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Over the past 40 years, Search for Common Ground has implemented, and is implementing, 100s of programs that utilize media to amplify the voices of marginalized people and to support reconciliation and collaboration across dividing lines.

Our media inspires new thinking and sparks discussions about the root causes of violence and how to overcome differences. Through radio, television, theatre, comics, and social media, Search media programs reach 86 million people per year. We support local producers to develop content that sparks local conversations, builds understanding across dividing lines, and highlights marginalized perspectives, complementing small-group dialogue with social consensus-building.

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PREVENTION BY DESIGN – A Roadmap for Tackling TFGBV at the Source

The internet offers connection and opportunity, but for many women and marginalized groups, it is also a space where Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is pervasive. A 2024 report by Snapchat found that nearly one in four users across six countries—including Australia, India, and the U.S.—were victims of sextortion, a form…
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CEO Shamil Idriss on ABC News’ “This Week”

Watch Search for Common Ground CEO Shamil Idriss discuss on ABC News how the U.S. foreign aid freeze has impacted our work in eastern Congo, where a war has reemerged.
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ÉVALUATION FINALE Projet : « Woumtaaba »

ÉVALUATION FINALE: Projet « Woumtaaba » (Terrain d’Entente) : Réduire la violence intercommunautaire et renforcer la cohésion sociale dans les régions du Centre Nord et Sahel au Burkina Faso, financé par le Programme pour la Stabilisation et les Opérations de Paix (PSOP) du gouvernement Canadien.
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Searching for Safer, Healthier Digital Spaces

This report builds on the findings of the study Community Stewards and Social Cohesion in Digital Spaces which highlights the crucial role of community stewards in fostering healthy online environments. These stewards, often volunteers, manage and moderate online groups, playing a pivotal role in promoting social cohesion and addressing issues…
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Sahelian Women in Digital Spaces

Tilwate Peace Network is producing a dedicated study on Sahelian women in online spaces in partnership with the Bamako Forum on Digital and Social Cohesion. Based on a literature review and key informant interviews with women in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali about their online experiences, this paper provides insight…
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Strengthening Human Rights in the Central African Republic

Ten years after the beginning of the civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR), the country continues to contend with significant security challenges, violent conflicts and political instability. Armed groups are exhibiting a concerning resurgence, gradually gaining control over expanding areas of the country and there is a weakened…
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The Team – Hara United

Funded by: United States Embassy (Amman), Public Affairs Office. Term: October  2021 – June  2023. Objective: The Team is a multi-episode TV series, which Search has produced in 20 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Search-Jordan leveraged the famous TV series to produce a web series called Hara…
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TechCamp Jordan (Hakkerha!): Entrepreneurial Approaches to Countering Disinformation & Misinformation

Funded by: US Embassy in Jordan, Public Affairs Section (in partnership with US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs). Term: September 2021 – October 2022. Objective: Search for Common Ground (Search) implemented a 12-month initiative to empower young Jordanian women and men to play an active role…
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Independent Media in Pakistan

Search for Common Ground (Search) supported the implementation of the project ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Independent Media in Pakistan,’ to support the growth of independent and diverse media in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. With a planned project duration of two years, the project implementation period was cut short to…
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Promoting Principles of Interreligious and Intra-religious Tolerance through Media in Uzbekistan

Promoting Principles of Interreligious and Intra-religious Tolerance through Media in Uzbekistan, launched in September 2023, is a 14-month project to foster positive narratives of interreligious and intra-religious tolerance and coexistence in Uzbekistan. Context Despite being a multiethnic and multi-confessional country with a variety of ethnic groups and interreligious tolerance being…
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