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Countering hate speech in Yemen : Dakkah initiative
Dakkh was among the selected winners for the second My Solution competition launched in April 2021 by UNESCO GCC and Yemen office and RNW Media which invited young Yemenis to send their solutions to achieve peace in their country The 7 winning proposals were supported to realize their projects Dakkh an initiative launched under the umbrella of the Yemen Hub for Media Support was founded in January 2021 with the aim to counter hate speech discourses in the media and society Through its different activities the initiative works on finding alternative discourses that restore the unity in the community As part of the My Solution project Dakkh first launched an online survey aiming to study the spread of hate speech in the society and ways to confront it The survey which included multiple choice and openended questions measures the level of understanding of the participants on hate speech and its impacts and captures qualitatively their opinions on ways to address this issue The survey plans to collect around 500 responses from all Yemeni governorates Subsequently to the data collection the information will be studied and the indepth analysis will be publicly shared in the form of a report Based on the survey findings Dakkh hopes to make recommendations on the best ways to address hate speech in the Yemeni society