Lucrezia e Asia sono due giovani ragazze di Palermo che abbiamo conosciuto durante i laboratori di educazione sessuo-affettiva condotti nelle scuole del territorio. Dalle classi dell’INFAOP e dell’Universitá di Palermo, a distanza di qualche anno sono inaspettatamente arrivate in Parlamento Europeo.
Infatti -grazie ai risultati che il progetto Elephant talk ha portato in termini di spessore e qualità dell’indagine condotta sul fenomeno del body shaming e della violenza e dell’odio di genere online in sette paesi europei – siamo state invitate un’altra volta a Bruxelles per un’audizione con membri del Parlamento europeo e, in particolare, con il gruppo parlamentare Fem.
Romania, Grecia, Croazia, Slovenia, Portogallo e Italia: ogni partner ha avuto la possibilità di invitare una rappresentanza di persone giovanissime dal proprio paese, affinché fossero loro stessi a cogliere questa opportunità, cioè raccontare parte della ricerca sulla base delle proprie esperienze vissute o subite online, all’interno della propria cerchia di amicizie, a scuola, per strada, in famiglia.
Nel video, il racconto del viaggio da Palermo a Bruxelles di Asia e Lucrezia.
Lucrezia and Asia are two young girls from Palermo whom we met during the comprehensive sexual education workshops delivered in local schools. From the classrooms of INFAOP and the university of Palermo, just a few years later, they unexpectedly found themselves at the European Parliament.
Indeed, thanks to the depth and quality of the research carried out by the Elephant Talk project on body shaming and gender-based violence and hate online across seven European countries, we were invited once again to Brussels for a hearing with Members of the European Parliament, particularly with the FEMM and CULT parliamentary group.
Romania, Greece, Portugal and Italy: each partner had the opportunity to invite a group of very young people from their own country, so that they could make the most of this opportunity — that is, to present part of the research based on their own lived or witnessed experiences online, within their circle of friends, at school, on the street, or within their families.
Elephant Talk has been created by Maghweb in collaboration with Impact Hub Labs, Polylogos and Young Educators, funded by EACEA – CERV (Citizens’ Engagement and Participation strand). It brings together youth networks and youth workers in an international experience of active citizenship combining participatory data collection, data visualization and institutional dialogue to combat misogynistic hate speech and online gender-based body shaming.
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