Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

ëGlobal Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalismí (GRFDT): GRFDT publishes a Research Monograph series, since January 2015, that seeks to promote a balanced migration narrative and counter misinformation about migrants and refugees. A media outreach platform, ëthe Migration Newsí, covers issues related to Migration and Diaspora. Also, the GRFDT ñ in preparation of the Digital Museum of Diaspora ? trained more than 120 interns in its various migration-related activities such as migration media, digital museum, and research.

ëHacking Narrativesí is a campaign that promotes a transforming approach on narratives on migrants and refugees, through a microdocumentary film and a related podcast.

Hola AmÈrica is a program of 2811 and Ashoka that seeks to promote social innovations focused on migration, in order to offer better solutions to the problems that afflict different migrant and refugee communities in Latin America.

ëDel otro ladoí (On the other side) is a project ñ co-created with migrant and refugees ? that focuses on creating an interactive narrative, based on true stories, to inform the audience about Venezuelan displacement and raise awareness about the problems faced by Venezuelan refugees. A 3D computer-graphic was developed to allow the audience to choose among the different experiences that Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Ecuador had experienced.

People Make the City' is a storytelling project that translates residents' experiences into public content such as street art, podcasts, exhibitions, images and texts. The aim of the project is to build a more nuanced narrative of migrants and highlight the positive impact of refugees on their local neighbourhoods.

In the framework of the EUROMED Migration V project, trainings to sensitise journalists and media professionals about the benefits of promoting a balanced narrative on migration are organised. Public Communicatorsí Workshops are developed to highlight the central role of public communicators in informing the public debate on migration, and in shaping people's perceptions of migration.

Since 2015, the International Labour Organization and its partners have organized an annual Global Media Competition to recognize exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.

Recognizing and promoting ethical and quality reporting is increasingly significant, as media can promote a toxic public narrative reinforcing prejudice, intolerance and stigmatization against migrant workers and their families.

The Global Media Competition contributes to support the production of quality reporting and raising awareness about labour migration.

The FAIRWAY programme addresses underlying causes of decent work deficits at their source through national-level interventions in selected countries of origin in East, West and North Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Morocco). In the Arab States, the programme provides continuity to interventions in countries of destination across the region by building on the work of the Fairway Middle East project (2016-2019), which target low-skilled migrant workers from all regions.

IOM launched the ëGlobal Migration Media Academyí, a learning hub that offers classroom and online courses in multiple languages to anyone interested in covering migration. The Academy forms a community of experts committed to providing fact-based, balanced and diverse; and to promoting new voices in the field of migration by eliminating barriers to professional development and learning.

IOM and UNHCR are coordinating In Peru the ë#TuCausaEsMiCausaí campaign. The campaign spans civil society and the private sector, and is designed to increase the solidarity of the Peruvian society towards Venezuelan immigrants, through social media, community workshops, and street theatre performance.