PAVE Training Module 3

Section outline

• Hear from Nandini Gupta, Doctoral Candidate, Trinity College, on how to apply an intersectional lens to P/CVE work.

  
  

  Source: PAVE Project. ‘’Nandini Gupta: How to Apply Intersectional Lens to P/CVE.’’ 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvV_K5ZCxYY.
  

  Applying an intersectional perspective to your P/CVE efforts is also critical, as both women and youth are non-homogenous groups. Initiatives must apply an intersectional lens within the design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of your P/CVE initiatives. 
  

  Marginalized and minority groups are important communities to engage in PVE because they often are the primary victims of violent extremists. They can also be specifically targeted by violent extremist narratives because their grievances and experiences of discrimination may provide a fertile ground for recruitment. For these reasons, it is vital to give special intersectional attention to the interests of ethnic or religious minorities, the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities, and other disenfranchised groups. Emphasis should also be placed on children whose parents were killed in conflict and violent extremist attacks, as well as communities displaced by conflicts. 

  The first step in utilizing an intersectional approach is to analyze the root causes of intersectional discrimination. 

  Consider these issues and actions:

  • Reflexivity: Examine your own unconscious biases, beliefs, judgements and practices, as well as those of your organization, and how these may influence how you work and engage with others. Ask yourself: Do I critically reflect on how my biases, attitudes and beliefs influence my opinions and actions? How does my privilege directly or indirectly disadvantage others? What can I do to address this? 
  • Dignity, Choice and Autonomy: Respect and uphold the dignity, choice and autonomy of all people. This cannot be assumed on behalf of others and decision-making cannot be substituted. Ask yourself: Who has independence and who doesn’t? Who shares their perspectives and who doesn’t? Who has full control over how they live their life and who doesn’t?
  • Accessibility and Universal Design: Take a universal design approach, ensuring accessibility and reasonable accommodation. Ask yourself: Have you asked people what they need to participate? Have you removed physical, transportation, information and communication barriers or provided reasonable alternatives? Have you addressed attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers?
  • Diverse Knowledges: Prioritize and learn from people with diverse forms of knowledge who are typically excluded from ‘expert’ roles. There is a relationship between power and knowledge production and design. Ask yourself: How do we know what we think we know? Who told us? Who has not been consulted?
  • Intersecting Identities: Consider how diverse identities interact to create unique social effects that vary according to time and place. Identities are not singular and distinct, nor are they additive. Ask yourself: What are the intersecting identities of the people we engage with? Who is missing?
  • Relational Power: Be aware of and challenge relational power, including our own. People may experience power in one context/time and oppression in another. Ask yourself: Who holds power and in what circumstances? Who makes decisions? How are they accountable? 
  • Time and Space: Recognize the influence of time and space. Nothing is static, privilege and disadvantage are fluid and influenced by our social positioning and location.  Ask Yourself: Does privilege look different in this location? Across different generations? 
  • Transformative and Rights-Based: Promote human rights and address inequalities by transforming social structures and changing the way resources and relationships are produced and allocated. Ask yourself: Are we changing the way that resources are produced and/or distributed? Are we changing the way relationships are produced and/or distributed?

  
  

  Source: UN Women. ‘’Intersectionality Resource Guide and Toolkit: An Intersectional Approach to Leave No One Behind.’’ 2021. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/01/intersectionality-resource-guide-and-toolkit.

  The second step in applying an intersectional lens, is to adapt your initiative to take the understanding gained in the analysis step and adapt the policy, program or other action form using the intersectionality enablers. This includes applying what you have learned in listening to the distinct barriers, challenges and needs of these specific communities. Creating safe spaces, building trust and amplifying the voices of those marginalized communities will help to foster more community resilience.

  Here are a few action examples to adapt your initiatives:

  
  

  Source: UN Women. ‘’Intersectionality Resource Guide and Toolkit: An Intersectional Approach to Leave No One Behind.’’ 2021. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/01/intersectionality-resource-guide-and-toolkit.

  The final step in applying an intersectional lens to your P/CVE work, is to access your initiatives using the intersectionality enablers to assess the level of change that has been achieved, whether through policy, program or other action forms. This includes assessing and monitoring your disaggregated data examining religious affiliation, political affiliation, ethnicity, ability, social and economic status, and sexual orientation, to further help in analyzing the distinct push and pull factors for drivers of radicalization, as well as the challenges and needs of the community more effectively.
  

  Here are a few action examples to assess your initiatives:

  

  Source: UN Women. ‘’Intersectionality Resource Guide and Toolkit: An Intersectional Approach to Leave No One Behind.’’ 2021. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/01/intersectionality-resource-guide-and-toolkit.

  
  For a practical toolkit example on how to apply an intersectional lens to your P/CVE work in examining racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism, check out the Global Terrorism Forum’s Toolkit: https://www.thegctf.org/Portals/1/Documents/Links/Meetings/2022/CC20/Documents/REMVE%20Toolkit/GCTF%20REMVE%20Toolkit.pdf?ver=0ulGjk8DJNGEIqHNmdYQrA%3d%3d
  

  

  
  

  Photo Source: Global Counterterrorism Forum. “Toolkit on Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism.” September 2022. https://www.thegctf.org/Portals/1/Documents/Links/Meetings/2022/CC20/Documents/REMVE%20Toolkit/GCTF%20REMVE%20Toolkit.pdf?ver=0ulGjk8DJNGEIqHNmdYQrA%3d%3d.

  
  

How to Connect Your Intergenerational P/CVE Efforts to the National and Global Levels

Jump to... Main learning site Welcome to Training Module 3 PAVE Consortium Session 1 Objectives and Expected Results What does Inclusivity Mean in the Context of P/CVE? But What Does Power Have to Do With it? Balancing Power Part 1: Gender Understanding the Gendered Push and Pull Factors The Critical Role of Women Within P/CVE Efforts What Did the PAVE Project Discover Regarding Gender? Balancing Power Part 2: Youth The Critical Role of Youth Within P/CVE efforts and Push and Pull Factors What Did the PAVE Project Discover Regarding Youth Balancing Power Part 3: Marginalized Communities The Critical Role of Marginalized Communities Within P/CVE Efforts and Push and Pull Factors What Did the PAVE Project Discover Regarding the Impact of Violent Extremism on Marginalized Communities? Additional Resources for Session 1 Session 2 Objectives and Goals How to Gender Mainstream Your P/CVE Efforts How to Connect the Gendered Aspects of Your P/CVE Efforts to the National and Global Levels How to Incorporate a Youth Perspective Within Your P/CVE Efforts How to Connect Your Intergenerational P/CVE Efforts to the National and Global Levels How to Connect the Intersectional Aspects of Your P/CVE Efforts to the National and Global Levels Your Inclusivity Checklist Additional Resources for Session 2 Session 3 Objectives and Goals Key Considerations for Building Multi-stakeholder Collaboration and Trust Guidelines for a Successful Dialogue Community Dialogue Around Advancing Inclusivity Within Your P/CVE Efforts Additional Resources for Session 3 Print Your Course Certificate

How to Connect the Intersectional Aspects of Your P/CVE Efforts to the National and Global Levels