Monthly Archives: July 2024

Digital literacy strengthens voice of Indigenous Soliga communities in India

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30 Jul 2024 Digital literacy strengthens voice of Indigenous Soliga communities in India A WACC-supported project run by Ideosync Media Combine is enhancing digital inclusion of the Soliga Indigenous communities in the Biligiri Rangan Hills of southwestern India’s Karnataka state. The Soliga tribal communities, with 60,000 members, have faced decades of disenfranchisement. They have been advocating over the past decade… Read more »

Football, free expression, and the defeat of fascism

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15 Jul 2024 Football, free expression, and the defeat of fascism Football (soccer), the world’s most popular—and we would argue most beautiful—sport, has become a multi-million-dollar industry marked by astronomical salaries, stadiums that look like spaceships, and billion-dollar sponsorship and television deals. The sport is regulated by FIFA at the global level and groups like CONMEBOL and UEFA at the… Read more »

Project addresses gender stereotypes, sexism in Senegal’s online media

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03 Jul 2024 Project addresses gender stereotypes, sexism in Senegal’s online media WACC is partnering with the organization Communautés Africaines to enhance the gender sensitivity of web journalists in Senegal and advance positive, non-sexist portrayals of women in digital news media, including better representation of women in reporting of gender-based violence (GBV). Women are under-represented in online media content in… Read more »

“Just Digital” course launched to help ecumenical users navigate wisely online

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02 Jul 2024 “Just Digital” course launched to help ecumenical users navigate wisely online Ecumenical partners today are launching “Big Issues in Small Bytes,” the first module of “Just Digital,” a fun, self-directed online course aiming to help individuals and groups navigate wisely online and advocate effectively. The e-learning course has been created by the World Association for Christian Communication… Read more »

Digitalization should carry a planetary health warning

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01 Jul 2024 Digitalization should carry a planetary health warning Posted at 08:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley A large part of the world can no longer function without data centres. These are the networked computing and storage facilities that enable the delivery of software applications and data. They are vital to the daily functioning of governments, societies, and users… Read more »