On April 15th 2021, ALDA and the Human Rights and Peace Institute of Caen have organised a workshop held in French for the young Macedonians francophone, on the “Freedom award”.

This online workshop gathered 16 participants, interested in finding out more on the “Freedom award”, the nominees while discussing democracy, inclusion, and digital citizenship.

The workshop started with a quick quiz on topics such as: women’s right to vote and the importance of digital technologies during the elections.

Then, it continued with a series of useful visuals thanks to which participants discovered the profiles and backgrounds of the 3 nominees, and the reasons why they were chosen:

• Sonita Alizadeh, Afghan activist against forced child marriage;
• Agnes Chow, democracy activist in Hong Kong and
• Omar Radi, imprisoned Moroccan investigative journalist.

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