12 Sep 2014 Seven Years of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
September 13 marks seven years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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September 13 marks seven years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
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A new “truly human-centered” approach to development should include “freedom of expression and media development,” according to UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
...A recent study of Palestinian media shows that women are vastly under-represented on both sides of the news report, as journalists and in the content.
...The Toronto-based IFEX network notes in a website story that the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has been lobbying the U.N. to include access to information in the official Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
...Supporters of WACC are seeing the results of its global work advancing communication rights in the 2013 annual report
...WACC-Africa and project partners identified ways to advance communication rights and gender justice at a forum on Gender and Communication in Africa at War and in Peace, held Aug. 4-7 in Nairobi....
WACC partners with many different groups worldwide to promote communication rights by means of one-year-long initiatives under different programme areas....
Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council paints a disturbing picture of intrusive technological surveillance.
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The UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance on Media & Gender (GAMAG ) has named WACC to its International Steering Committee, which will guide the work of the alliance leading to the 20 Read More
WACC has been accepted as a member of ACT Alliance, a coalition of more than 140 churches and affiliated organizations working together in 140 countries to create positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalized people.
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