University, Aden University, and Taiz University. These clubs serve as youth-led spaces within universities, providing opportunities for continued learning, knowledge exchange, and the implementation of awareness-raising initiatives.

The clubs achieved several practical results, most notably the delivery of nine awareness-raising sessions and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing activities. These initiatives enabled participating students to transfer the knowledge and skills they had acquired to their fellow students within their university communities.

In terms of media production, the project contributed to the production of 10 media materials addressing topics related to media and information literacy, including raising awareness of critical engagement with information and digital content, and strengthening young people’s role in promoting media literacy.

The project concluded with a youth roundtable held in Mukalla, bringing together project participants, representatives of relevant institutions and organizations, and partners. The roundtable provided a space for dialogue on the state of media and information literacy in Yemen, the role of young people in promoting media awareness, and the challenges and opportunities associated with their participation in the media and digital environments.

Through this project, Media Sac reaffirms the importance of investing in young people’s capacities, not merely as recipients of information, but as active contributors capable of producing knowledge, countering misinformation, promoting dialogue and community participation, and contributing to a more informed, responsible, and peaceful media environment.

About the Project

The project “Our Voice, Our Space! Media and Youth for a Peaceful Future in Yemen” is part of Media Sac for Media and Development’s ongoing efforts to advance media and information literacy, empower young people, and expand their participation in building more informed communities capable of responding to m