Girls and Education in Afghanistan

  • Feb 18, 2023
  • “516 days since the Taliban BANNED girls from going to school. Afghanistan is the ONLY country on earth that forbids women and girls from getting an education. To deprive the women & girls of Afghanistan the basic human right of an education is a grave crime against humanity. (Shabnam Nasimi).”

Do you think education is a basic right everyone should have?

Information Literacy

Topics covered:
-Placing trust wisely
-Why we fall for misinformation
-Understanding our feeds
-Filter bubbles & echo chambers
-Fact checking
-Lateral searching

Check out this informative article on information literacy:

From the article:

  • Learning to fact check is an important step towards media literacy. However, real empowerment will require a systemic approach. Our media diets inform us about our world, so consider using your fact-checking skills to cleanse your news feed of junk. Limit your news consumption to the organizations that have a reliable track-record of accurate and less biased coverage, and break out of echo chambers that repeat false or misleading stories. You’ll find yourself less outraged and more informed.

see the rest of article: Don’t Be Fooled… Fact Check!