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The social media accounts linked to from waccglobal.org are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • LinkedIn • X Besides social media accounts, waccglobal has populated their site with: • “No one is voiceless”: WACC urges field of social and behavior change to put community knowledge at center • Access, agency, voice: Communities in Global South are shaping another technological world, WACC session tells WSIS Forum • 3 conferences, 3 contrasts: Where does digital justice go from here? • “Ecumenical movement needs to mitigate misuse of AI” | Lesmore Gibson Ezekiel • WACC to highlight community voices at key UN meetings on AI governance, information society • Language loss and AI • WACC Latin America launches new phase with regional strategic plan 2026–2029 • WACC partner in Nigeria empowers social media users to challenge misogynistic narratives • Reclaiming the beautiful game – and communication – for the common good • WACC partner in Pakistan spotlights online misogyny, lays foundation for systemic change • Project in Nigeria reshapes national discourse on digital violence against women • AI everything – Except humanity • Latest Media Development proposes paths to other, more inclusive technological worlds • New WACC interns to support digital justice work, strengthen impact through tech • Digital Justice – The Good News • Why the church needs to be a conversation partner on AI • WACC | The hidden cost of AI: Digital colonialism and the Global South • Reclaiming digital technology to build a fairer, safer, and more inclusive world • WACC Latin America organizes for communication justice • WACC partners advance rights-based approach at landmark communication gathering in Latin America • The beginning of the end of the attention economy? • Digital justice symposium closes with joint commitment to action • Symposium on Our Common Digital Future begins • WACC symposium to inspire collaboration for digital justice future • Advocates at CSW70 urged to think outside the box to end gender violence in media • When a free press comes under fire, we all suffer • WACC partners to help strengthen communication rights movement in Latin America at regional gathering • CSW70 | Building an evidence-based agenda to end gender violence in the media • Data protection: Burden or obligation? • A cautionary tale of “The Russian Guy”: The gender AI divide, ethics, and regulation • WACC North America seeks truth and justice in authoritarian times • New Media Development looks at communication justice – climate justice nexus • We need digital justice in real time • 🌐 Just Digital • Justamente Digital • Justement Numérique 🌐 • 💡 Sign up for The Hub • 🧰 Toolkit: Stop digital violence against women • 🔎 Register a group for social media monitoring • Spain takes a stand: Regulating Big Tech to protect children • Sign up for The Hub! News, views, resources from WACC • European TV festival to open up conversation on regional values, faith • Trust, civic engagement, and shared responsibility in the digital age • WACC Europe hears call for urgent change in who makes the news • COP30 | No climate justice without communication justice • How close are we to a people-centric, inclusive Information Society? • WACC Europe board convenes with focus on digital justice • Latest Media Development focuses on civil society foundation for digital governance • Subjugating news and information to partisan interests • Will you take 16 days to help stop tech-facilitated gender-based violence? • WACC Asia explores how technology and faith intersect in the digital age • #COP30 | Climate action requires truth • #COP30 | WACC community media partners to amplify local climate voices • #COP30 | Let’s not forget that climate change is a justice issue • Just Digital | Navigate wisely online and advocate effectively • What are the challenges and opportunities for media literacy in Asia? • Abuse of AI for disinformation and tech-facilitated gender-based violence • WACC | In memoriam Albert van den Heuvel (1932-2025) • Trust Conference 2025 – Upholding democratic freedoms in an autocratic age • New Just Digital module to mark start of global media literacy week • Learn about "Karuara, People of the River" • Comment | Shutting down the Internet subverts democracy • The Taliban must restore internet access across Afghanistan now • You Are Not Alone: Migrant-centered communication in Asia Pacific • Gender equality in media still just a dream • Reinventing multilateralism through communication rights • Register now: Launch of GMMP 2025 key findings • The importance of the right to memory • Digital justice demands collective action | WSIS+20 • La justicia digital exige una ciudadanía