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An Indigenous woman speaks into a microphone with her other hand raised in a fist. People behind her hold a colorful banner.

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...

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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...

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28 May 2024 WACC session at WSIS+20 Forum to envision a gender-equal digital future

Posted at 10:11h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, News, WSIS+20 0 Comments

With the aim to reimagine the digital landscape through a gender-just lens, WACC and the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) are organizing a session at the World Summit on the Information Society - WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event in Geneva. Themed "Gender Equality and Inclusion...

An Indigenous young man and woman in India sit on the floor and look together at their mobile phones

14 May 2024 Civil society urged to advocate for just digital future in WSIS+20 process

Posted at 12:06h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, News 0 Comments

Civil society organizations need to be active participants in multi-stakeholder dialogues to find solutions to current global challenges and to shape a just digital future, WACC expert Sarah Macharia urged the United Nations Civil Society Conference last week in Nairobi. Recent analyses clearly show that the...

06 May 2024 He who pays the piper calls the tune

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

The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event to be held in Geneva 27-31 May 2024 will mark twenty years of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in two phases – Geneva in 2003 and...

20 Mar 2024 Keep gender at center of global digital governance, NGO CSW68 event urges

Posted at 13:19h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

The event “Digital Communication Rights: Empowering women for the digital age” on 12 March at the NGO CSW Forum 68 offered civil society advocates, academics, and media professionals tools to advance a gender-just digital world. The Forum is a civil society gathering held annually in parallel...

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08 Mar 2024 CSW68: WACC and partners aim to empower women for the digital age

Posted at 18:02h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, News 0 Comments

WACC and partner organizations are aiming to equip gender justice advocates to advance women’s digital communication rights with an event during the NGO CSW Forum 68 in New York on 11–24 March. The Forum is a civil society gathering held in parallel to the annual session...

WACC General Secretary Philip Lee sits at a table and gives his presentation. Projected slide reads "The same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”

23 Jan 2024 Civil society must respond to digital colonialism with just digital transformation

Posted at 15:01h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, News 0 Comments

An entrenched digital colonialism is shrinking public space and violating communication rights. The global ecumenical movement is called to respond with digital justice, WACC General Secretary Philip Lee told communicators from the Council for World Mission (CWM) gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 16–18 January. Our...

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14 Aug 2023 WACC partner forum outlines agenda for just digital future

Posted at 13:02h in Digital Justice, Digital Rights, News, One Year Projects 1 Comment

WACC project partners from 17 countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have outlined a vision for a process of digital transformation rooted in justice and focused on the common good as the international community moves towards the 20-year review of the World Summit...

06 Apr 2023 Grassroots voices needed for impactful civil society statements

Posted at 18:41h in News 0 Comments

If communication rights advocates want to use statements to drive social change, they need to be clear about their motivations and build coalitions that include grassroots voices, panelists concluded at the WACC event “From Words to Action: Statements on Communication for a Better Future” on...