NEWS: Young People speak out on education for human rights

A new 12-minute film, “Education for Human Rights… Young People talking”, aims to raise awareness of key human rights issues in schools around the world.

Produced by UNESCO and realized by pupils of UNESCO Associated Schools in 10 countries, it shows adolescents of secondary-school age freely expressing their opinions about gender, diversity, violence, exclusion and other questions.

Viewers are invited to appreciate how young people understand and experience concepts and ideals of human rights in countries as different as Albania, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Indonesia, Lebanon and Uganda.

The film can be used as a teaching tool for secondary schools to introduce core topics of human rights education and initiate classroom discussions.

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AWARDS: Prize to focus on children, adolescents in the Dominican Republic

Posted on: 21/06/2010 Children Deadline: 13/08/2010 Region: Latin America

Journalists in the Dominican Republic who work in print, digital, and broadcast media are invited to submit works on situations that affect children and adolescents in the country to a national competition. Deadline: August 13.

The competition, organized by Plan República Dominicana, UNICEF and Visión Mundial, seeks to promote the coverage of children and to create awareness of childhood issues in the media and society.

Works must have been published between August 16, 2009 and August 10, 2010.

For more information, click here (in Spanish).

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