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05 Feb 2026 WACC – A moral beacon for communication justice

Posted at 16:01h in AR 2025 0 Comments

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Communication rights are in the DNA of digital justice, gender justice, and climate justice. These global challenges can only be tackled when the right to information and communication underpin decision-making processes founded on human dignity and equality....

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15 Dec 2025 How far are we on the path to a people-centric, inclusive, and development-oriented Information Society?

Posted at 06:00h in Comment, Digital Justice, WSIS+20 0 Comments

After all, that is the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), whose +20 outcomes will be finalized by UN member states this week (December 16–17). Both at the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting in July in Geneva and in the negotiations involved in drafting...

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29 Oct 2025 WACC Conversation Circle to boost collective voice for digital justice post-WSIS+20

Posted at 10:55h in Digital Justice, Event, News 0 Comments

A WACC Conversation Circle on 6 November aims to strengthen collective action for a more just digital future in the wake of the 20-year review of the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20).The one-hour online conversation “Building Momentum – Digital Justice Advocacy...

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15 Jul 2025 Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality

Posted at 11:44h in Comment, Digital Justice, WSIS+20 0 Comments

Advancing digital rights, connecting billions, and democratizing data will cost money. After the last week’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High Level Event it is clear: if we want to achieve digital justice and inclusion, we need to discuss how this process will...

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11 Jul 2025 Communication rights are foundational for just and inclusive digital societies, WACC stresses at WSIS+20

Posted at 10:08h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, News, WSIS+20 0 Comments

Communication must be recognized not merely as a tool for development, but as a human right that is central to human dignity, agency, and justice, WACC General Secretary Philip Lee told participants at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event on Wednesday. Despite...

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02 Jul 2025 WACC to advocate for digital justice at World Summit on Information Society +20

Posted at 09:07h in Digital Rights, News, One Year Projects, WSIS+20 0 Comments

WACC and partners will champion a people-centred digital transformation at the World Summit on the Information Society +20 High-Level Event (WSIS+20) in Geneva on 7–11 July.With a seven-member delegation of staff and national partners from the Global South, and in collaboration with leading international civil...

30 Jun 2025 Beyond Connectivity – Advocating Community at the World Summit on the Information Society

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Digital Justice, WSIS+20 0 Comments

Today, 30 June, is “World Social Media Day” – a commemoration created by the website Mashable in 2010 that celebrates the transformative power of social media. That transformation – with all its positive and negative real world impacts – is part of the information eco-system under...

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...

23 Apr 2025 Vote for communication rights in WSIS contest profiling digital success stories

Posted at 11:35h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, News, WSIS+20 0 Comments

WACC members, friends, and partners have a unique chance to promote communication rights in practice on a global stage by voting for network entries nominated for the WSIS Prizes 2025.The contest, run by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), recognizes activities that leverage...

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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...