activa | WSIS+20 • Protect communication integrity in humanitarian contexts • Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe? | Media Development • In the face of genocide, no place for silence • No digital innovation without commitment to digital justice | WSIS+20 • In memoriam George C. Conklin Jr. (1931-2025) • Digital justice must mean power, access & dignity for all | WSIS+20 • US exit from UNESCO underscores need for civil society to step up • The power of being in the room | WSIS+20 • Safeguarding Canada’s future through independent media • Communication is humanitarian aid | WSIS+20 • Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality • Centering People and Planet in the #WSIS+20 and beyond • Communication rights are foundational | WSIS+20 • Leaders TalkX | WSIS+20 • WACC advocates for digital justice at WSIS+20 • Meet the recipient of the WACC North America WSIS+20 scholarship • Beyond Connectivity – Advocating Community at WSIS+20 • All the lies, distortions, and fake news fit to print • New WACC intern wants to help highlight voices of those otherwise unheard • New WACC publication offers guide for putting communication rights at heart of digital governance • Descargar "Un enfoque progresista y descolonial de los ecosistemas digitales" • Télécharger « Adopter une approche progressiste et décoloniale des écosystèmes numériques » • The wild west of AI regulation • Documentary "Karuara" wins WACC–SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2025 • Communication justice must be at heart of decolonizing international development • Seizing the day for communication justice: Latest Media Development focuses on upcoming WSIS+20 • Latin American Indigenous communities hone communication tools to protect way of life • Reflections from #CSW69: Women, diversity, and digital rights • Find out the essentials of digital justice in 2025 at WACC online event • Project shines light on stories of migrant women and girls in Latin America • Vote for WACC communication rights projects in WSIS Prizes 2025 contest • Webinar | Recognizing Disinformation and Misinformation • Inclusive strategies deepen digital access in Nigeria • Just Digital course now available in French and Spanish • WACC lanza su curso en línea Justamente Digital • Lancement de cours en ligne « Justement Numérique » de la WACC • An assault on the words we use • CSW69 panel calls for reform of global framework to safeguard women’s communication and digital rights • WACC partners outline pathways to social justice–oriented implementation of Global Digital Compact • Gender equality: Braking the downward slide • GAMAG calls for commitments to women and media in Beijing Platform to be upheld • WACC Europe webinar highlights gender gaps in media across Europe • CSW69: WACC and partners to take stock of women’s communication rights 30 years post-Beijing • Eroding communication rights threatens democracy • Newest Media Development explores how digital justice is key to achieving climate justice • Project with JFC and WACC Africa to Stop TFGBV and End Misogyny in Nigeria • Rod Molina joins GMMP as project coordinator ahead of 7th global media monitoring • Rebuilding Gaza demands restoration of people’s communication rights • Transparency Reporting Index • ACT Alliance North America members meet to strengthen their collective work and witness • Everything you need to know about the WSIS+20 Review – Global Partners Digital • CAMECO job opportunities • Big Tech undermine free speech and democracy • WACC Europe webinar highlights diverging views on social media engagement • Whose voices are heard at Davos? • Nothing about us without us: Why digital justice requires communication rights • WACC Asia elects new board, plans renewal of regional work • Meta: Freedom of expression for whom? • Learn more and sign the Haarlem Declaration • WACC New Year's Message 2025 • Discover the 7 WACC Communication Principles • Christmas wishes from WACC • WACC | CDAC Network reflects on AI ethics, communication with disaster-affected communities • Unheard Migrant Voices: Why Promoting Rights-Based Narratives on Migration is More Critical Than Ever • Communication rights uphold human rights • Taking Action Against Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: Toolkit for Trainers and Advocates • Take Action to Stop Online Gender-Based Violence • Call to monitor misogyny on social media for the 16 Days of Activism • Webinar presents tools, strategies to tackle disinformation • Religion and Disinformation: How to be a trusted source • What will it take to decisively end violence against women? • WACC Europe board considers ethical use of AI, promotion of communication rights • Latest Media Development focuses on global vision of digital justice • The Philippines disinformation machine • COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action • Standing up to tyranny, protecting press freedom • WACC urges ACT Alliance members to be attentive to issues of communicative justice • Just Digital — Navigate Wisely Online • The Media Viability Manifesto • Confessions of an AI Sceptic • WACC Online Learning Centre • WACC partners to highlight key role of local voices at UN global biodiversity summit • Discover WACC's Annual Report 2023 • WACC partner forum to give communication rights response to UN Global Digital Compact • WACC Comment | Holding video streaming services to account • Meet the people behind the data in new GMMP blog series • Training in Social Media Monitoring | #StopTFGBV • WACC Comment | The Global Digital Compact: A step in the right direction • “You Are Not Alone” project meets communication, information needs of migrants in Asia Pacific • Comment | Summit of a Future for All? • Toolkit launched as part of initiative to stop online gender-based violence • Initiative to stop online gender-based violence set to launch • New Media Development explores communication in conflict situations • WACC laments closing of Latin America and Caribbean ecumenical communication agency • Why we must convene local actors to tackle the climate emergency: The case of Radio Ideal • Why the people need a Global Digital Compact • Indigenous citizen communicators in the Philippines ready to champion climate justice • Far-right conspiracies and extremist ideologies depend on social media • Communication school empowers migrant, host communities in Colombia and Venezuela • Project strengthens Indigenous community radio in Central America • Digital literacy strengthens voice of Indigenous Soliga communities in India • Football, free expression, and the defeat of fascism • Media organizations urge Israel to open access to Gaza - Committee to Protect Journalists • Project addresses gender stereotypes, sexism in Senegal’s online media • Communication Justice for All — Discover WACC's work in 2023! • “Just Digital” course launched to help ecumenical users navigate wisely online • Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all • Digitalization should carry a planetary health warning • Mandato del XI Foro Social Panamazónico • “You Are Not Alone” — a community of care for migrants in Asia Pacific • It doesn’t have to be hate speech to harm • Community media essential to protect the Amazon, concludes new WACC publication • Put migrants at the center to shape rights-based narratives about migration • WSIS+20 Forum session outlines recommendations for gender-just digital governance • WACC launches Voices of the Amazon to equip local communities to shape climate policy • #GenerationRestoration: Recognizing media on World Environment Day • WSIS+20 in 2025: A not-to-be-missed opportunity to guarantee a new democratic global digital governance framework • GFMD Statement on UN Pact for the Future • GISWatch | WSIS+20: Reimagining horizons of dignity, equity and justice for our digital future • Last chance for a just digital future? • Civil society urged to plug into WSIS+20 process • WACC Call for Projects 2024 • Register for the WSIS+20 Forum • WACC Comment | He who pays the piper calls the tune • Register | Unheard Migrant Voices • Voices of the Amazon equips local communities to shape climate policy • Community network empowers women and youth in Kenya’s Mathare Valley • WACC issues Call for Projects • Stripping away media bias in the interest of greater understanding • Reflections from CSW68: The journey towards gender equality • WACC welcomes Canadian action plan on gender equality as opportunity to advance communication for all • What makes for exemplary war photojournalism? • Strengthening rural women’s access to broadband in Uganda • Ten communicators honored as WACC Laureates • Where is the money? How international development is failing democratic communication • Radio station boosts vital communication link for Rendille speakers in Kenya • Keep gender at center of global digital governance, NGO CSW68 event urges • Media monitoring key to breaking down gender stereotypes, CSW68 hears • CSW68: WACC and partners aim to empower women for the digital age • International Women’s Day 2024: #InspireInclusion in and through media • New Media Development Explores Democratic Digital Governance • The weaponization of digital communications • Women-led community networks in Costa Rica transmit Indigenous identity to next generations • Voices of the Andean moorlands (paramos) • Eroding communication rights top list of global risks in 2024 and beyond • Learn about and register for "AI, You, and Your Organization" • The Algorithm Rules – That’s Not OK! • Communication helps Syrian refugee children in Jordan develop mental resiliency • WACC calls for rights-based approach to migration narratives at GFMD Summit • Global migration summit hears how WACC partners are shifting public narratives on migration • Migrants Are Not Just There To Be Spoken About, They Have a Voice • Civil society must respond to digital colonialism with just digital transformation • The Economics of Freedom of Expression • What is gender-based online disinformation — and what can we do about it? • What price compassionate communication? • WACC president urges renewed efforts to tackle communication rights challenges in 2024 • Project teaches strategic communications to land defenders in Mexico and Central America • Bridging information gaps to boost climate resiliency in Zimbabwe • Subscribe to The Hub and stay up to date on WACC news • WACC Christmas message 2023 • Young leaders adopt media monitoring as key tool against gender cyberviolence • "Migration Rights Are Human Rights | Media Development 4/2023 • North America Migrant Media Monitoring Project Webinar • Fact check, yes. And join a community of trust. • Workshop will help young people take action against online gender-based violence • Education, community key to churches seeking truth amid misinformation • Training local climate voices in the Philippines • Register for the WACC–WCC webinar "Seeking and serving the truth?" • Local communities hold missing link to climate action • Celebrating the Universal Declaration, condemning attacks on media freedom • #NoExcuse: Join the 16 Days of Activism campaign and take action to #EndCyberGBV • WACC Latin America joins regional call to protect and promote Indigenous community media • Call to re-strategize for GMMP 2025 to tackle new challenges of gender equality in the media • Re-building trust in the age of artificial intelligence • Meet the Shirley Struchen and the other WACC Laureates! • Regulating digital corporations: A matter of rights • WACC welcomes Quito Declaration affirming communication for social justice • COP 28: Let’s ensure traditional ecological knowledge is integrated into climate policy • Media freedom and independent journalism are vital to democracy • Community radio network to strengthen Indigenous communication rights in Argentina • WACC partners report at Internet Governance Forum how community networks create digital inclusion • Berlin TV festival highlights ‘Belief on Screen,’ awards Hans W. Florin Prize • WACC virtual conversation to look at role of local voices in climate action • Comment | Digital technologies help counter language loss • Register for "Local Climate Voices: The Missing Link to Real Climate Action?" • Training youth in Georgia to build a safer, more secure digital world • Indigenous communication rights in action in Guatemala • Africa Climate Summit: To save a planet in crisis, we need community media • Project to uphold digital rights in Philippines in face of SIM Registration Act • Why grassroots communication is key to stopping Amazon deforestation • Digital justice means closing the gender digital gap, say WACC partners • Project to build capacity of Indigenous communication in northern Argentina • “Who is talking with the audience?” Media Development 3/2023 • Can social media change my mind? • WACC partner forum outlines agenda for just digital future • Digital Justice Study and Action Guide • WACC project to support Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression in Guatemala • Derailing the UN Sustainable Development Goals • WACC partner forum aims to develop common agenda to advance digital justice • WACC promotes communication rights at global communication research conference • Media viability vs. platforms for those without a public voice to be seen and heard • WACC Annual Report 2022 • Gender equality “moving backwards” • WACC celebrates achievements of participants in cross-regional migration reporting programme • Breaking Down the Social Media Divides • Migrants and refugees in the media • WACC launches quiz as fun tool to promote digital justice • New Media Development issue looks at unfinished business of archival justice • WACC Board of Directors moves to strengthen mission of communication for all • General Secretary: WACC must steer course toward a global dialogue platform on communicative freedom • WACC President calls for purposeful approach to communication for all in post-Covid era • Development and digital access: Fostering equitable pathways to inclusion • New WACC Global Board to hold first meeting • Anticipating a Fake News Pandemic • WACC Europe elects new leadership • WACC Europe considers agenda for the future to promote digital justice • Global Media Monitoring Project tools can address gender blind spots in news industry • WACC and WACC introduce social media monitoring • Speaking up against enforced public amnesia • WACC’s 2022 Annual Report highlights collective work to advance communication rights • From Words to Action: Statements on Communication for a Better Future • Grassroots voices needed for impactful civil society statements • Artificial Intelligence and the Master’s House • WACC Global appoints Juha Rajamäki as treasurer • Launch of Digital Democracy Initiative for digital tech that supports human rights, democracy • WACC Caribbean elects new board, sets thematic directions • WACC online discussion to explore how statements could drive social change • Embert Charles Re-Elected as WACC President • Using new technologies to create safe and diverse media spaces • “Getting our skates on” as communication rights advocates • Education, advocacy, and action key to advancing gender justice in digital spaces governed by algorithms • Experts say regulation of legacy, digital media needed to advance women’s communication rights • CSW webinar 9 March: Algorithms, the Digital Divide, and Polarization: Impact on Gender Justice • Latest Media Development takes communications rights look at modern-day utopias • European television festival to explore the face of religious broadcasting • Communication rights on World Day of Social Justice • WACC North America receives media monitoring report, elects new board • #SaferInternetDay: Here’s to a misogyny-free Internet • General public can drive more just media coverage of migration • Climate change and global economics: Whose voices are heard at Davos? • Democratic society needs women in the media, concludes Al Jazeera panel • WACC signs letter highlighting impact of bans on Afghan women’s human rights • Terms of Reference — Communication for All Programme Evaluation • Internet Connectivity through Community Resolve • Principles to promote communication for social justice in a digital age • Words Matter: Changing the Narrative About Migrants and Refugees • Qatar: Digital surveillance and human rights abuse • Webinar breaks ground for ecumenical gender and media observatory • WACC panel at SBCC Summit to feature communication for climate justice initiatives • Webinar to offer practical tools to root out gender cyberviolence • Promoting Creole to challenge discrimination in the Caribbean • Media gender equality in the era of diversity • WACC calls for action to end digital violence against women • Rethinking our role as social media “users” • New Media Development issue offers signposts for communication rights • Communicating climate justice: A vital part of COP27’s outcomes • New guide unpacks what it means to be a digital justice advocate • Calling out government censorship of the Internet • Workshop and study guide to help people navigate justice issues online • Strengthening women and communities: challenges for communication in Latin America • Municipalities are key players in developing gender-just media • WACC public forum in Argentina looks at equality in the media • WACC Latin America elects new Regional Executive Committee • New gender deal for media needed to ensure women’s communication rights • WACC partner forum to focus on communication rights as cornerstone for social justice in Latin America • From a life of sex trafficking to a life of hope: listen to Joy’s story • Real people against hate • ABOUT US • WACC introduces gender-based media monitoring to WCC participants • WACC joins the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy • WACC urges churches, faith communities to join digital justice movement • Let's End Violence Against Women and Secure Gender Justice • ‘Together, we can break the barriers that obstruct gender justice in & through the media’ • WACC staff, members to attend 11th WCC Assembly • Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard? View/Download study • WACC, WCC initiative tackles cyberviolence against women • Putting people first rather than corporate interests • Communication, Climate Justice and Climate Change • WACC extends 100 Languages in 100 Days challenge • Amplifying Voices • How to raise awareness in 10 seconds: Social media cards • Digital Justice: A new dimension of communication rights • Community Network Xchange event to feature WACC partners • Opportunities for communication rights in the context of Latin America’s ‘Pink Tide’ 2.0 • Crossword puzzle: digital justice • Join our Digital Justice Campaign Now! • What do you know about digital justice? • Events Gender Justice: Advancing Pluralism and Free Speech For All • ‘Gender equality is a cause I’m deeply passionate about,’ says new WACC intern • 'Women of the blame' • No climate justice without communication justice • So you think you know about digital justice? Take our quiz & find out! • Trustworthy News or Greastest Show on Earth? • I Love my country, But Can’t Go Back There Just Yet • Communicating climate change in Venezuela's most vulnerable communities • Take our QUIZ: What do you know about digital justice? • Take Action: Towards a vision of digital justice • Summer job available for students: Communications Assistant • Gender-blind’ reporting hinders fight to end violence against women • Project enhances broadcasting capacity of Indigenous community radio in Honduras, Guatemala • Why a gender lens in news coverage of violent crime is paramount • Project tackles lack of support for Indigenous communicators in Peru • Elder and human rights activist Doreen Spence receives Honorary Doctor of Laws • Latest WACC journal focuses on Canada’s Indigenous media • WACC to launch results of journalist training program on refugees, migrants • La communication pour la justice sociale à l’ère du numérique • Language rights and digital justice • Changing the Narrative: Results from the cross-regional journalist training programme • We're hiring • India project boosts digital literacy skills of rural women • ‘Nothing about migrants without migrants”: At UN event, WACC partners stress importance of communication rights • Manifiesto: La comunicación para la justicia social en la era digital • Kommunikation für soziale Gerechtigkeit im digitalen Zeitalter • Words have meaning • Independent media in retreat? • WACC to co-host UN side event to share best practices for meeting communication needs of migrants • 100 Languages in 100 Days: Have you volunteered yet? • A network of Indigenous human rights reporters is born in Honduras • Supporting communities in sharing stories of climate change • Communicating Climate Change • Educating the public about agroecology’s role in the fight vs climate change • Join the 100 Languages in 100 Days Challenge • Realising Gender Equality • Digital storytelling with Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon • Perugia Declaration for Ukraine – 3 May 2022 • Web3 – the Internet’s illusionary or visionary future? • Jordan’s Community Media Network awarded JTI Certification: first among Arabic-language media outlets • WACC partners highlight digital challenges, opportunities for Latin America community media • Digital Justice • Climate Change and Human Rights course • Climate Justice Resources • Conéctate al Webinar Internacional: Superar la brecha digital de género, es buscar justicia en el continente • Study of how Indigenous people are represented in Canadian media shows room for improvement • Guide pratique sur les droits à la communication • Successful meet with the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority • WACC strengthens migrants’ community radio network in Colombia • Canada: Just 31% of news subjects are women • Media Activism Against Extractivism • The No-Nonsense guide to Communication, Climate Justice and Climate Change • Timeline: WACC history in decades • What are Communication Rights • Put women, girls at centre of post-Covid reconstruction and news • Register now for the GMMP-NGO CSW66 Forum • Information access under threat • La Cámara de Diputados reconoció a comunicadores radialistas aymaras • Laws must change to protect journalists, says NGO CSW forum • Students draft ‘Readers’ Charter’ to address disinformation • International Women’s Day: WACC, WCC pledge to #BreaktheBias • News media and disinformation in an unpredictable world • WACC statement: War on Ukraine and media crackdown in Russia • 2021 Annual Report stresses WACC’s crucial role in digital age • ACT Alliance Statement on Ukraine • Migrant workers receive citizen journalism training in Lebanon • Negative portrayals of migrant workers on the rise in Lebanese news • Media ‘platforming’ and the oxygen of publicity • Migration Reporting • Building Credibility and Trust in the Digital World • ‘I’m only 22, but it feels like my life is over,’ says Afghan woman journalist • Tackling digital colonialism • ACT Alliance urges Trudeau to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan • The No-Nonsense Guide to Communication Rights and the Internet • WACC announces new Strategic Plan • Media coverage of migrants, refugees can and must be better • 'Journalist' or 'Activist'? • Radio production with ‘decolonizing approach’ seeks to change discourse in Bolivia • WACC project offers training to transform coverage of migrants and refugees • Gender and Communication Rights • New threat to human rights in Putin's Russia • Malawi: Bridging the connectivity gap via Community Networks • Project aims to change the way refugees, migrants are seen and heard