Mobile Social Congress
![Carla Fajardo. Czarina Musni, human rights defender and lawyer, in her speech at the Mobile Social Congress organized by Setem Catalunya.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/img_5327.jpg?itok=x5A45-Ql&c=b34fe7e57edd9c6591c306cfc6bbb5f2)
Setem Catalunya dedicates the first table of the Mobile Social Congress to talk about the violation of rights in the first link of the production of our mobile phones.
![SETEM Catalunya. Performance action by Setem Catalunya at the gates of the Mobile World Congress during the 2022 edition.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/img_1412.jpg?itok=KLM1KtD8&c=ab4baa2fdd9c6ec49b7b811d538c0fdd)
Setem Catalunya has been denouncing rights violations in the technology supply chain for eight years as part of the 'Fair Electronics' campaign.
![dcmaster (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) An electronics factory in Guangdong, China.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/8412740639_d4b9308110_k.jpg?itok=x_F4xQOa&c=774a4a16c0957ee1d1feac79b68a52b9)
The Mobile Social Congress brings to light the working conditions of people working in this industry.
![Xarxa Punt Tic Setem Catalunya organized Mobile Social Congreess to offer a critical approach to today’s technology.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/msc.jpg?itok=JXTTnWzV&c=dbe6494ef48c6528d764c3a911d4fcb9)
SETEM Catalunya’s campaign on “Fair Electronics” offers a critical approach to today’s technology and the way it is produced and consumed.
![CC BY 2.0 In the long term, repairing electronics can save the consumer around 200 Euro depending on the devices.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/x9058289197_862b71a027_b.jpgqitok0adbqwiy.pagespeed.ic_.y-h_tdd-vo.jpg?itok=pca2UZ1y&c=95770adf8ce53b2668899166f6c1f7b1)
The European Right to Repair Campaign, Halte a l’Obsolescence Programme and eReuse share initiatives and calls to increase the lifespan of electronic products at the Mobile Social Congress.
![BRS MEAS (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) "Kids of Sodom - E-waste in Ghana".](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/x38249177816_6fd59cfda7_b.jpgqitok6cj9boqc.pagespeed.ic_.hmae2h7dcn.jpg?itok=GZFk-8mp&c=95770adf8ce53b2668899166f6c1f7b1)
The Mobile Social Congress sheds light on the illegal trafficking of this waste and shares experiences of a waste dump in Ghana.
![Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu / Photo: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti, Flickr](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/portada_49.jpg?itok=qs4DFkQ0)
During the same days of the Mobile World Congress there will be in Barcelona other more ethical and solidarity-based alternatives. Blood minerals, labour rights, and technological sovereignty are some of the topics that will be discussed at these three events.