Media and Communications Literacy and Education on Peacebuilding – Tool for changing a war dominant narrative on conflict.

In today’s mass communication MEDIA is broadcasting, publishing, and the internet reproducing. The MEDIA must play a positive role in peacebuilding and conflict prevention. Media Education Centre through increasing programmes on media, communications and peacebuilding to develop pro-peace programme content and support interventions generate positive results. This highlights the need Continue Reading →

Could Digital Health be one of the Solutions for Medical Deserts?

In every country, the differences in public healthcare exist. Medical deserts are isolated or depopulated areas with overall health workforce and health worker availability shortages and intensify health inequalities in the population. Digital and Health literacy and tools can be an instrument supporting the principle of equality in the public Continue Reading →

YCN Conference 2023

Every year YCN network organizes an annual conference for its members, which is usually attached to a festival event. This year’s conference took place during the 47th Schweizer Jugendfilmtage, from the 23rd to the 24th of March in Zürich, Switzerland. Besides YCN members, it was also opened to professional film Continue Reading →

WHO initiates building a global curriculum for infodemic management

To develop infodemic management capacities for the future, WHO convened a technical consultation on building a global curriculum for infodemic management on 21-23 March in Belgrade, Serbia. Hosted by the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, the consultation brought together 47 representatives of academia, public health Continue Reading →

Education, advocacy, and action are key to advancing gender justice in digital spaces governed by algorithms

Education and accessibility – WACC Global Grassroots perspectives on education are accessibility and affordability as key digital justice issues in local contexts. Addressing digital polarization begins with enabling women and girls to have better access to tech. “Polarization is a product of the digital divide.” “Discrimination” and “oppression” were more Continue Reading →

Youth Cinema Network

YCN is a worldwide network of youth film festivals, organizations and film & media educators. We share knowledge, best practices and information  by managing a database of film & media educators and festivalsby hosting an annual conference for the membersby identifying funding trends and opportunitiesby enabling partnerships and collaborationsby publishing Continue Reading →