The European Union faces the challenge of defending its values of tolerance, respect, equality and diversity in the face of the fear and violence that radical groups try to impose with attacks and hate speech. To do so, far from advocating for the limitation of rights or establishing isolationist measures, from the Foundation for a Europe of Citizens and 5 prestigious European institutions, we advocate for inclusion and reaffirm European values of justice and equality as the best weapon against intolerance, hatred and lack of humanity. Promoting a full inclusion of young people in our culture and values is the way to stop violence and keep them away from extremist groups that are nourished by groups at risk of social exclusion and poverty (both national and migrant). Among these groups, the role of young women is especially relevant. According to a confidential report from the Intelligence Center against terrorism one of the biggest threats to Europe is the entry of women into the jihadist scenario. On the other hand, among the Islamophobic groups, young women (mostly minors) also take on special importance by providing a less aggressive image that is a key figure for recruitment. This is why this project focuses on young women in situations of exclusion. Putting an end to hatred and separating young women from violent groups involves creating mechanisms of inclusion, promoted from public institutions and the social sector where young women are protagonists. It is they who must devise innovative services that connect with their interests and attract them, enable them to find their social inclusion, develop tools for their emancipation from their inclusion in our society, and endow them with a capacity for critical analysis that set them apart from hate speech and identify them with European citizenship. One of the fundamental mechanisms for inclusion is the access of young women to employment, since it strengthens their confidence in themselves and in society by forcing them to interact with it, breaking the falsehoods of extremist discourses and showing them the opportunities of society that we intend to build. The Foundation for a Europe of Citizens (Spain) with the Nikos Poulanzas Institute (Greece), Transform Italy (Italy), Transform Austria (Austria), Institute 8 March (Slovenia) and Espaces Marx and are committed to a more social, inclusive and cohesive, citizen-centered Europe, where social inclusion, stable and quality work for young people is the way to end hatred, xenophobia and nonsense. That is why, for 20 months, four transnational meetings and various national meetings of young people, technicians and public authorities intend to design, create and implement WOMEN PLATFORM FOR INCLUSION IN EUROPE. An interactive network environment will bring together dozens of social entities, regional governments and municipalities, providing them with a multitude of training, information and assistance tools to promote young women social inclusion through employability within the social economy and municipalities, while promoting their European citizenship and fighting hate speech. All the high quality materials available on the web will be collected or created jointly by the young women themselves or in collaboration with expert technicians, political institutions and people of recognized prestige. They will be based on the innovation and the use of the ICT's, being quality and attractive materials. These results will enable the various municipalities, regional governments and social entities at national level to implement a comprehensive training, information and assistance service that will offer young women a variety of tools to improve their employability and their social inclusion, keeping them away from extremist groups. In addition, a strategic alliance of organizations will be created to work for integration through employment and equality of young men and women in the labor market, as well as for stable employment and quality as a tool for social inclusion. A network that seeks to reinforce European values and build a more egalitarian and inclusive society that transfers the demands of women and social movements to the public authorities and responsible in political decision-making, who cannot forget their fundamental role in fostering an inclusive society based on stable and quality employment. Once the different results have been developed, they will be widely disseminated through the European and national networks to which the participating organizations belong.
The European Union faces the challenge of defending its values of tolerance, respect, equality and diversity in the face of the fear and violence that radical groups try to impose with attacks and hate speech. To do so, far from advocating for the limitation of rights or establishing isolationist measures, more voices are calling for inclusion and reaffirm European values of justice and equality as the best weapon against intolerance, hatred and lack of humanity. Promoting a full inclusion of young people in our culture and values is the way to stop violence and keep them away from extremist groups that are nourished by groups at risk of social exclusion and poverty (both national and migrant). Among these groups, the role of young women is especially relevant. According to a confidential report from the Intelligence Center against terrorism one of the biggest threats to Europe is the entry of women into the jihadist scenario. On the other hand, among the Islamophobic groups, young women (mostly minors) also take on special importance by providing a less aggressive image that is a key figure for recruitment. In February 2018, 6 prestigious European entities (La Fundación para la Europa de los Ciudadanos - SPAIN, the Nikos Poulanzas Institute - GREECE, Transform Italy - ITALY, Transform Austria - AUSTRIA, the March 8 Institute - SLOVENIA and Espaces Marx - FRANCE) We decided to establish a long-term strategic partnership that would allow, thanks to the exchange of experiences in each of the participating countries, to combat hate speech and the rise of radicalism. For this, we began to develop the project “FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION: YOUNG WOMEN TAKE EUROPE” that focused our efforts and actions in generating inclusion mechanisms (which would be promoted by public institutions and social entities) for young women in situations of exclusion, separating them from violent groups and turning them into multiplying agents of European values. After 21 months, four transnational meetings and various national meetings of young people, technicians and public authorities we have managed to establish a strategic partnership of organizations that work for the integration through employment and equality of young women in the labor market, as well as for stable and quality employment as a tool for social inclusion. A network that seeks to strengthen European values and build a more equality and inclusive society that transfers the demands of women and social movements to the public and responsible authorities in political decision-making, which cannot forget their fundamental role in fostering an inclusive society based on stable and quality employment. We have also exchanged experiences and created the “WOMEN'S PLATFORM FOR INCLUSION IN EUROPE” that has a DIGITAL TOOLBOX with resources designed for the inclusion of young women. Currently the toolbox is an interactive space that has been shared with dozens of social entities, regional governments and municipalities, providing a multitude of training tools, information and assistance to young women to promote their social inclusion through employability within the social economy and municipalism, while promoting their European citizenship and fighting hate speech. Results generated through a methodology where the young woman has been not only the beneficiary, but one of its main creators, because all the materials available on the web have been compiled or created jointly by the young women themselves in collaboration with expert technicians , political institutions and people of recognized prestige. This way of creating the materials has allowed young women themselves to have devised innovative services that strengthen their interests and promote them, enabling them to find their social inclusion, develop tools for their emancipation by strengthening their confidence in theirselves and in the society. All these results have allowed us to collect and generate good results for the inclusion of young women, but above all to promote the inclusion of the dozens of young participants who have seen how their life has changed after this project. In addition, the results are allowing various municipalities, regional governments and social entities nationwide to launch a training, information and comprehensive assistance service that offers young women, various tools to improve their employability and social inclusion away from extremist groups.