By Alexander Trepelkov The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with their universal scope, interlinked nature and focus on leaving no one behind will be more essential than ever during and after this crisis. The SDGs encourage investments in critical public goods like minimum levels of social protection and...
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)’s Clearinghouse on Public Statements and its Executive Board issued two statements in June 2020 related to the anti-racism protests taking place in the United States and elsewhere. The Clearinghouse statement is in support of the right of journalists and news outlets in the United States to observe and report events freely and safely, while the Executive Board Statement is in solidarity with all those who insist that Black Lives Matter, who demand an end to all institutional practices that deny equality, dignity and opportunity, and who call for a resolute commitment to the renewed pursuit of economic, social and cultural justice.
Sixty-one NGOs, 41 PEN Centres and 40 experts in linguistic rights from all over the world met in Barcelona, 6-8 June 1996. The convocation of the World Conference on Linguistic Rights (WCLR) was an initiative of the Translations and Linguistic Rights Commission of PEN International and the CIEMEN (Centre Internacional Escarré per a les Minories Ètniques i les Nacions) with the moral and technical support of UNESCO.
As India grapples with COVID-19, confused and often disempowering communication has aggravated our present predicament.
[caption id="attachment_27939" align="alignleft" width="185"] MD 2020/3[/caption] Media Development 2020-3 Expanding Public Communication Spaces In times of crisis, such as COVID-19, information saves lives. Accurate and trustworthy messages are needed so that people know what they need to do and where they can get help. Equally vital are using...
By Parminder Jeet Singh
Understanding the nature of the emerging digital economy and society, and recognising people’s collective rights to their data, can help to determine how society’s data and digital intelligence-based roles should be divided across public, community and private sectors.