{"id":23736,"date":"2024-10-28T18:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23736"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:22:58","slug":"erc-hosts-workshop-on-countering-hate-speech-for-media-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/erc-hosts-workshop-on-countering-hate-speech-for-media-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"ERC Hosts Workshop on Countering Hate Speech for Media Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams, October  8 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), in collaboration with United Nations Guyana and the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), hosted a one-day workshop aimed at empowering media professionals to counter hate speech effectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of the ERC\u2019s ongoing Countering Hate Speech Campaign, held at the Pegasus Hotel, and brought together broadcasters, content creators, influencers, ERC Commissioners, and UN representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ERC Chairman Shaik Moeen Ul Hack emphasized the importance of media professionals in combating hate speech, particularly as the 2025 elections approach, a period traditionally associated with heightened societal tensions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson of GNBA, Latchmie Rahamat, reinforced this message, stressing the need for collaborative solutions to reduce hate speech&#8217;s prevalence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Countering Hate Speech Campaign, launched in June, focuses on educating the public, youth, and media on the impact of inflammatory language, promoting awareness to foster a more inclusive society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams, October 8 2024 The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), in collaboration with United Nations Guyana and the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), hosted a one-day workshop aimed at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23737,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23736\/revisions\/23737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}