03 Jan 2020 What you need to know about AI and your communication rights
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How should civil society engage with the challenges and opportunities created by Artificial Intelligence (AI)?WACC Global’s No-Nonsense Guide to Communication Rights, Civil Society and Artificial Intelligence identifies several ways in which citizen...
19 Dec 2019 WACC, CAMECO share vision of ’empowering people and communities on the margins’
WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher recently presented a workshop on “Upholding Human Rights and Social Justice in the Digital Age” during the 50th anniversary international conference of the Catholic Media Council...
18 Dec 2019 Gender and media monitoring useful for ‘media literacy’ in Bosnia & Herzegovina
In a country such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has “a strong patriarchal tradition and dominant stereotypes about women,” Abida Pehlic can’t emphasize enough how important the Global Media Monitoring Project...
10 Dec 2019 Human rights day: WACC puts spotlight on violence against journalists
On International Human Rights Day, December 10, WACC Global calls attention to the horrendous violence and abuse against journalists. “Investigative journalism is the backbone of a well-functioning democracy,” said Philip Lee, WACC...
09 Dec 2019 Project addresses ‘xenophobic discourse’ in Dominican Republic media, digital platforms
In response to rising xenophobia and racism in the Dominican Republic, WACC partner Espacio de Comunicación Insular has launched an awareness raising campaign on the issue and is developing a...
06 Dec 2019 Highlighting traditional and Indigenous climate knowledge at COP25
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in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Features, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action
Some 25,000 government, private sector, scientific community, and civil society representatives from over 200 countries are currently attending the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, Spain. It is increasingly clear...
29 Nov 2019 Nepal Indigenous community radio stations get a boost from WACC-supported project
Twenty-four technicians and broadcasters from 21 community radio stations in Nepal are now able to repair and conduct technical maintenance of broadcasting equipment on their own, thanks to a WACC-supported...
26 Nov 2019 WACC takes part in workshop to reclaim people’s digital power
WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher recently took part in a workshop, Data and Digital Intelligence as People’s Resources: Reclaiming Freedom and Control in a Data-based Society, held in Berlin...
22 Nov 2019 Get the latest issue of Media Development: Communication pirates of the Caribbean
This year’s last issue of WACC’s quarterly journal, Media Development, takes an in-depth look at the state of the Caribbean’s media and communications industry and their influence on the region’s...