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Counter and alternative narratives against islamophobia

2019-1-UK01-KA105-0608282019Youth mobilityfinalizedGood practice
Countries: UK|TR|EL|DE|HR|IE|IT|BG · Grant: €25,586.72
Ethics, religion and philosophy (incl. Inter-religious dialogue)Home and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law)Migrants' issues

Objectives

By implementing this project, we want to answer identified needs of our colleagues youth workers, leaders and trainers i.e. support them in development of competences need for acting specifically against hate speech targeting Muslim community in Europe. With this project, first of all, we want to empower youth workers and to support development of capacities of partner organizations to combat hate speech specifically targeting Muslims, especially in online environments. Based on WE Can manual, training will propose a set of online and offline communication and educational approaches and tools to undermine narratives, which sustain and legitimize hate speech. With this project we also want to extend No Hate Makers Network by involving new organizations, same as to ensure its sustainability and ensure sufficient capacities to work in the field of human rights and combating hate speech in the future. Project will also support and continue mission and vision of No Hate Speech movement campaign. By this project we want to impact and make positive changes on different levels – from local levels of partner organizations to international level. We also want to have impact on different target groups: young people, youth workers and leaders, online activists and citizens in general. The purpose of this project is to increase the number of individuals and organizations, spread the knowledge about and support use of the tools that can effectively tackle problem of islamophobia and hate speech targeting Muslims (specifically counter and alternative narratives and WE CAN! manual) which, as it was described and explained throughout the project is rising challenge and human rights threat across Europe. Project objectives: • Explore the causes of and encourage critical thinking and discussion about Islamophobia in European context • Support development of competences of youth workers, leaders and trainers in the field of human rights education, particularly in combating hate speech targeting Muslims through counter and alternative narratives • Encourage use of WE CAN! manual and counter and alternative narratives in work with young people • Raise the awareness about link between hateful narratives and youth radicalization and encourage the use of this tool in its prevention • Support capacity building of partner organization, strengthen the cooperation and assure the sustainability of our networks More details about desired achievement and impact, same as objectives of the project can be found earlier in this application form.

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