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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:

The Chilling: global trends in online violence against women journalists; research discussion paper
UNESCO
2021

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. 

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259 million
more men than women using the Internet in 2022
Only 25%
of news sources and subjects are women
22%
of AI professionals are women

CI Sector and Priority Africa

Africa has been a longstanding priority for UNESCO. Recent actions for Africa by the CI Sector include: 

40%
of the population use the Internet in Africa

(34% of women and 45% of men)

23
countries in Africa have access to information laws