{"id":130044,"date":"2024-04-26T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T06:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/unesco-report-spotlights-harmful-effects-of-social-media-on-young-girls\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T06:05:15","slug":"unesco-report-spotlights-harmful-effects-of-social-media-on-young-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/unesco-report-spotlights-harmful-effects-of-social-media-on-young-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130044\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nDigital technologies and algorithm-driven software &#8211; especially social media &#8211; present high risks of privacy invasion, cyberbullying and distraction from learning to young girls, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization\u2019s (UNESCO) latest Global Education Monitor (GEM) report released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with UN News, Senior Policy Analyst from the GEM report team Anna D\u2019addio said the report examines the issue of technology in education through a gender lens. She said the report highlights progress in the reversal of discrimination against girls over the past two decades but also exposes the negative impact of technology on girls&#8217; education opportunities and outcomes. &#8220;Girls on social media are much more exposed to different forms of harassment. Cyber cyberbullying is much more frequent among girls than among boys,\u201d Ms. D\u2019Addio said. \u201cIt&#8217;s something that affects their well-being, and their well-being is important for learning\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n<p>The report coincides with the UN telecoms agency (ITU) led International Girls in ICT Day. In a post on his Twitter account, the Secretary-General called for more equipment and support for girls in the Information and Communication Technology field, pointing out that fewer women than men have access to the internet \u2013 and that stands in their way of getting an equal opportunity for work.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the report\u2019s findings, social media exposes young girls to a range of unsuitable video material including sexual content &#8211; and the promotion of unhealthy and unrealistic body standards that negatively affect mental health and wellbeing. It was reported that adolescent girls are twice as likely to feel lonely than boys and suffer from an eating disorder.\u00a0\u201cThere is increasing evidence that shows that increased exposure to social media is related to mental health problems, eating disorders and many other issues that condition and distract social media users, and particularly girls, from education which affects their academic achievement,\u201d Ms. D\u2019Addio said.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram has reportedly accounted for 32 per cent of teenage girls&#8217; feeling worse about their bodies after consuming the platform\u2019s content, according to a Facebook statistic cited in the report. The Senior Policy Analyst said social media usage can have positive effects on young girls, especially when used to increase knowledge and raise awareness on social issues. \u201cI think what is important is\u2026to teach how to use social media and technology,\u201d Ms. D\u2019Addio said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the report calls attention to the fact that girls are at a disadvantage in accessing science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) careers which shows a lack of diversity in the production and development of cutting edge tech. Data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (IUS) showed that women only make up 35 per cent of tertiary education STEM graduates globally, and only hold 25 per cent of science, engineering and information and communication technology (ICT) jobs. \u201cThere are still too few girls and women that choose\u2026the STEM subjects and work there,\u201d the Senior Policy Analyst said. She said having more diversity will allow stronger contributions to science and developments without bias.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s results reveal the need for a greater investment in education and smarter regulation of digital platforms. Ms. D\u2019Addio said UNESCO is constantly working on remedying the exclusion of girls&#8217; access and attainment to education that remains by advocating for policies that make the education system more inclusive, and \u201cpromoting laws and regulations that guarantee equal access to education for girls and protect them from discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/04\/1149021\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/unesco-report-spotlights-harmful-effects-of-social-media-on-young-girls\/\">UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4934,4029,5728,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-130044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-girls","tag-social-media","tag-unesco","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}