Speak up, act up - for humanrights

About this project

<p>The aim of the project is to raise awareness of human rights and fight against hate speech. Specifically, we want to:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Raise young people's awareness of human rights, hate speech and discrimination by inviting them to take part in action days through debates, film evenings and workshops (eg Peace Day, Combating sexist hate speech, Safer Internet Day, etc.).</p> </li> <li> <p>Train people working with young people on human rights and "No Hate Speech" and introduce them to different tools (eg "Bookmarks", "Human Rights Compass", etc.)</p> </li> <li> <p>To learn from the good experiences and practices of Iceland and Norway and to apply them at the Estonian level</p> </li> <li> <p>Activate the "No Hate Speech Movement!" campaign in Estonia both on the Internet and in the real world</p> </li> </ul> <p>We directly involve 48 people working with young people in the project activities (2 seminars and one follow-up seminar) who will learn how to use nonformal methods to discuss human rights and “No Hate Speech” with youngsters. They, in turn, will do workshops with their young people, involving almost a thousand young people. Ten people working with young people will have the opportunity to participate in study visits to Norway and Iceland to learn from their experience, make contacts and bring that experience back to Estonia. We will organize 18 action days to empower certain minority groups and/or draw attention to discrimination and problems in society. At least 360 young people will take part in these activities. In addition, we will organize two human rights summer schools for young people (50 participants in total) and create a group of volunteer activists who will manage "No Hate Speech!" Estonian social media page.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Both the “No Hate” movement and the various other activities in relation to minority inclusion and human rights are much better organized in the Nordic countries than in Estonia. Norwegian and Icelandic societies are exemplary of long-term systemic activities from which to learn and about their best practices in order to implement them at a local level. During the project, study visits took place both to Norway and Iceland, during which also new contacts and possible partnerships were established to deepen cooperation and learn to work together towards the same goal. While international cooperation was a smaller part of this project, it is expected to be the first step towards deeper and long-term cooperation in the field of the project.

Project partners

• Terram Pacis Donor project partner· Norway
• Step by Step Donor project partner· Iceland