Media literacy and the ability to distinguish disinformation or fake messages play a significant importance in the information era where data, judgements and different interpretations are everywhere.
18 November is marked as the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. A number of issues are raised on this day. They are related to severe violations of child’s rights, his/her health, honor and dignity.
Human trafficking is a phenomenon still existing in the modern world. It encompasses the use of force, coercion, fraud, taking advantage of people’s vulnerable position in order to exploit them. In addition, it is a severe violation of human rights and freedoms that is subject to criminal liability. That is why questions arise about the scope of this phenomenon in Ukraine and barriers on the way of dealing with it.
Labour migration is a usual process that enables the workforce to satisfy its economic needs. However employment in a certain city or region within your own country and work abroad are not the same things. Although the latter may provide better remuneration, it hides risks and certain negative effects for the country of origin of labor migrants.
The digital age carries many possibilities and risks. Immediate access to any information, communication with new people online may represent advantages of the digitalized world and hide serious dangers. The latter is particularly relevant for children as the digital world has become an integral part of their lives.
Media literacy is one of key skills of the ХХІ century that facilitates both critical thinking and resilience of a country as a whole. The welfare of an entire country, especially during a war or other extreme situations, may depend on the ability of every resident to critically analyze information that he/she has received.
According to the Ministry of social policy, there are approximately 1,1 thousand families and lone Ukrainian citizens who want to adopt a child and have the status of a prospective adopter. At the same time, more than 17 thousand children, who can be adopted, are waiting for their family.
Ukraine has a rich experience in conducting evacuation operations. Let us only recall Ukrainian diplomats’ efforts to bring Ukrainians from abroad to the motherland when the coronavirus crisis started.
Systematically Russian propaganda brainwashes the minds of Ukrainian children on the temporarily occupied territories by means of a system of military and patriotic upbringing. The aim of the system includes not just a propaganda of the “Russian world” but also shaping a distinct image of an enemy represented by Ukraine, the West and Ukraine as a part of the Western world.
A non-governmental organization iDemocracy has carried out a monitoring of information space across Ukraine, the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as well as Russia and detected that at the end of June-beginning of July 2021 there was an anti-Ukrainian narrative about Ukraine’s “fencing off” Donbas.
Adoption of this Law will allow to form the necessary basis and appropriate models of behavior that will reduce both the risks of religious confrontation and the use of hate speech, and - creates a nonviolent algorithm to protect their rights to freedom of thought and religion through the establishment of a religious ombudsman.
1,000 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed using the CATI (Computer Analasys Telephone Interview) method. Theoretical sampling error, excluding the design effect, up to 3.1%. Date of the field stage of the study: April 13-15, 2021.
According to a survey conducted by iDemocracy, Kyiv residents in the absolute majority trust vaccines produced in the United States and the European Union. Indian, Chinese and Russian drugs, on the contrary, do not inspire confidence among residents of the capital.
iDemocracy’s own survey showed that Kiev residents generally support the pro-Western vector of Ukraine's movement, in particular, rapprochement with the United States of America and the European Union.
