The second session of “Let’s Learn about Human Rights Online” taught young people and educators about modern, creative and informal methods of human rights education.

The class was held on 4 June by Lado Apkhazava a finalist of the Global Teacher Prize and a winner of the National Teacher Award of Georgia. The topic of the second session was “Community Initiatives for a Diverse Environment” focusing on diversity, the implementation of various initiatives in communities living side-by-side with people from differing ethnic and religious backgrounds, stereotypes, stigma, prejudices and methods for encouraging the learning process.

Young people, teachers and anyone interested in education and human rights were able to attend the session.

The next sessions will cover topics such as practical educational steps and alternative narratives against hate speech.

The first session in Georgian is available here.

The second session in Georgian is available here.

“Let’s Learn about Human Rights Online” is organised in the framework of the “I Choose Equality” campaign run by the co-operation project “Fight against Discrimination, Hate Crimes and Hate Speech in Georgia”. The project is implemented under the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019 with the support of the Danish Neighbourhood Programme in Georgia (DANEP).