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A Picture Book About Media: Media Literacy For Young Children Year of publication: 2018 Author: Alma Čakmazović Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Media literacy helps to form the habit of appraising media contents and to develop the skills of expression necessary for critical thinking. Today, it represents education for life, human values, active citizenship and responsible media practices.This picturebook is devoted to children, parents, foster parents and educators. Its purpose is to give the youngest children the chance to understand media through one of the first lessons in media literacy, one about the difference between the media world and the real world. 
Digital Literacy for Children: Exploring Definitions and Frameworks Year of publication: 2019 Author: Fabio Nascimbeni Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This paper presents the results of a scoping exercise on children’s digital literacy that has been undertaken with the following objectives:To understand the current digital literacy policy and practice landscape;To highlight existing competence frameworks and how they can be adapted to UNICEF’s needs;To analyze the needs and efforts of UNICEF country offices; andTo reflect on policy and programme recommendations, including a definition of digital literacy for UNICEF 
Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace (Advancing Transitional Justice Series) Year of publication: 2017 Author: Clara Ramírez-Barat | Roger Duthie Corporate author: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) | UNICEF After periods of conflict and authoritarianism, education institutions often need to be reformed or rebuilt. But in settings where education has been used to support repressive policies and human rights violations, or where conflict and abuses have resulted in lost educational opportunities, legacies of injustice may pose significant challenges to effective reform. Peacebuilding and development perspectives, which normally drive the reconstruction agenda, pay little attention to the violent past. Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace presents the findings of a collaborative research project of the International Center for Transitional Justice and UNICEF on the relationship between transitional justice and education in peacebuilding contexts. The book examines how transitional justice can shape the reform of education systems by ensuring programs are sensitive to the legacies of the past, how it can facilitate the reintegration of children and youth into society, and how education can engage younger generations in the work of transitional justice. 
Mapping the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the Convention on the Rights of the Child Year of publication: 2016 Author: Marie Wernham Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This interactive document aims to encourage an in-depth and broad-based exploration of the links and synergies between the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 
Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities: A Guide for Universities, Colleges, and Tertiary and Higher Education Institutions Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) The aim of this guide is to help accelerate the institutional process of mainstreaming ESDGs in universities, by helping stakeholders within and outside universities understand why they should pursue this goal, and how. It aims to expand, update and refine the information provided in the previous guide based on new resources, tools, thinking, and learnings from universities working to implement ESDGs, to consider what ESDGs mean for universities. The guide touches on the pedagogical aspects of ESDGs, in terms of how they affect institutional approaches to ESDGs, but does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of them. The Guide outlines the case for mainstreaming education for the SDGs at universities, what this does and could look like in practice, and the processes and activities universities can take to support implementation. It also provides practical guidance, resources, and case studies to inspire universities to take action and deepen their practice. 
Universal Rights, Global Action: Impact Report 2019-2020 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Spotlight Initiative Universal rights, global action is a shortened, visual adaptation of the 2019 Global Annual Narrative Progress Report. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030. This report outlines the Spotlight Initiative’s key signature results from 2019.The 32-page document highlights the ways the Spotlight Initiative country and regional programmes have meaningfully reached women and girls, including those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. 
Developing Digital Citizens: Media Literacy Education for All Students Year of publication: 2020 Author: Jessica R. Wolff | Ann LoBue | Michael A. Rebell Corporate author: DemocracyReady NY Developing Digital Citizens: Media Literacy Education for All Students, a new report from DemocracyReady NY, calls for immediate and decisive steps to require media literacy education in schools throughout New York State. Stressing that “the internet has become the new public square,” it asserts that “to be democracy ready, all students must be media literate.”. The report defines what media literacy encompasses in an increasingly digital age, and establishes a clear framework to ensure that all students become media literate civic participants. This report includes recommendations for: Clear state standards for media literacy education Qualified personnel for teaching media literacy Suitable MLE curricula and course offerings Up-to-date facilities, instructional materials, and technology Transparent monitoring and reporting of MLE resources and results. 
EiE-GenKit: A Core Resource Package on Gender in Education in Emergencies Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) | Education Cannot Wait (ECW) | Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) When gender-responsive, quality education is available to all it has the potential to transform societies and build sustainable peace. A joint initiative from the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), the EiE-GenKit is a core resource package for gender in education in emergencies. The EiE-GenKit is the first resource of its kind, providing education practitioners with practical tools to promote gender-responsive programming from crisis to peace and sustainable development.The EiE-GenKit is based on extensive research and consultation with the latest resources, evidence, new tools and good practice available in one easy-to-use package. The EiE-GenKit builds on existing humanitarian processes for a streamlined approach to gender-responsive EiE. The EiE-GenKit offers tools for practical and immediate use including checklists, tipsheets and assessment templates supporting practitioners to ensure that each phase of an EiE intervention is gender-responsive. Bridging the gap between what we know about gender-responsive EiE and the tools we need to make it happen, the EiE-GenKit aims to promote improved gender and education outcomes of learners living in crises. 
Education Under Attack 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Author: Marika Tsolakis | Jerome Marston Corporate author: Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) This report is the fifth edition of Education under Attack, a series of publications on attacks on education and military use of educational facilities. Such attacks are defined as any threat or actual use of either targeted or indiscriminate force by state armed forces, including law enforcement, as well as by non-state armed groups, on students, education personnel, or educational infrastructure or materials, for political, military, ideological, sectarian, ethnic, or religious reasons. In addition, this report also monitors the use of schools and universities for military or security purposes. The report examines situations of both armed conflict and insecurity. 
Raise Your Voice With Malala: A Guide to Taking Action for Girls’ Education Year of publication: 2018 Author: Emily Laurie | Eleanor Gall Corporate author: Malala Fund This guide gives young activists the tools to raise their voices and make change happen. Girls around the world are standing up in support of their out-of-school sisters and fighting to see every girl complete 12 years of free, safe, quality education. By taking action in their communities, girls can contribute to the peace and prosperity of our entire world. The guide includes real stories about girls around the world working to make sure all girls have the opportunity to go to school.