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UNESCO Communication and Information Weekly Newsletter

• 05.02.16 Call for Papers – Media and Information Literacy: Reinforcing Human Rights, Countering Radicalization and Extremism The deadline has been extended for the proposal of articles to be published in the Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) Yearbook 2016.

• 05.02.16 Reporters Without Borders and UNESCO launch new edition of safety guide for journalists in high-risk environments On the occasion of the 5 February 2016 conference "News organizations standing up for the safety of media professionals" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, Reporters Without Borders and UNESCO are officially launching the latest edition of the Safety Guide for Journalists: A handbook for reporters in high-risk environments.

• 04.02.16 ICT integration in education in Kenya: Roll-out of the Digital Literacy Programme A course on ICT integration in education started with a face-to-face three-day workshop at the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA), Nairobi, Kenya from 19 to 21 January 2016. The course will continue online from February to May 2016 in order to prepare teachers in using ICT in the roll-out of the Digital Literacy Programme of the Government of Kenya.

• 29.01.16 Building excellence in Rwanda's journalism education A workshop of 50 academics, media leaders and journalism students has been hard at work brainstorming changes envisaged by the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) at the University of Rwanda.

• 29.01.16 Director-General denounces killing of journalist Marcos Hernández Bautista in Mexico The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the murder of journalist Marcos Hernández Bautista in Mexico on 21 January.

• 28.01.16 Media executives and UNESCO Members States meet to reinforce safety of journalists at Paris Conference UNESCO is organizing an unprecedented meeting between media owners and executives from all regions and Member States to examine concrete ways to improve the safety of journalists and tackle impunity for crimes against media professionals on 5 February at the Organization's Headquarters in Paris.

• 26.01.16 UNESCO and Government of Quebec to cooperate on preventing radicalization and extremism through the Internet The representatives of the Knowledge Societies Division of the Communication and Information Sector, together with the Chair of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) met yesterday with a delegation from the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec at UNESCO's Paris Headquarters.

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