Hand in Hand to Combat Violence and Extremism in Tunisia

The project aims to equip religious leaders in five regions in Tunisia with tools to increase community resilience and counter violent extremism. These regions include Bizerte Greater Tunis Kairouan Kasserine and Medenine. Project activities include: (1) delivering training workshops for local religious leaders on conflict resolution and management violence prevention citizenship and democracy and social media and blogging; (2) developing material on key Islamic teachings and their correlation with human rights; and (3) delivering an awareness campaign on violent extremism.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved ability to equip and mobilize local religious actors to counteract violent extremist rhetoric that radicalizes youth towards violent extremism; (2) increased resilience amongst targeted communities to violent extremist rhetoric; and (3) increased capacity to disseminate narratives to counter violent extremist propaganda across various sectors of the target communities and across various stakeholders.