Islamophobia is a growing phenomenon in Europe, condoned by the way it is handled in certain parts of the media and political discourse. In this context, Muslim women, particularly those who wear a hijab, suffer the most discrimination — the figures of gender islamophobia are telling: in 2017, Muslim women were the victims of 69% of Islamophobic acts in France (CCIF) and 58% in Great Britain (Tell Mama).
The situation in the Spanish press is not much better, with 65% of articles on Muslim women or hijabs in 2017 analysed by the Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media classified as Islamophobic. This alarming data gave rise to the idea of designing a campaign to alert the media and the general public to hijab-related prejudice, with the idea of the campaign resulting from a social laboratory featuring the participation of 15 Spanish organisations. Consequently, the decision was made to create a video highlighting certain stereotypes that undermine women who decide to wear a hijab.
The stories upon which the video “Remove labels from the veil” are based come from real situations compiled by members of Stop-Islamophobia in Spain, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Italy. These common labels must be broken to ensure women are not automatically pigeonholed before a question is even asked.
Campaign supported by:
Organization / Project Name |
País |
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Observatorio de la Islamofobia en los Medios | @ObsIslamofobia | España |
Fundación Al Fanar para el Conocimiento Árabe | @Al_Fanar | España |
IEMed | @IEMed_ | España |
Casa Árabe | @Casaarabe | España |
Fundación Tres Culturas | @FunTresCulturas | España |
Fundación Euroárabe | @FundEuroArabe | España |
Stop Islamophobia Project | @StopIslamopho | Europeo |
Transnational Institute | @TNInstitute | Holanda |
Izi Solutions | @IZIsolutions | Holanda |
NOOR Foundation | @noorimages | Holanda-internacional |
Spin Watch | @Spinwatch | Gran Bretaña |
Comité Justice et Liberte pour Tous | @justicelibertes | Francia |
Un ponte per | @Ponteper | Italia |
MDI | @MDI_UK | Reino Unido |
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