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On May 11, a free workshop will be held in Valencia to provide these strategic groups with the appropriate resources and tools to avoid the reproduction of racist models in their professional environments
Islamophobic crimes have skyrocketed in Europe in the last five years, while in Spain attacks on social networks have increased by 20% in just one year
València will host next Saturday, May 11, a free practical training aimed at professionals from social organizations and associations, communication and education with the aim of providing these strategic sectors with tools and resources to help eradicate clichés and Islamophobic models in their respective fields of action. The workshop is part of the Re.acción 2030 project, developed by Jovesólides in the Valencian Community to promote awareness and citizen participation in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Those interested in attending the free laboratory can register using this form. The workshop will be held on May 11 from 9 am to 2 pm at Wayco Russafa (C/ Almirante Cadarso, 26) in Valencia with limited capacity.
The Re.acción 2030 project aims to involve people involved in the third sector, communication and education in the fight against Islamophobia, which is the fastest growing racist hate crime in Europe in the last five years, by breaking with exclusionary and intolerant social attitudes.
Laboratory: public awareness campaigns to tackle gender-based Islamophobia and racism
The objectives of this practical workshop aimed at working professionals and students from the third sector, social organizations, associations and the fields of communication and education, are as follows:
- -Addressing the need to raise awareness among citizens, inform ourselves and become aware of realities that occur in everyday life such as Islamophobia, especially towards women, and racism, which are part of our language, attitudes and socialization.-Breaking with it and making people see the structural and daily discrimination and violation of rights that it entails is essential to reverse it and become aware of our role in achieving a more inclusive and sustainable society.
- -To develop two campaigns to dismantle prejudices and review racist and/or Islamophobic discourses.-The campaigns created may consist of editing a video, a social media campaign, editing a podcast or program-debate, public event, exhibition, etc. Each group will elaborate different ideas, one of them will be chosen by consensus to be carried out.
Islamophobia, an epidemic of hate in Europe
According to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, suspicion, discrimination and outright hatred of Muslim people have reached 'epidemic proportions' following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and other horrific acts of terrorism allegedly perpetrated in the name of Islam.
The latest Islamophobia in Europe Report (2022) yields alarming data. The United Kingdom and France remain the main hotspots of Islamophobic incidents in Europe. In Spain, Islamophobia is still not classified as a hate crime. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, hate crimes have increased by 41% in the last 5 years and 40% of them were racially or xenophobically motivated.
Of particular concern is the advance of this racist manifestation in social media and among the younger population. In Spain, Islamophobic hate speech has soared by 20% on social networks during 2022. In addition, 25% of young Spaniards declare themselves openly xenophobic and/or racist. Gypsy, Moroccan and Muslim communities are the groups that suffer the greatest animosity.
Re.acción 2030 is a project of education for development and global citizenship funded by the Vicepresidencia Segunda y Conselleria de Servicios Sociales, Igualdad y Vivienda. You can follow all the news of the project with the hashtags #Acciona and #MaiMésIslamofòbia in social networks.
