Monthly Archives: June 2023

Gender equality “moving backwards”

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26 Jun 2023 Gender equality “moving backwards” Posted at 08:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley The headline in the Statista information bulletin leapt out at me. Highlighting a recent report from the World Economic Forum, it stated that based on current trends, it will take another 131 years to close the global gender gap, 30% higher than its 2020 prediction… Read more »

Migrants and refugees in the media

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12 Jun 2023 Migrants and refugees in the media Posted at 16:22h in Comment by Saskia Rowley According to a recent report (The Guardian, 19 May 2023), the BBC has commissioned a study on whether a broad range of viewpoints on migration are being reflected in all aspects of its immigration coverage. Samir Shah, who contributed to the UK government’s… Read more »

WACC launches quiz as fun tool to promote digital justice

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WACC has launched a new quiz as a fun way for people to test their knowledge of justice issues related to digital technology. WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher and WACC Europe President Ralf Peter Reimann, together with WACC partner the Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany (EMW), unveiled the Digital Revolution Game on 10 June in Nuremberg,… Read more »

New Media Development issue looks at unfinished business of archival justice

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Power is at play when it comes to the question of whose stories, both individual and collective, are preserved as public memory, says Editor Philip Lee in “Archival Justice: Unfinished Business,” the latest issue of Media Development. In his editorial Lee notes that “what is archived or retained in political, economic, and social structures — including languages and the media… Read more »

WACC Board of Directors moves to strengthen mission of communication for all

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01 Jun 2023 WACC Board of Directors moves to strengthen mission of communication for all Posted at 16:54h in News by Terri R. Miller WACC’s newly appointed international Board of Directors determined steps to strengthen the organization’s mission to promote communication rights as a cornerstone for more just societies when it met in London, UK, on May 10–12. Under the… Read more »

General Secretary: WACC must steer course toward a global dialogue platform on communicative freedom

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01 Jun 2023 General Secretary: WACC must steer course toward a global dialogue platform on communicative freedom Posted at 16:49h in News by Terri R. Miller The WACC ship has set a course for the future and that is to focus on building a transformative movement that helps shape government policies and actions “founded on human dignity, human rights, and… Read more »

WACC President calls for purposeful approach to communication for all in post-Covid era

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01 Jun 2023 WACC President calls for purposeful approach to communication for all in post-Covid era Posted at 16:44h in News by Terri R. Miller President Embert Charles has urged the WACC Board to draw on the wisdom of maturity to promote the mission of communication for all in a post-pandemic world marked by diverse threats to human rights and… Read more »