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A1: Promoting gender equality and women’s rights through value-based communication in the context of anti-gender rhetoric (part 1), Gender Equality Division, Council of Europe.

A training workshop on developing positive narratives on gender equality issues, based on the Guidance on developing positive narratives in the context of anti-gender rhetoric prepared by the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Commission. The workshop explores how to apply value-based communication to issues of gender equality and women’s rights, to attract wider support and to counter negative trends and behaviour in this area.

Please sign up also for the second part of this session (workshop B1 – 17 June, 11:30-12:30)

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A2: Promoting LGBTIQ workplace inclusion: acquiring intercultural competences and building partnerships (part 1), Intercultural Inclusion Unit (IIU) and SOGIESC Unit, Council of Europe.

Building on the results of the project “Rainbow Connections” implemented by the cities of Leeds (UK) and Oeiras (Portugal) with the support of the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities (ICC) Programme, the workshop will look at experience and challenges of training municipal staff across the board on LGBTIQ inclusion – focusing on building partnerships, identifying and overcoming challenges and making a change.

Please sign up also for the second part of this session (workshop D2 – 18 June, 9:00-10:30)

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A3: European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI): Major Trends in Racist and Anti-LGBTI Hate Speech

Presentation of the annual ECRI report and the major trends in racist and anti-LGBTI hate speech and exchange with Jens Vedsted-Hansen, ECRI (Bureau) member in respect of Denmark and Robert Rustem, Senior Project & Outreach Officer, ECRI Secretariat.

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A4: Monitoring hate narratives using AI, OBERAXE, INACH

The thematic session on monitoring hate narratives using AI tools includes presentations and exchanges on specific experiences from Spain and the Netherlands. OBERAXE, the Spanish observatory on racism and xenophobia will present the FARO tool to register and monitor hate narratives, and their overall approach to combating online hate speech. The second contribution from INACH (International Network against Cyber Hate) presents their work on monitoring online hate narratives during the Dutch national elections last year using AI tools and their cyber hate neutralization hub which maps online bot narratives in the Netherlands.

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A5: Colloquium on root causes of racism (part 1), Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI), Council of Europe.

This colloquium provides an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the root causes of racism and related forms of intolerance from the perspectives of social psychology, sociology and history. It also offers a chance to reflect on the conclusions to be drawn at the level of the Council of Europe and the member States when taking measures to prevent and combat racism and related forms of intolerance.

Please sign up also for the second part of this session (workshop B5 – 17 June, 11:30-12:30)

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