Launch of the UNESCO/OSCE co-publication โAddressing anti-Semitism through Education: Guidelines for Policymakersโ
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UNESCO and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will launch their co-publication entitled โAddressing Anti-Semitism through Education - Guidelines for Policymakersโ in the presence of UNESCO Director General and ODIHR Director. The launch will be followed by a panel discussion on the role of education in the prevention of anti-Semitism.
The new policy guidelines on anti-Semitism were developed in cooperation with the OSCE in the context of UNESCOโs activities to prevent violent extremism through education. The publication suggests concrete ways to address anti-Semitism in and through education, in a human rights framework, and provides guidance to ensure that education systems build the resilience of young people to anti-Semitic ideas and all forms of intolerance and discrimination.
The launch event will be opened by UNESCO Director General, Audrey Azoulay, and Ingibjรถrg Sรณlrรบn Gรญsladรณttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). It will feature testimonies of contemporary anti-Semitism, provided by the USC Shoah Foundation UNESCO Chair on Genocide education. Following the launch, journalist Elizabeth Tchoungui will moderate a panel discussion on the theme โHow can policymakers ensure an effective role for education in addressing anti-Semitism?โ The panel discussion will bring together young change makers and leaders, including Mina Abdelmalak, Arab Audience Outreach Specialist at the โUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Johanna Barasz, Deputy Delegate of the French Inter-Ministerial Delegation on Combatting Racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hate, Alina Bricman, President of the European Union of Jewish Students, Jeremiah Ellis, Founder of the World Mosaic Project and member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCOโs Youth Advisory Group and Igor Ujhazi, Coordinator for combatting anti-Semitism at the World Jewish Congress.
Links:
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
UNESCOโs thematic website on Preventing Violent Extremism
UNESCO and Global Citizenship Education
UNESCO and Education about the Holocaust and genocide
Theme page:
Democracy and Global Citizenship
Culture of Peace and Non-violence
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