21 Aug 2026 Local communities in the driver’s seat for communication networks
Carlos Baca, member of the WACC delegation to the Geneva Digital Week 2026, shares examples of people-centered, inclusive communication in real life....
17 Aug 2026 Truth Under Fire: WACC Annual Report 2025 traces action to advance communication rights
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WACC’s latest Annual Report brings to life our collective work to enable people to be seen and heard at a time when too many are made invisible and silenced....
14 Jul 2026 3 conferences, 3 contrasts: Where does digital justice go from here?
Last week, Geneva hosted three meetings – each with the potential, in its own way, to reshape how the world communicates and relates.The inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance marked the first time, as speakers noted, that every UN Member State had a seat at...
07 Jul 2026 “No one is voiceless”: WACC urges field of social and behavior change to put community knowledge at center
“It’s time to stop saying ‘giving a voice to the voiceless’.”The conference room in Panama City was packed with thousands of communication practitioners for the opening of the International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit 2026. WACC’s director of programmes, Lorenzo Vargas, had a...
29 Jun 2026 Language loss and AI
Will artificial intelligence (AI) help or hinder the survival of minority languages into the next century? According to Ethnologue, a database of the world’s 7,168 living languages, almost half are endangered. Over 88 million people speak a language that may not survive this century except in...
15 Jun 2026 Reclaiming the beautiful game – and communication – for the common good
It's time for football and communication to benefit communities, not generate profits, argues WACC Director of Programs Lorenzo Vargas. ...
11 Jun 2026 WACC Latin America launches new phase with regional strategic plan 2026–2029
WACC’s regional association in Latin America (WACC-AL) has marked the beginning of a new phase of collective action across the region with the approval of a work plan for 2026–2029 period during an extraordinary assembly on 1 June. Leer en español The plan, presented and debated with...
20 May 2026 Latest Media Development proposes paths to other, more inclusive technological worlds
“It is a challenge to engage with digital communication technologies in ways that relate meaningfully to local community realities, and yet without undermining inherent values and traditional knowledge,” writes Media Development editor Philip Lee. A response can be found in a closer study of digital media...
20 May 2026 New WACC interns to support digital justice work, strengthen impact through tech
WACC is pleased to welcome two new interns to our global team. Both are working with digital technologies to strengthen our mission of communication for all....
17 Apr 2026 WACC partners advance rights-based approach at landmark communication gathering in Latin America
WACC project partners from across Latin America and the Caribbean joined hundreds of communication practitioners, community media organizations, universities, and civil society actors from more than 20 countries at the 3rd Festival JUNTANZA for Communication from Our America in Quito, Ecuador. [caption id="attachment_66957" align="alignleft" width="300"] Alma...