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Advocating for communication rights as a cornerstone for social justice since 1968. Join the global movement for communication for all to ensure that people can be seen and heard. waccglobal.org
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There's #NoExcuse for online abuse. Will you join in taking #16Days to help stop digital violence against women & girls?

We can make online spaces safer for all. Find info & resources for action: bit.ly/16Days-StopT...

#StopTFGBV #GenderJustDigital @unwomen.bsky.social @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
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There's #NoExcuse for online abuse. Will you join in taking #16Days to help stop digital violence against women & girls?

We can make online spaces safer for all. Find info & resources for action: bit.ly/16Days-StopT...

#StopTFGBV #GenderJustDigital @unwomen.bsky.social @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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What are the 6 questions we need to wrestle with to reclaim the digital agenda beyond #WSIS+20?

The answer from #WACC’s latest Conversation Circle: bit.ly/DigitalJusti...

#DigitalJustice #CommunicationRights

@itu.int @cpu-ph.bsky.social
@itforchange.bsky.social
@datafriendlyspace.bsky.social
The logo of the World Summit on the Information Society +20, with the text "Can we reclaim the digital agenda beyond #WSIS+20" superimposed
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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WACC joins the call for #UNFCCC #COP30 to take binding action to uphold information integrity on climate change. Without accurate, trustworthy information, at the local level, forget about mobilizing public support for climate policy.
#ClimateJustice #CommunicationRights

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November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Media literacy is the 1st step to tackling communication rights challenges like misinformation, polarization, misuse of AI. But it needs to be tailored. Discover what this might look like in Asia: bit.ly/GMILW-WACCAsia

#DigitalJustice #MediaLiteracy #GlobalMILWeek

@unesco.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Is seeing still believing? Misinformation & tech-facilitated gender-based violence are spreading fast in our AI age. In a WACC reflection for @unesco.bsky.social #GlobalMILWeek, WACC Africa's Lekan Otufodunrin explores why we need to be informed digital users: bit.ly/GMILW-WACCAf...

#DigitalJustice
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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🌐 Building Momentum: Digital Justice Advocacy Post- #WSIS +20. Join us on 6 Nov to shape future joint action! Learn more & register: bit.ly/DigitalJusti...

📅 6 Nov | 13–14:00 UTC+00:00
With @cpu-ph.bsky.social
@itforchange.bsky.social @datafriendlyspace.bsky.social Danchurchaid

#DigitalJustice
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Escalating clampdowns on civic space. Ruthless legal attacks on the media. Is it too late to save democracy?

@Thomson Reuters Foundation's Trust Conference 2025 tackled this pressing question. WACC's GenSec Philip Lee reports on some of the responses: bit.ly/TrustConfere...

#TC2025 #MediaFreedom
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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⛏️🌐Extraction powers digital today, capturing data, attention, water, economies, rights – and monetizing them. We need just tech governance to move from extractivism to equitable digital.

More in the latest #waccComment: bit.ly/Comment-20Oc...

#DigitalJustice #WSIS
October 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The internet is a digital lifeline for much of the world. Last year there were 105+ internet shutdowns. This is censorship & it subverts democracy. Tech governance must outlaw such denial of #CommunicationRights.

More: bit.ly/Comment-6Oct...

#DigitalJustice #DemocracyNow #waccComment
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Our “You Are Not Alone” joint project with Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants & @elcalutherans.bsky.social is bearing fruit! Learn what has happened so far in 2025 in this cross-regional work to strengthen migrant-centered communication: bit.ly/YANA-2025News

#MigrantRights #MigrantVoices
September 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Why we need equitable masculinities to create inclusive & safe digital media ➡️ bit.ly/Equitable-Ma...

#GenderEquality #DigitalJustice #HeForSheSummit #UNGA

@unwomen.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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30 years ago today, UN Member States adopted the #Beijing Platform for Action for #GenderEquality – hope for a new dawn for women & girls. Now #GMMP 2025 data show the Beijing dream remains just that – a dream. We need a radical shift: bit.ly/Comment-22Se...

#GMMP30 #Beijing30 @unwomen.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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📣 Key findings from our 2025 Global Media Monitoring Project (#GMMP) will be unveiled in less than an hour. Have you booked your virtual spot?
Still time to register & learn where we stand with #GenderEquality in media ➡️ bit.ly/GMMP2025-Hig...
#GMMP30 #WhoMakesTheNews #Beijing30 @unwomen.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Half the world, only a quarter of the news. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Global Media Monitoring Project is the world’s largest and longest-running study of gender in news, conducted every five years for the past 30 years. The GMMP surveys how women are represented, po...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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It's #Beijing30. What progress for media gender equality has been made? Join us with @unwomen.bsky.social & the UN Correspondents Association next Thurs for key findings from the 7th Global Media Monitoring Project #GMMP!

