WACC signs letter highlighting impact of bans on Afghan women’s human rights

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WACC has joined with Religions for Peace and over 150 individuals and international organizations to express concern about the human rights impact of further restrictions on the lives of Afghan women and girls announced by the Taliban in December 2022. In an open letter to representatives of the UN and the Organization of International Cooperation (OIC), the organizations raise searching… Read more »

Internet Connectivity through Community Resolve

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09 Jan 2023 Internet Connectivity through Community Resolve Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley My family decided to move to a rural location in northern England. Knowing that my job depends on excellent internet connections, friends expressed concern that by moving away from towns and their services, I wouldn’t be able to access the internet at the same… Read more »

Building the communications rights nest in 2023

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03 Jan 2023 Building the communications rights nest in 2023 Posted at 14:57h in News by Terri R. Miller Recent events had made it difficult to look forward, WACC President Embert Charles admitted when sitting down at the end of 2022 to pen a New Year’s message to those in the communication rights movement. He noted that, while the past… Read more »

MD 2020/1 Editorial

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12 Dec 2022 MD 2020/1 Editorial Posted at 16:18h in Media Development 2020/1 by Saskia Rowley In 1994, together with Isis International (Manila) and the Women’s Tribune Centre (New York), WACC co-organized a conference titled “Women Empowering Communication”. It took place 12-17 February in Bangkok, Thailand, at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University The conference title was deliberately chosen to reflect both… Read more »

Qatar: Digital surveillance and human rights abuse

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12 Dec 2022 Qatar: Digital surveillance and human rights abuse Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley For many, digital surveillance is a big “So what?”, the unavoidable risk of using the technology. For others, it can mean obstruction, harassment, detention, unfair trial, and imprisonment. Over 1.2 million international visitors were expected to visit Qatar to watch the FIFA… Read more »

Webinar breaks ground for ecumenical gender and media observatory

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An introductory webinar to social media monitoring on 8 December took the first steps towards establishing a global, ecumenical observatory to gather evidence on gender-based violence content in the media and advocate for change. The hands-on event “Rooting Out Gender Cyberviolence” was organized by WACC in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC) as part of a WACC–WCC gender… Read more »

WACC panel at SBCC Summit to feature communication for climate justice initiatives

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06 Dec 2022 WACC panel at SBCC Summit to feature communication for climate justice initiatives Posted at 09:55h in News by Terri R. Miller A WACC panel on 8 December at the Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Marrakech, Morocco, will highlight the crucial intersection between communication rights, localization, and climate justice. Organized by UNICEF and communication for… Read more »

Webinar to offer practical tools to root out gender cyberviolence

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02 Dec 2022 Webinar to offer practical tools to root out gender cyberviolence Posted at 12:48h in News by Terri R. Miller The webinar “Rooting out gender cyberviolence: An introduction to social media monitoring” on 8 December will give WACC members and partners the opportunity to take action against the harmful — and growing — phenomenon of online gender-based violence…. Read more »

Promoting Creole to challenge discrimination in the Caribbean

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30 Nov 2022 Promoting Creole to challenge discrimination in the Caribbean Posted at 11:21h in News, News by Terri R. Miller Grassroots movements are using research and documentation of the Creole language and culture to challenge historical and contemporary prejudice in the Caribbean region, WACC President Embert Charles told participants at the panel discussion “Archival Justice and Digital Collaborative Scholarship”… Read more »

Media gender equality in the era of diversity

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28 Nov 2022 Media gender equality in the era of diversity Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley Seems like you can’t fight for recognition of women in discussions about diversity without being drawn into TERF wars. The TERF—trans-exclusionary radical feminist—label is increasingly being applied to disparage voices urging protection of the modest gains for women in the steep… Read more »