Monthly Archives: March 2023

The WACC Board of Directors has appointed Juha Rajamäki, a TV journalist and producer from Finland, as treasurer of the global association for communication rights for the time period 2023–2027. He succeeds Stephen Brown, whose term comes to an end on May 30. A former president and vice president of WACC Europe, Rajamäki was a WACC Director from 2007 to… Read more »

30 Mar 2023 Launch of Digital Democracy Initiative for digital tech that supports human rights, democracy The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) was launched on 28 March with a virtual event that explored how to amplify the voice of civil society in the digital age. The DDI takes up the pledge of the Danish-led Tech for Democracy initiative “to make digital… Read more »

The WACC online discussion “From Words to Action: Statements on Communication for a Better Future” on 3 April will give members and partners the opportunity to consider how statements on communication could be used to drive social change. Everyone from civil society networks to intergovernmental forums and even political bodies have used documents such as statements, manifestos, declarations, and pledges… Read more »

27 Mar 2023 Why Communication Rights are Key to Supporting the Rights of Ukrainian Refugees Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley Since the start of the Russian invasion more than a year ago, over 8.1 million people have fled Ukraine. Nearly 4.9 million have obtained some form of temporary protection in different European countries —  a major humanitarian… Read more »

23 Mar 2023 Embert Charles Re-Elected as WACC President Posted at 15:50h in News by Terri R. Miller The membership of WACC has elected Embert Charles, a communications and media specialist from the West Indies, to a second two-year term as president of the global association for communication rights, for 2023-2027. Charles has been president of WACC Global since 2019…. Read more »

10 Mar 2023 Education, advocacy, and action key to advancing gender justice in digital spaces governed by algorithms Posted at 14:01h in News by Terri R. Miller Churches and civil society group must focus on questions of power around artificial intelligence (AI)—be that tech, political, gender, or racial power—and examine who is being included and excluded, concluded speakers at a… Read more »

08 Mar 2023 WACC events at global women’s forum to focus on women’s digital communication rights Posted at 16:58h in News by Terri R. Miller WACC is spotlighting gender-just online media and gender justice in our increasingly digitalized world at the NGO CSW67 Forum on 6–17 March 2023. The NGO platform enables civil society to engage with the UN Commission… Read more »

Regulation of legacy media and digital platforms is crucial to ensure accountability for human rights for all and specifically for the right to freedom of expression for women and girls, experts stressed on 3 March at the 52nd Session on the Human Rights Council (HRC52) in Geneva. The HRC52 side event “Gender equality and freedom of expression: Mainstream Media |… Read more »