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The world is sending a clear message: Media and Information literacy is an imperative to nurture trust, freedom, peace and solidarity. Two days have passed since the beginning of the 11th Global Media and Information Literacy Week, which lasts until 31st October 2022. Its Feature Conference and Youth Forum is hosted by Nigeria and taking place in Abuja. However, the Week for Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is also being commemorated around the world.

UNESCO has mobilized its MIL partners and networks to observe the Week with own celebrations and as of today, we are able to link up over 900 small and large events around the world, sending a thundering message of the urgency of media and information literacy at all levels of society.

From Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific,  Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, numerous activities are being held to mark the occasion.

Governments, private sector, digital platforms, civil society organizations, media actors and academics all have at heart to inform, train and reflect on the role of media and information literacy and its role in fostering trust, freedom, peace and solidarity.

Africa

In Rwanda, this edition of the Week is being used for masterclasses being held right now at the University of Kigali. Several small and medium-sized enterprises will learn how to take advantage of social media to ensure their business sustainability and growth.

Arab States

The Faculty of Mass Media at the Cairo University organizes a workshop to shed light on the role of Egyptian Women in promoting the Media and Information Literacy within the Egyptian community.

Asia-Pacific

In other parts of the world, young people from the digital literacy TikTok Korea have prepared online sessions, to combat the misuse of social media through training on strengthening the digital citizenship for adolescents.

In Australia, some booksellers in the city of Blacktown organize a series of sessions to equip young people with techniques on how to evaluate the credibility of the information and the importance of obtaining information from several reliable sources.

Europe

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures in Spain has decided to mark the occasion with a day of debate on the impact that was recently approved by the General Law on Audiovisual Media and Media Literacy.

In the Central Europe, at the Liceul Tehnologic Toma Socolescu in Ploiești, Romania, the students are exploring and learning about media and information literacy and its link with the right to education, and human rights.

In Denmark, the MediaLitLab Foundation enters the scene with a hands-on workshop and role-playing on misinformation. The University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Business School organize a simulation exercise during which the students will experiment with the negative impacts of misinformation against the interests and values of society.

Latin America

In Santiago de Surco, Peru, where the celebrations take place in partnership with the University of Lima, a symposium on Media and Information Literacy, discusses the link between youth and media through the theme “Young people and the media, hurting trust?”

Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022: 

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URL:

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-stands-together-global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2022