The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is an EU-wide network of anti-racist
NGOs
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
. ENAR aims to end structural
racism
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity over another. It may also me ...
and
discrimination
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sex ...
and advocates for equality and solidarity for all Europeans. It connects local and national anti-racist NGOs throughout Europe and acts as an interface between its members and European institutions. It voices the concerns of ethnic and religious minorities in both European and national policy debates.
ENAR is funded by the European Union, the
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an American grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with the s ...
,
the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
History
ENAR is an outcome of the 1997 European Year Against Racism. Between March and September 1998, more than 600 NGOs were involved in national and European round table consultations to discuss the viability of such a structure. The 1998 Constitutive Conference of the European Network Against Racism brought together more than 200 representatives of these organisations to draw up a common programme of action.
Vision and mission
ENAR's vision aims at guaranteeing equality for all, and recognizes the benefits of a diverse and racism-free Europe for European society and economy.
Its mission is to end structural racism in the European Union and to build structures, institutions and attitudes based on race equality and equal distribution of power, privileges and rights.
Areas of work
The following are some of the fields in which ENAR works:
* Racist crime and speech
* Employment
* Security and policing
* Equality data collection
* Migration and integration
* Specific forms of racism, including Afrophobia, Antigypsyism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism
Along with
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, ENAR has been denouncing the whiteness of the European institutions and argued for a greater representation or racialised communities in the policy discussions at the EU level.
Controversy
Links with the Muslim Brotherhood
ENAR has been linked to the
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers ('' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, Imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings s ...
by MEP Frederique Ries,
a claim also extended to its member organization FEMYSO.
Michaël Privot, ENAR's former director, publicly admitted he had joined and then left the Muslim Brotherhood.
Members
ENAR members include a wide range of organisations, from grassroots to advocacy organisations, from information centres, to trade unions, to faith-based organisations.
Member countries
NGOs in the following countries form the coalition:
Member organisations by country
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References
External links
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Anti-racist organizations in Europe
International organisations based in Belgium
Opposition to Islamophobia