24 Nov 2023 #NoExcuse: Join the 16 Days of Activism campaign and take action to #EndCyberGBV Gender-based violence on and through digital communication technologies is arguably the most pervasive human rights violation on the Internet. It is clear that technology — once considered an agent for gender equality — has become a serious threat to women’s rights. Sexual harassment. Rape… Read more »

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24 Nov 2023 MD 2023/4 Editorial Posted at 12:32h in Media Development 2023/4 by Saskia Rowley Media coverage of migration and migrants has been subjected to intense scrutiny by human rights activists, who see that news reporting has ranged from fair and balanced to biased and prejudiced, inciting a gamut of responses locally and nationally. Blatantly negative reporting has increased… Read more »

24 Nov 2023 Background: Migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people Posted at 12:30h in Media Development 2023/4 by Saskia Rowley In 2020, there were about 281 million international migrants in the world, according to a recent report.1 That figure equates to 3.6% of the global population. Displaced persons accounted for 89.4 million (including refugees, asylum seekers, displaced Venezuelans,… Read more »

22 Nov 2023 WACC Latin America joins regional call to protect and promote Indigenous community media WACC’s Latin America region has joined with other regional communication networks in calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to take concrete action to ensure stronger promotion of Indigenous communication rights. An autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS), the… Read more »

Against the backdrop of the horrific Israel-Hamas conflict, WACC partner the CDAC Network invited reflection on the theme “Communication in conflict: can we safeguard information in the age of AI?” with an inspiring public forum on 15 November in London. The gathering spotlighted the need for trusted, timely, accurate information and two-way communication in situations of conflict. WACC General Secretary… Read more »

16 Nov 2023 Call to re-strategize for GMMP 2025 to tackle new challenges of gender equality in the media Advocacy must evolve and new partnerships be formed to address current challenges of gender equality in and through the media, WACC Gender and Communications Program Manager Sarah Macharia told an online gathering of gender and media experts in late October. The… Read more »

13 Nov 2023 Regulating digital corporations: A matter of rights Regulation of digital media may be understood as a means for expanding the space for freedom of expression. There is however a spectrum of reasons for opposition to such regulation, from concerns about potential for abuse by authoritarian States to global big tech’s interest to operate unfettered on their own… Read more »