➡️ More: bit.ly/GMMP2025-Hig...

#GMMP30 #GenderEquality #WhoMakesTheNews
August 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Leaders may try to rewrite history, but each of us can preserve memory. Capturing stories and facts and sharing truth helps ensure the world doesn’t forget, but learns.

More in the latest #waccComment ➡️ bit.ly/Comment-25Au...

#CommunicationRights #MemoryPolitics #NeverForget
The wrinkled hands of older person hold an aged black and white photo with other old photos and an old photo album on the table in front of them. Text reads "The politics of memory".
August 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Our Global Media Monitoring Project #GMMP looks at indicators of gender (in)equality in the news, like if the journalist is a woman or a man. Coming soon: #GMMP30 preliminary findings!

⬇️ GMMP30 Team Spain 🇪🇸 @comunifac.bsky.social on monitoring day

#WhoMakesTheNews #Beijing30 @unwomen.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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In times of crisis, communication is even more vital. We must #ActForHumanity to protect this lifesaving right:

🔹Ensure sustainable funding
🔹Meet local needs
🔹Develop international norms

Learn more: bit.ly/WSIS20-CommI...

#CommunicationForAll #CommIsAid #WorldHumanitarianDay @unocha.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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How AI can serve humanity responsibly? The latest issue of WACC's Media Development journal takes a communication rights look at the digital technology that is re-shaping our world ➡️ bit.ly/MediaDevelop...

#DigitalJustice #ResponsibleAI #WSIS @unesco.bsky.social @wsis20sec.bsky.social
Cover of Media Development featuring a futuristic robot person and the words "Artificial intelligence: Friend or Foe?"
August 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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In the face of genocide, there is no place for silence. While politicians dither, corporate hucksters profit & many stay silent, the slaughter in #Gaza goes on. Tragically, everyone’s hands are now permanently stained.
bit.ly/Comment-11Au...
#CommunicationRights #GazaUnderAttack #waccComment
August 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Intersectionality. Civil society. Youth. 3 action areas for a more inclusive & multistakeholder @wsis20sec.bsky.social Process.

➡️ WACC #WSIS +20 delegate Laine McCrory reflects: bit.ly/WSIS20-NA-sc...

#FromConnectivity2Community #DigitalJustice @torontomet.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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“Digital justice is not just about infrastructure–it’s about power, access & dignity. Until these are in the hands of the people #DigitalJustice is just rhetoric.”

➡️ More on #WSIS +20 by Xian Guevarra @cpu-ph.bsky.social: bit.ly/WSIS20-CPU

#FromConnectivity2Community @wsis20sec.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Why should we care what happens to @unesco.bsky.social? Because it is one of the few spaces where global standards on digital justice issues are being set.

More on why the US exit from UNESCO underscores the need for civil society to step up: bit.ly/Comment-28Ju...

#DigitalJustice #waccComment
July 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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With @farmradio.org @jhrnews.bsky.social @ifex.org Community Radio Fund of Canada, Town Advocacy, WACC calls on Govn of Canada to build its strategy for inclusive growth & global stability on rights-based media & communication initiatives. ⬇️ Our op-ed in @hilltimes.com
hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Safeguarding Canada's future through independent media and solution journalism
As Canada asserts its leadership on the world stage, we urge the government to make media and communication initiatives, grounded in a human rights-based approach, a cornerstone of its strategy for in...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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WACC GS Philip Lee in conversation with HE Am. Ekitela Lokaale (Kenya), Co-Facilitator of #WSIS +20. They were in agreement on the ongoing relevance of the WSIS process & its human rights framework.

#FromConnectivity2Community #DigitalJustice #CommunicationForAll

@wsis20sec.bsky.social @itu.int
Ekitela Lokaale from Kenya looks at Philip Lee who is speaking to him. Both are standing in a hallway in front of an information booth with colourful posters
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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How do we center people & planet in #WSIS+20 & beyond? We must
🗣️ Listen to all voices
🌐 Work seriously for meaningful connectivity
💰 Find sustainable financing that leaves no one behind
More: bit.ly/WSIS20-Digit...
#FromConnectivity2Community #DigitalJustice #DigitalJusticeNow @wsis20sec.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM