This report summarizes the content of a Preventing Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) workshop convened by Hedayah, UNESCO IICBA, UNESCO office in Kampala, and the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Uganda in Kampala, Uganda from 23-25 January 2018.
ISD’s Counter Conversations programme is an experimental approach designed to fill a gap in our response to online extremism by testing if the methods deployed in offline interventions can be brought into the social media domain. Direct engagement with radicalising individuals by mentors and ‘intervention providers’ is now a well…
This report reviews the state of extremist discourse and propaganda techniques used across the Kenyan social media landscape and share the results of a 16-month long study conducted to understand the capacity of Kenyan community service organisations (CSOs) to adapt to this changing landscape.
This document contains the national action plan of the Republic of Macedonia for 2018-2022.
Women’s ‘shocking’ participation in far-right politics has received much media attention. But is this a new trend, or have we been here before?
Why do young Muslim women radicalize and undertake high-risk political behaviors, and what factors influence their sociopolitical transformation? The process of radicalization happens because of individual, social, and political dynamics, and is facilitated by the availability of computer-mediated communication. Some young Muslim women keep detailed records of their radicalization process…
Preventing Violent Extremism: Leaders Telling a Different Story The Club de Madrid 12 months project “Preventing Violent Extremism: Leaders telling a different story” aims at strengthening counter-narrative messaging and producing a multi-dimensional response to extremist messaging by channeling the collective expertise of policymakers, media representatives, experts, practitioners and the wisdom…
The Counter Extremism Project’s (CEP) One95 counter-narrative program unites young people around the world fighting against extremism. One95 is an online networking, education, and funding hub for youth leaders, activists, and practitioners. One95 connects global youth working to combat extremism in their respective communities, provides a basic educational tools to…
As governments and societies grapple with violent extremism, experts in the field continue to consider how to counter extremists’ use of ideologies. For a world in which more than 80 percent of people identify themselves as religious, the role of religious leaders, ideas, and institutions is critical to countering the…
Despite their continual portrayal as being exploited by violent extremist organizations, women have actually been active agents for decades. From purveyors of propaganda and operational support, to participating in combat and suicide missions, women have been involved in the anarchist campaigns of the turn of the century, the anti-colonial fights…
The National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence engages with a variety of actors from police to community organizations to identify and prevent radicalization to violence before tragedies occur. The National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence identifies areas where expertise and capability exist, and how the Government of Canada…
In partnership with the Department of Social Psychology at Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) and in cooperation with Social Development Institute, Political Capital participated in a research project supported by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future” (EVZ) in 2017. The project aimed at 1) identifying the specific mechanisms of antigypsyism and…
