UNESCO Chairs at the University of Guadalajara

September 29th, 2015

1792 Solemn inauguration of the Royal and Literary

University of Guadalajara

1925 Foundation of the

University of Guadalajara in the

modern era

The University of Guadalajara is the second largest public university in the country, and the first public state university in terms of academic quality.

It has a vigorous community, heir to an educational tradition forged along for more than two centuries.

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The University of Guadalajara

A comunity of 281,045 people

139,520

High School

116,424

Higher Education

15,735 Aca

9,366 Administrative Staff

255,944 students

The University Network in Numbers

In 1994, a comprehensive reform was carried out, decentralizing the university and creating the University Network, that now covers the whole state of Jalisco with schools and campuses.

University Network

Metropolitan and Regional Coverage The University Network is constituted by:

6 Campuses located in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara.

9 Regional campuses covering all regions of the State of Jalisco.

1 Online University System.

1 High school system.

I.- Gender, Leadership and

Equality.

II.- Equality and No Discrimination.

III.- UNESCO Chair on Youth

IV.- Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural

Dialogue.

UNESCO Chairs at theUdeG:

I. UNESCO Chair on Gender, Leadership and Equality Prof. Elia Marum Espinoza

Stablished in 2007, the objectives of this Chair are: Promote a gender-equal culture and to encourage women

education; Enhance the participation and leadership of woman in social

and political issues;

Foster the production and recognition of scientific research on woman related issues, and the role of women as scientists.

This Chair has been very active in promoting its goals, working together with other higher education institutions in the country and abroad; government agencies and civic associations.

Some of the specific projects of this Chair are:

Introduce the gender perspective of budget and legal processes.

Promote the gender perspective on social entrepreneurship and interculturalism.

Motivate a gender equality culture within and outside the university.

II. UNESCO Chair on Equality and No Discrimination. Prof. Teresa Gonzalez Luna

Established in 2007 with a human rights perspective, this Chair addresses one of the most pressing issues in Mexican society.

Reality shows us a systematic discrimination distributed throughout the nation, and an unfair distribution of rights and opportunities among the population.

Our society is still functioning under inequality rules and practices, at times extreme, that leads to exclusion and violence.

This Chair has carried out a series of research and cultural dissemination projects, mainly focused on university students:

Short courses, certifications and workshops to instil on young people and on policymakers the importance of tolerance and no discrimination.

Research projects on the subject.

Dissemination and promotion activities among NGO`s and government agencies.

III.UNESCO Chair on Youth

Prof. Mario Cervantes Medina

Established in 2009, the role of this Chair is to address

youth problems with a comprehensive approach, encouraging the academic dialogue and promoting public policies.

The main objective is to set an stage in which students,

teachers, researchers, social actors, university authorities and government officials converge in order to reflect on youth problems and develop solutions.

The main projects of the Chair are:

– Promote research on the problems of youth.

– Build research networks with other universities at the international level.

– Disseminate research outcomes on the integral development of youth.

– Promote and manage programs to support youth.

• Two examples:

• The International Congress of Students.

• The Seminar on Youth Studies.

Red Internacional de Investigadores en Estudios sobre Juventud (RIIEJ)

IV. UNESCO Chair on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue. Prof. Guillermo Orozco Gomez

Established in 2014, this Chair has the objectives of creating knowledge on the state of media and information literacy in the Mexican and Latin-American society, and developing teaching strategies to address media at different educational levels.

This Chair argues that media and information literacy will

allow individuals to develop the practical and theoretical tools to get access and to better process information into knowledge, in the digital era.

This Chair has the following upcoming projects:

Put together a group of Chairs named Informational Literacy. To map, in Mexico and Latin-America, all the projects regarding the promotion of Internet User Rights.

The Observatory of Media Cultures in Transition. It will analyse the new forms of communication and interaction among young people throughout technology.

Teaching in the Screen Era. It will develop media literacy workshops for teachers and parents.

Screens, friend or foe: recreational workshops of media literacy for children and youngsters.