United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA) is continuing to organize awareness-raising campaigns. Within the context of 1 March, Zero Discrimination Day, UCLG-MEWA made a video with 11 different languages, using “butterfly,” the universal symbol of Zero Discrimination Day, to highlight the importance of the day, and reached wide masses on social media.
Supported by local governments, citizens’ assemblies, NGOs, and universities, the social media campaign started on 28 February 2018, at 8 PM, and continued till the end of 1 March 2018, with hashtags #farklılıklarıkucakla2018, #embracediversity2018, #YerelinÇağı, #EraofLocal, #SKH10, #SDG10 on Twitter.
In another campaign organized on 22 March, World Water Day, UCLG-MEWA raised awareness in this sense by using #DünyaSuGünü, #GezegenimizGeleceğimiz2018, #YerelinÇağı, #EraofLocal #OurPlanetOurFuture2018 #WorldWaterDay, #SKH6 #SDG6 #SKH14 #SDG14 hashtags and providing quick facts about water use in the world.