On Tuesday, the sessions on Correcting Wrong Stereotypes in Arab Media will kick off. They will be organized by The Arab Council for Childhood and Development, Arab League, and Arabic Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND).
The Director of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development Prince Abdel Aziz bin Talal, Social Solidarity Minister Nevin el Qabbaj, and Environment Minister Dr. Yasmin Fouad.
The events of the initiative will include a session about media and children rights. In addition, the organizers will honor several icons and figures who concerned with development and children rights.
In ten years, the initiative set a strict strategy for observing the performance of media, alongside examining different local, regional, and international experiences for analyzing the phenomena of the impact of using unsuitable content for children.
Through applying the models in the UAE, Tunisia, Egypt, and Lebanon, the council detected more than 900 terms and wrong stereotypes related to children, and they are classified into nine categories including human trafficking, children’s addiction, children labor, child abuse, and the presence of children in armed conflicts, wars, and terroristic groups.
Contributed by: Rana Atef
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