Suman Basnet Nepal suffered a decade-long civil war fought between the Maoist guerillas and government forces from early 1996 till the end of 2006; it ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord on 21 November 2006. The conflict caused the death of approximately 17,000,...
CLEAR Global Language rights are a vital dimension of sustainable development and humanitarian aid. The following article outlines why they are important, what lessons have been learnt, and how innovative technologies can help in crisis and conflict situations. At CLEAR Global, we help people to get lifesaving...
Alan Finlay, Valeria Betancourt, and others1 What follows is the Introduction to a special edition of Global Information Society Watch titled “WSIS+20: Reimagining horizons of dignity, equity and justice for our digital future”, published in May 2024 by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). It sets...
Oberhausen (Germany) 2024 At the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2024, two ecumenical juries appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS were accredited for the International Competition and the International Children’s and Youth Film Competition. The Prize in the International Competition was endowed with € 2,000 and the...
George Sahhar Communication in conflict situations is inherently from the field up. It has to be about the people who need help due to political violence, natural disaster, or any other type of calamity. It is not about the institution offering the interventions, and definitely not...
“Media can provide vital information to people in humanitarian emergencies. It can also do much more to help people cope during emergencies, such as provide psychosocial support, connect people with others, prompt discussion, and motivate people to take actions to improve their lives,” says BBC...
A large part of the world can no longer function without data centres. These are the networked computing and storage facilities that enable the delivery of software applications and data. They are vital to the daily functioning of governments, societies, and users alike. Currently, there...
June 18 is the International Day for Countering Hate Speech and June 20 is World Refugee Day. With migrants and refugees often targeted by hate, it can be natural – and even useful – to mark the days together. Certainly WACC Europe, after their 2017 media...
This year alone has seen devastating floods in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, China, Dubai, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. Wildfires broke out in western Canada and Texas. Cyclones swept islands and nations along the Indian Ocean. News reports informed audiences that pets and livestock needed temporarily to...
Over the past 20 years, the many structural issues in the world’s communication and information ecosystem tackled by the 2003 and 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) have become more complex, entrenched, and detrimental to democracy and communication rights. Primarily this is a result...