13 May 2019 Digital media and divide in Ethiopia
“There is no system!” This is the most bureaucratic and disconcerting response that most people often hear from Ethiopian government/civil service whenever they seek out services....
13 May 2019 Democracy for All: Beyond a crisis of imagination
This article sets out the conclusions of a year-long research project led by CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance. Our consultations heard the voices of people from around 80 countries. Civil society leaders, activists and stakeholders shared 54 written contributions and provided 97 interviews, while 26...
13 May 2019 Violation of media rights in Gaza
Even though freedom of expression and opinion are guaranteed under Palestinian Basic Law and also by International Laws and Conventions, violating this right has become a familiar occurrence in everyday Gaza....
13 May 2019 How Israel controls Palestinian ICTs
What follows are the summary, introduction and conclusion from “Connection Interrupted: Israel’s Control of the Palestinian ICT Infrastructure and Its Impact on Digital Rights” published by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media (December 2018).
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13 May 2019 Conversemos de salud, desde la perspectiva de la Agenda 2030
La salud es una condición de bienestar físico, mental y social. Va más allá de la ausencia de enfermedades. Este es el concepto de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), una visión integral que la presenta como un aspecto que cruza tres dimensiones, es...
13 May 2019 Queer Archive as a journey of transformation, connection and visibility
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou...
13 May 2019 El derecho a la comunicación en relación al proceso de memoria, verdad y justicia
La lucha de los organismos de derechos humanos por el esclarecimiento histórico de los crímenes cometidos en el marco del Plan Cóndor durante las décadas de 1970 y 1980 hace de la Argentina un país reconocido internacionalmente. La Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (APDH)...
13 May 2019 What do the SDGs mean for the world’s Indigenous Peoples?
It has been over four years since the heads of states gathered at a High level Plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly in September 2015 in New York and adopted a new development framework: “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in...
13 May 2019 Social progress and its measures
In the early 20th Century, the American pragmatist philosopher John Dewey argued in his Democracy and Education that society is intrinsically linked with and embedded in its communicative forms....
13 May 2019 Shrinking civic space and sustainable development
Drawing on learnings from WACC consultations with 92 organizations and academic institutions working on communication-related issues, this article examines the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda from a communication rights perspective. It argues for the missing SDG 18: Communication rights for all.
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