17 Sep 2019 WACC publishes No-Nonsense Guide to Communication Rights and the Internet
Over half of the world’s population of 7.7 billion are connected to the Internet, which has profoundly changed the way people live, work and communicate....
06 Sep 2019 WACC draws attention to billions left out of digital technology
On International Literacy Day, Saturday, September 8, WACC calls attention to the digital divide that excludes billions of people around the world – including Indigenous people and linguistic minorities – from accessing and distributing information through digital communication platforms.
...
09 Jul 2019 Narrow the gaps! The United Nations is listening
UN meetings are often bureaucratic. This one has a sense of urgency.
With its rather dull title, the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is taking place in New York 9-18 July 2019. Its theme...
08 Jul 2019 SDGs bound to fail without civil society, access to information
Posted at 09:05h
in Communication Rights, News, WACC Africa, WACC Asia, WACC Caribbean, WACC Latin America, WACC Middle East, WACC Pacific 0 Comments
The growing trend of shrinking civic spaces around the world is likely to end or reverse progress towards reducing inequality, ensuring inclusion, and achieving a sustainable future for all, a research by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has concluded.
....jpg?fit=620%2C410&ssl=1)
03 Jul 2019 WACC to send delegates to Madrid conference on communication, technology & human dignity
Program managers Sarah Macharia and Lorenzo Vargas will represent WACC at the 2019 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, scheduled July 7 to 11, in Madrid....
25 Jun 2019 Chiapas community radio promotes communication rights, Indigenous self-determination
A WACC-supported project involving an Indigenous community radio in Chiapas, Mexico, has resulted in the production of 12 programmes on topics such as women’s rights, Indigenous rights and heritage, communication rights, land rights, self-determination and the environment.
...
03 May 2019 WACC urges global support for press freedom
Today, May 3, is World Press Freedom Day, and WACC is calling on all individuals to support and promote independent and diverse media....
16 Apr 2019 Human rights NGO publishes communicator’s guide to Argentina’s memory, truth and justice process
A human rights NGO has published a guide for reporting on Argentina’s memory, truth and justice process amid “alarming” efforts to deny or downplay abuses committed during the country’s military dictatorship.
...
20 Mar 2019 WACC e-book compiles editorials on critical issues facing communications & social justice
Since 1970, WACC has published Media Development, a quarterly journal that has examined critical issues about the role of communications in promoting social justice worldwide....
20 Mar 2019 Post-truth era threatens communication rights
Living in a post-truth era, where people disregard facts or cherry-pick those that bolster their own beliefs, is the biggest challenge facing communication rights of people around the world, says Piet Halma, one of WACC’s honorary life members for 2018....