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CI Sector and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve everyone’s lives. In 2015, all UN Member States endorsed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 15-year plan to achieve the 17 SDGs. UNESCO helps reach the SDGs through its cross-cutting mission. In the area of communication and information, UNESCO carries out monitoring and reporting of the SDG indicators 16.10.1 and 16.10.2.
- SDG Indicator 16.10.1
Number of verified cases of killing, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture of journalists, associated media personnel, trade unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months.
- SDG Indicator 16.10.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information.
In addition, the CI Sector contributes to the following:
SDG 4 Quality Education: by supporting Open Educational Resources (OER) and Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
SDG 5 Gender Equality: by promoting the safety of women journalists and gender equality in and through media and in access to information in digital spaces.
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: by fostering digital innovation and transformation.
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities: by promoting universal access to information and digital inclusion.
SDG 13 Climate Action: by supporting the media reporting on climate change.
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: by promoting freedom of expression, the safety of journalists and media development, advancing access to information laws and building capacities in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the rule of law.
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals: through a multistakeholder approach and digital capacity building.
CI Sector and Gender Equality
Gender equality is essential to UNESCO’s work and vision. As equal citizens, women and men must have equal opportunities, choices, power and knowledge. UNESCO works to provide citizens with the information, values and skills they need to address gender inequalities. The CI Sector’s initiatives for gender equality include:
Addressing issues of targeted online and off-line attacks against women journalists. The UNESCO-commissioned report The Chilling, based on a survey of over 900 journalists from 125 countries, shows how disinformation, misogyny and discrimination are tightly linked to the sharp rise of online violence against women journalists.
- Supporting media platforms, such as Radio Begum in Afghanistan, to promote the voices of women.
- Developing guidelines to assist the media in covering violence against women and girls. Reporting on violence against women and girls: A handbook for journalists
The Big Conversation: A handbook to address violence against women in and through the media - Leading discussions on gender equality in and through media and access to information at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
- Drawing attention to AI’s impact on women through publications such as The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women and I’d Blush If I Could: Closing Gender Divides in Digital Skills through Education.
- Promoting women’s vital role and achievements in documentary heritage through the project Women in History -Telling HERstory through Memory of the World.
CI Sector and Priority Africa
Africa has been a longstanding priority for UNESCO. Recent actions for Africa by the CI Sector include:
- Trained over 3,000 judicial actors in more than 40 African countries, promoting freedom of expression and the safety of journalists through UNESCO Judges’ Initiative.
- Supporting the creation of a digital platform on the safety of journalists in Africa.
- Strengthening journalism schools in Africa with interventions to date in 30 journalism education institutions.
- Helping 400 community media organizations strengthen editorial freedom, distribution, management and gender equality awareness.
- Trained over 2,400 African youth and 300 youth organizations through the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) for Youth Civic Engagement project.
- Supporting the capacity building of information commissioners and establishing an African Network of Information Commissioners.
- Capacity-building workshops on the UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) recommendation in 44 African countries.
- Advancing open access to scientific information in 11 African countries.
- Working with 24 countries in Africa to enrich UNESCO’s World Atlas of Languages.
- Developing policymakers’ capacity to facilitate digital transformation through the AI Needs Assessment Survey in Africa and the AI and Digital Transformation Competency Framework for Civil Servants.
- Trained over 400 judicial operators in 43 African countries through an open online course on AI and the Rule of Law.
- Enhancing public access to ancient manuscripts in the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa through preservation and digitisation.
- Empowering African memory institutions to integrate disaster risk reduction and management into their documentary heritage preservation policies and practices.