Everyday Urban Violence and Security in the Maghreb
December 4, 2018
Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 København
DIGNITY and its partners in Tunisia and Morocco invite you to the conference ‘Everyday Urban Violence
and Security in the Maghreb’ with a focus on Tunisia and Morocco as part of our joint work under the
Danish Arab Partnership Programme. The conference moves beyond the macro level focus and addresses
the challenges of ‘everyday urban violence and security’ with a
focus on everyday life conditions, and
local, municipal, and national stakeholders.
Everyday experiences of violence are a burden to a larger
number of ordinary citizens and constitute a root cause of pending social and political challenges and
dynamics in the Maghreb.
The conference is set within the framework of the
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
No. 11:
‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’, No. 5: ‘Gender Equality’ and No. 16: ‘Peace, justice and strong
institution’ as a multisectoral approach is necessary to encompass and address the root causes of urban
violence and security in the Maghreb region.
Presentations are given by leading Tunisian, Moroccan and international researchers and practitioners.
The opening of the conference features a presentation by DIGNITY’s Tunisian civil society partner
L’Art Rue,
an NGO which uses art to reach out to youth to prevent violence in the Medina of Tunis.
The closing roundtable raises the question of
how donors and foreign CSOs can contribute to a safer
world, inclusive societies and rights for all urban residents in the Maghreb region
through partnerships
with local civil society, municipal and governmental agencies and the international development and
human rights world.
The conference is moderated by Steen Nørskov, journalist at the Danish Broadcast, former Middle East
and North Africa senior correspondent.
The conference is organized in collaboration with Global Refugee Studies and Aalborg University.
Register for the conference
by following this link
this short form.
We look very much forward to welcome you at the conference.
Henrik Rønsbo
Director, Urban Violence Prevention
DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture