Tag: UNESCO

UNESCO Handbook for Journalists on Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls Released in Chinese

Stuart Mitchell

Conceived in the framework of UNESCO’s mandate to promote media development, journalism education and gender equality in media, the publication Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls – A Handbook for Journalists is a resource for media professionals from across the world with the intention to stimulate reflections on current reporting practices, provide information and promote and improve ethical coverage of gender-based violence.Conceived in the framework of UNESCO’s mandate to promote media development, journalism education and gender equality in media, the publication Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls –…

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UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition responds to Ukrainian call for support

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition pledged to support Ukraine’s efforts to provide on-line learning and psycho-social counselling to students and teachers in the country during a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Education and officials from the Ministry on 15 March 2022. The Global Education Coalition, established in March 2020 to maintain learning continuity during COVID-19 pandemic, is an alliance of 200 public and private partners active in over 100 countries that matches expertise with needs in an agile and rapid manner. Partners present at the meeting convened by UNESCO included…

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All-girl team from the Philippines wins Sustainable Engineering Hackathon on UNESCO’s World Engineering Day

Stuart Mitchell

An all-girl team of university students from the Philippines has won a hackathon marking UNESCO’s World Engineering for Sustainable Development Day on 4 March. Ghia Luwalhati, Nicole Elizabeth Tan and Reaner Jacqueline Bool from the WONDERPETS team (1) used Metal Organic Frameworks, which are novel adsorbents, to turn recycled plastic bottles into a type of sponge that is extremely porous, making it an effective means of removing pollutants from water. Better still, the sponge can be used again and again. The runner-up team come from the University of British Columbia…

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TikTok joins forces with UNESCO and the WJC to combat denial and distortion of the Holocaust online

Stuart Mitchell

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, UNESCO and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) launched a new partnership with the online platform TikTok to tackle Holocaust distortion and denial. Users searching for terms relating to the Holocaust will be redirected to verified information. The circulation of false information about the Holocaust is a growing problem online, and not all platforms are taking effective action to curb this harmful trend. The Centre for Countering Digital Hate said in August last year, 84% of antisemitic content reported to social media companies was…

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UNESCO adds Arabic calligraphy to world heritage list

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, on 14 December. A total of 16 countries, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, presented the nomination to UNESCO. “Arabic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting Arabic script in a fluid manner to convey harmony, grace and beauty,” UNESCO said. “The fluidity of Arabic script offers infinite possibilities, even within a single word, as letters can…

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