Reports that women have formed their own brigade within the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have confounded experts — and worried them. For many, the idea of women as violent extremists seems paradoxical. After all, why should women want to join a political struggle that so blatantly oppresses…
The Campaign Against Homophobia was designed to promote and protect the rights of LGBT people in Poland, through empowerment, education, social awareness, and legal protection and advocacy, and as a centre to promote tolerance and acceptance while working to remove stereotypes and prejudice.
To initiate one-on-one dialogues between young extremists and police and security forces, with the goal of explaining the consequences of engaging in violent extremism in an effort to dissuade ongoing involvement with right-wing violent organisations.
The Expert Centre on Gender and Right Wing Extremism, is operated by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation in Germany and is in ongoing development. It seeks to gain a greater understanding of the role of gender in the spread of right-wing extremism, and of the role of women in extremist groups.
The Finnish Internet Police began in a relatively ad hoc manner in 2008. They monitor and respond to violent extremism in cyberspace, with full disclosure that police are monitoring this kind of behaviour. The Finnish Internet Police maintain publicly-known profiles on social media sites, via which people can communicate with…
No-nazi.net began in April 2011 as an initiative under the direction of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation. It seeks to foster a democratic culture on the internet by young people, working to reduce online far right-wing extremism.
Luton Borough Council has worked in collaboration with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to establish the Special Interest Group (SIG) against right-wing extremism, launched in January 2013. It was created to reduce the threat posed by far-right extremist groups to the safety and security of East Lancashire, and to share…
The “Racism: Say it to Fight it” campaign is operated under the direction of the Polish Interior Ministry. The campaign provides immigrant groups the tools they need to fight discrimination and to alert them to the government resources that help to respond to discrimination and violence.
Project Exit was formally established in 1997, originating as a three-year development project by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Children and Family, and the Directorate of Immigration. It was hosted by the NGO ‘Adults for Children’. The project had three primary objectives: to establish local networks to support…
Proceedings of the Conference ‘Community Tensions: Evidence-Based Approaches to Understanding the Interplay between Hate Crimes and Reciprocal Radicalisa on’, 26 April 2013
Established by the state criminal police in Saxony, Soko Rex (Special Commission on Right-wing Extremism) takes a two-track prevention/repression approach that combines deterrence policies designed to limit the appeal of extreme right-wing discourses with the prosecution of acts of criminality and violence perpetrated on behalf of far-right ideologies., The preventative…
The Interdisciplinary Advisory Service for Local Action against Racism and Xenophobia in Norway provides complementary forms of expertise to municipalities and local agencies dealing with crises they do not know how to manage. This is achieved by developing an adequate analysis of the problem and ascertaining the significance of the…
