For Mission 21, just language is more than just style or grammar: language shapes perception and creates reality. It can enable participation or reinforce exclusion. In order to promote gender-equitable and inclusive communication and cultivate it in everyday life, Mission 21 publishes a guide, the «Compass of Equitable Language».
This guide is our practical working tool. It shows what decolonial and anti-racist language can look like. After all, justice, decolonization and diversity are among the central principles of Mission 21's work. Living these values also requires a critical examination of our own use of language.
With the publication of this guide, we would like to bring the topic to a wider public. The guide is an invitation to develop language consciously and responsibly.
The guide is available online as a PDF and can and should be used as an impetus for discussion, and should be modified and developed further.
