Media Advisory: Data in Action: Youth Data Literacy as a Tool for Change

This one-day event will bring together youth champions, youth-led organizations, and representatives from NGOs across the Eastern Caribbean to explore how data literacy can drive meaningful social change. Participants will engage with experts from UNFPA, UNESCO, IOM, and other key partners through interactive sessions on data storytelling, GIS applications, and ethical AI usage in advocacy.

Who:

• Kirk Humphrey (Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Barbados) – Feature Address
• De-Jane Gibbons (UNFPA) – Opening Remarks
• Ebenezer Fiifi Abassah-Konadu (RCO) – Population Data Repositories & Tools
• Kim Farren (UNFPA) – GIS Applications for Advocacy
• Paula Isturiz Cavero & Angelica Shilova (UNESCO) – Ethical AI in Advocacy
• Alexandra Bate & Vynliz Dailey (IOM) – Data Storytelling for Decision-Making
• Kenroy Roach (RCO) – Closing Remarks

When:
Tuesday, March 25, 2025,
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(Media should be in place by 8:45 a.m.)

Where:
[Hybrid] UN House, Marine Gardens, Christ Church, Barbados
[Online]
Zoom Registration Link

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THIS EVENT

Kindly confirm your agency’s participation and the names of assigned media personnel via email to ebenezer.abassahkonadu@un.org and Akeel.lovell@un.org no later than March 23, 2025.