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Building empathy and fighting disinformation

Building empathy and fighting disinformation

Update: 2025-12-021
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We look at solutions that focus on teaching children how to respect each other and understand their emotions better. We visit a primary school in Botswana where a charity called Think Equal is helping teachers put empathy at the heart of their teaching and speak to Think Equal's founder Leslee Udwin. And Myra visits a school in East London where teenagers are being taught how to interpret what they read online as part of an initiative to tackle misinformation and polarisation.

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This podcast contains references to sexual violence.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer: Natasha Fernandes
Editor: Jon Bithrey
Sound mix: Andrew Mills

(Image: Myra Anubi with Leslee Udwin of Think Equal in BBC studio, BBC)

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Building empathy and fighting disinformation

Building empathy and fighting disinformation

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