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16 May 2025 Seizing the day for communication justice: Latest Media Development focuses on upcoming WSIS+20

Posted at 11:05h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Gender, Media Development, News 0 Comments

Is the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in July the last chance for communication justice?The high-level event will review progress in the past 20 years toward the WSIS vision of a people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented information society.It may the final opportunity to establish...

Group picture outside of the 30-some participants in WACC's partner forum in Kathmandu, Nepal

19 Mar 2025 WACC partners outline pathways to social justice–oriented implementation of Global Digital Compact

Posted at 11:05h in Digital Justice, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

Will the United Nations Global Digital Compact (GDC) meets its aim of fostering an inclusive, open, safe, and secure digital future for all?Its success or failure hangs on how it is put into practice, say WACC and its partners, in a new implementation roadmap rooted...

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20 Feb 2025 Newest Media Development explores how digital justice is key to achieving climate justice

Posted at 21:50h in Climate Justice, Digital Justice, Media Development, News 0 Comments

Communication justice is vital to addressing the existential threats posed by climate change and environmental inequity in our digital world, Media Development editor Philip Lee writes in "Climate Justice and Digital Inclusion," the latest issue of WACC’s journal. This means ensuring both that everyone has access...

27 Jan 2025 Big Tech undermine free speech and democracy

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice 0 Comments

The right to freedom of expression alone is not enough to protect democratic communication and public debate, which are the cornerstones of society. This right, while essential, does not create avenues to address power imbalances in how people communicate and shape public opinion. A tech mogul...

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04 Dec 2024 Webinar presents tools, strategies to tackle disinformation

Posted at 11:29h in Digital Justice, Event, News, WACC Africa 0 Comments

Faith communities can use practical tools, strategies, and global advocacy to counter — and prevent — the spread of false information, the webinar “Religion and Disinformation: How to be a trusted source” yesterday illustrated with case studies and approaches from the Africa region.Organized by WACC...

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19 Nov 2024 Latest Media Development focuses on global vision of digital justice

Posted at 13:54h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Media Development, News 0 Comments

“A Global Vision of Digital Justice,” the most recent issue of WACC’s journal Media Development, delves deeper into the question of how democratic and inclusive governance frameworks can be designed for today’s digital information society. The United Nations Summit of the Future in September 2024...

About 18 men and women from the Indigenous Community Radio Network stand together with a banner in Nepalese.

11 Oct 2024 WACC partner forum to give communication rights response to UN Global Digital Compact

Posted at 12:24h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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,...

Image: Screengrab from Citizen TV Kenya’s video “How Nairobi hawkers are cashing in on Artificial Intelligence”

30 Sep 2024 The Global Digital Compact: A step in the right direction

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Digital Justice, Digital Rights 0 Comments

In one part of the world, in Nairobi, Kenya, street vendors are doing booming business with “art” generated by artificial intelligence whose pricing matches or is even higher than real art. What constitutes “art” may be in the eyes of the beholder, but it seems no...

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16 Sep 2024 Summit of a Future for All?

Posted at 01:00h in Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights 0 Comments

“Summit of the Future” sounds a bit like an Avengers movie. It is in fact a much-anticipated (and much-hyped) United Nations event on 22–23 September that aims to address the critical issues that are increasingly transforming lives – issues such as climate change, digital governance,...

A girl reaches for a computer mouse in front of two women in headscarves sitting in front of a computer while a third woman in a headscarf points to the computer screen. All look intently at the screen

05 Jun 2024 WSIS+20 Forum session outlines recommendations for gender-just digital governance

Posted at 10:20h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, News, WSIS+20 0 Comments

A New Gender Deal should be included as part of the outcomes of the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) if our digital future is to be an inclusive and empowering one for women and girls, panelists stressed at a...