AI can make mistakes: Why media literacy matters more than ever

This year’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week (24–31 October), themed “Minds Over AI – MIL in Digital Spaces,” brings its main conference to Colombia to explore how media and information literacy (MIL) can help people think critically about AI-generated content.

CTRL + ALT + MUTE: Silencing one woman journalist is silencing a thousand women’s voices

Nearly 75% of women journalists surveyed by UNESCO have faced online violence, and one in four received physical or death threats. As AI amplifies abuse through deepfakes, doxxing, and harassment, UNESCO calls for stronger action to counter AI-facilitated gender-based violence through dialogue, advocacy, and policy reform—ensuring safer spaces for women in the media.

UNESCO in brief

UNESCO is the United Nations organization that promotes cooperation in education, science, culture and communication to foster peace worldwide.

The Organization provides key services for its Member States, setting global norms and standards, developing tools for international cooperation, producing knowledge for public policies and building global networks of sites and institutions inscribed on its lists.

Magazine: The UNESCO Courier

Reconstruction: reconciling the past and the future

In this issue,TheUNESCOCourier exploresthe myriad technical, social, cultural, and symbolic dimensions of reconstruction. FromMosul toChristchurch,Warsaw toAlUla,Mostar toBeijing,the examples bear witness to societies' capacity to transform trauma into a collective revival.