26 May 2025 WACC–SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2025 goes to documentary Karuara, People of the River
Karuara, People of the River, directed by Stephanie Boyd and Miguel Araoz Cartagena, has been given the WACC–SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2025. This feature-length documentary gives voice to an Indigenous community in Peru’s northern Amazon region whose survival depends not just on climate justice, but...
23 May 2025 WACC Annual Report 2024 highlights collective work to enable a future for all
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WACC’s Annual Report 2024 “Enabling a Future for All” brings to life the organization’s collective work last year to advocate for digital justice, gender justice, and climate justice, and to put people at the center of digital societies. “WACC has added its voice to the...
13 May 2025 Recommendations on the implementation of the Global Digital Compact
In September 2024, the United Nations adopted a “Global Digital Compact“ at the Summit of the Future in New York City. The Compact is a non-binding international agreement that seeks to foster collaboration between governments, technology companies, the technical community, and civil society to help...19 Feb 2025 Media Development 2025-1 online magazine and pdfs
Media Development 2025-1 Climate Justice and Digital Inclusion Climate justice is an existential threat that demands concerted action at many different levels. It is vital for civil society to be seen and heard in public where climate-related issues affecting human rights and justice are under...19 Feb 2025 MD 2025-1 Editorial
The international humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide says that, “Climate justice is more than a concept. It’s a movement to recognize that the effects of climate change are not felt equally – and that it’s usually those who have done the least to cause climate change...19 Feb 2025 What is said, what is not said, and the danger in between
Pie Mabanta-Fenomeno Amid the lush and vibrant landscape of the Philippines, where natural resources abound and the scenery become a perfect background for heartfelt narratives, one story is often overlooked: the story of its marginalized and indigenous peoples in the face of climate change. At...
21 Oct 2024 WACC partners to highlight key role of local voices at UN global biodiversity summit
WACC partners from Latin America are set to demonstrate the essential place of local voices exercising communication rights for climate justice as the United Nations Biodiversity Conference – COP 16 opens today in Cali, Colombia. Every two years the UN event gathers governments and other...
11 Oct 2024 WACC partner forum to give communication rights response to UN Global Digital Compact
Some 25 of WACC’s grassroots partners in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East will explore the communication rights implications of the newly adopted United Nations Global Digital Compact and develop a joint plan of action for advocacy when they meet on 22–25 October in Kathmandu,...