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14 Jun 2024 WACC’s Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all

Posted at 13:48h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, Indigenous, Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

WACC’s Annual Report 2023 “Communication Justice for All” showcases the organization’s collective work last year to speak up for and advance just, inclusive, and community-led communication worldwide.“WACC believes in communication that builds and shapes community, enhances participation, and promotes freedom. Communication that demands accountability, builds...

25 Aug 2023 Latest Media Development explores links between media literacy, audience engagement, democracy

Posted at 19:02h in Communication Rights, Media Development, News 0 Comments

“More than a concept, it is necessary to understand the importance of media literacy as an instrument of public policies, essential to promote democracy and dialogue,” state the editors of the most recent Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal. The authors of the 3/2023 issue respond to...

26 May 2022 ‘Beyond calling and messaging’: India project boosts digital literacy skills of rural women

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About 4,700 rural women, youth, students, and members of marginalized communities in India will receive digital literacy and skills training as part of a WACC-supported project being implemented by local non-profit groups Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Wireless Women Engineers (WWE). The Digital Justice Program aims...

13 Dec 2021 Project helps close digital gender gap in India

Posted at 05:00h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, News 0 Comments

To help amplify the voices of women and girls in marginalized communities, WACC is supporting a project that will establish digital media literacy schools and produce media literacy modules in local languages in India. Ideosync Media Combine, a communication for social change organization in New Delhi,...

31 Jul 2020 Building a digital rights movement in India

Posted at 15:56h in Communication Rights, Digital Rights, News 0 Comments

WACC is supporting a project in India that will help civil society sectors understand and address policy issues around digital rights, which have been greatly affected during the Covid-19 pandemic. The use by many governments of monitoring tools in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has raised...

31 Mar 2020 WACC announces support for digital justice

Posted at 13:30h in Communication Rights, Digital Rights, News 0 Comments

As part of its efforts to promote communication rights around the world, WACC is proud to announce the launch of its new Communication Rights in a Digital Age Programme. The programme will support civil society organizations around the world working to advance digital media literacy and the use of open source...

10 Dec 2018 What price freedom of information?

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Freedom of information, including the right to access information held by public bodies, is crucial to democracy, good governance, and good citizenship.
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