The WACC Board of Directors has appointed Juha Rajamäki, a TV journalist and producer from Finland, as treasurer of the global association for communication rights for the time period 2023–2027....
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Digital Rights,
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The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) was launched on 28 March with a virtual event that explored how to amplify the voice of civil society in the digital age.
The DDI takes...
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News,
WACC Caribbean
At its General Assembly on 11 and 18 March 2023, the WACC Caribbean regional association selected new leadership and discussed areas of communication rights engagement for the next four years.
Regional...
The WACC online discussion “From Words to Action: Statements on Communication for a Better Future” on 3 April will give members and partners the opportunity to consider how statements on...
Since the start of the Russian invasion more than a year ago, over 8.1 million people have fled Ukraine. Nearly 4.9 million have obtained some form of temporary protection in...
The membership of WACC has elected Embert Charles, a communications and media specialist from the West Indies, to a second two-year term as president of the global association for communication...
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Gender,
News
Women journalists and activists can use the internet to their advantage and find support to help them stay safer online, concluded speakers at “Safe Zone: Creating media space for diverse...
Churches and civil society group must focus on questions of power around artificial intelligence (AI)—be that tech, political, gender, or racial power—and examine who is being included and excluded, concluded...
WACC is spotlighting gender-just online media and gender justice in our increasingly digitalized world at the NGO CSW67 Forum on 6–17 March 2023. The NGO platform enables civil society to...
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Gender,
News
Regulation of legacy media and digital platforms is crucial to ensure accountability for human rights for all and specifically for the right to freedom of expression for women and girls,...