With progress towards media gender parity on a plateau, women’s rights advocates are taking time to pause, reflect, and innovate. Gender equality in the global news media is at a crossroads...
Who makes the news in 2025? What progress has been made towards gender equality in and through the media over the past three decades? Given the evidence, what critical shifts...
WACC Europe’s board reaffirmed that advancing digital justice – including responsible AI – and tackling rising polarization will stay at the forefront of its agenda, following its hybrid meeting last...
In 1960s Britain it was common for travelling salesmen (hardly ever women) to go from door to door selling subscriptions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Twenty-four volumes whose cost could be...
“Civic space enables civil society to play a role in political, economic and social life,” Media Development editor Philip Lee writes in “Integrity and Trust Underpin the Digital Sphere,” the...
When a woman was elected as the new member of parliament for my area, I was appalled at the misogyny and abusive comments levelled at her personally whenever she posted...
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Civic space enables civil society to play a role in political, economic and social life. When civic freedoms shrink, people are deterred from expressing themselves freely, from protesting publicly, and...
Theresa Swinehart When we think about the Internet, it’s easy to focus on what it delivers: instant communication, access to knowledge, or new ways to connect to each other, conduct business,...
Ralf Peter Reimann Who owns the Internet? The answer is actually clear. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the global internet’s domain system, operates as a...