TRUST

TRUST aims to address the under-reporting and under-recording of hate speech and hate crimes against Muslim women in Italy. The project responds to the vulnerability of a group that in Italy is particularly affected by episodes of intolerance, racism and xenophobia, and that according to available studies tends to under-report episodes of discrimination or hate crimes. 

TRUST aims to deal with the reasons behind under-reporting and under-recording by developing a participatory dialogue between representatives of LEAs and local authorities, with practitioners of CSOs organizations and community leaders of vulnerable communities. The participatory approach aims to create a collaborative environment to jointly find the most suitable approaches and solutions for providing assistance to victims and thus helping to bring to light situations where crimes are usually not reported.

More specifically, the project will aim to achieve the following specific objectives:

• To map the main different typologies of discrimination, violence and hate crime against Muslim women in Italy, including intersectionalities between racism and other forms of prejudice.
• To define the causes behind the phenomena of under-reporting and under-recording of hate crimes and hate speech targeting Muslim women in Italy.
• To promote and foster the dialogue between LEAs and local authorities with CSOs practitioners and community leaders of the vulnerable communities, in order to identify common solution to tackle the issues of under-reporting and under-recording of hate crimes and hate speech targeting Muslim women in Italy through the setting up of an innovative participatory approach.
• To strengthen an effective response mechanisms for facilitating reporting and recording of discrimination and crimes against Muslim Women piloting an action plan for the stakeholders identified (LEAs, local authorities, CSOs, community leaders).