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The UN System’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence activities, from 25 November to 10 December, will take place under our 2020 global theme: "Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!"You can support women and girl survivors of violence to stay safe and free of violence. Take action during this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence.
What future do young people want and how can they increase their participation in politics? This was the overarching question that formed an esteemed panel of young leaders, including The Youth Cafe’s Executive director, at the recently conducted online conference under the theme of COVID-19 & DEMOCRACY IN EAST AFRICA CONFERENCE from 19-20 November 2020. The Youth Cafe’s overarching goal around youth inclusion in politics is to increase the number of informed youth participating in the upcoming 2022 elections in Kenya, as well as increased participation of marginalized groups like women in the elections.
The Youth Café is proud to announce that our digital/media information literacy projects with African youth has won FIRST place in UNESCO GLOBAL AWARDS!! Over the years The Youth Café has undertaken projects and activities to further digital/media information literacy among the youth in Africa and implemented a media project aimed at cultivating youth power to advance media independence. The UNESCO MIL Alliance will organize an award ceremony on the UNESCO MIL CLICKS platform.
We are extremely concerned about the serious situation in Nigeria after authorities imposed a curfew in Lagos, Africa's largest city, in response to the protests in the country. The majority of these are young protesters. The curfew has been followed by an unjustifiable escalation, especially the incident at Lekki Tollgate where people in military uniform attacked protesters with sharp ammunition. According to internal reports, the shooting took place during a coordinated power outage.
There was last year a study was done about venture, the venture funds that come into the African continent and most especially the East African region. It was 90% of the total venture capital fund that came out from abroad, went into white-run start-ups. So we become a minority in our own certain because we don’t have that access to funding. And this can easily, easily be swayed off if we just build systems that sort of bridge the gap.
Sandra Kerr pointed to data in the United Kingdom showing that COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact in terms of contagion and deaths among BAME communities. As the pandemic developed and the murder of George Floyd in the United States highlighted the systemic nature of racism, this has shone a spotlight on what businesses should do. Landiwe Mahlangu argued that “we need to ensure that businesses do more than just statements and commitments.
The Nigerian Constitution and other domestic laws also provide several similar safeguards for suspects. Both international human rights law and Nigerian law also prohibit the use of statements obtained through torture or other ill-treatment. Despite these provisions, however, Amnesty International’s research indicates that torture and ill-treatment remain routine practices in SARS detention centers. Amnesty International has received persistent reports of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees in SARS custody.”
Media and information literacy (MIL) is a core competency for addressing the disinfodemic, and that MIL also contributes to access to information, freedom of expression, protection of privacy, prevention of violent extremism, promotion of digital security, and combating hate speech and inequality. Requested UNESCO, in cooperation with other UN Agencies, to “maintain a focus on inclusion of disadvantaged groups in MIL engagements, and to continue to foster gender equality in relation to MIL.”
The Youth Café is proud to announce that our digital/media information literacy projects with African youth has won FIRST place in UNESCO GLOBAL AWARDS. The award cements our goal to become a world leader in Media Information Literacy (MIL) and recognizes our extensive work on digital/media information literacy in the continent.
Social media is an unexpected giant that has now taken over all aspects of life. Businesses, churches, schools, restaurants, hotels, just to name a few, are now able to operate almost fully on social media. Social media are the interactive technologies that capacitate the creation and sharing of media and information by individuals. Platforms for such interaction constitute SMS-based messaging platforms (WhatsApp, FB-Messenger), Social Networking sites (Instagram, LinkedIn), Blogging Platforms (Wordpress, Blogger), Microblogs (Twitter, Tumlr) among others.
