Call to Safeguard Women’s Communicaton & Digital Rights

Written and posted by WUNRUN 19 Mar 2025 CSW69 panel calls for reform of global framework to safeguard women’s communication and digital rights Binding frameworks and renewed action are needed to advance gender justice in and through the media 30 years after United Nations member states adopted the Beijing Platform for Action, concluded a parallel event co-organized…

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wsis 2025

Preparation for WSIS 2025

The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, co-hosted by the ITU and the Swiss Confederation, and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. The event is strengthened by the collaborative engagement of other United Nations entities with the mandate of implementing the WSIS Action…

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summit of the future

Summit of the Future – Sept 2024

Digital Democracy Now attended the Action Days of The Summit of the Future which took place in September 2024. The summit was a high-level UN event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. It involved youth as its main focus. DDN…

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WSIS 2024

Al and Global Challenges: Ethical Development and Responsible Deployment CCIT / CAST | EC MEDICI Framework | ICT Watch – Indonesia | Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida | Kamusi Project International | Virtual Activism [now DDN] | Loughborough University Session 199 Wednesday, 29 May 2024 , 11:00–12:00 (UTC+02:00)Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room 9, CICG,…

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Essam Heggy

Reply on Egypt’s Water Budget Deficit

Dr. Essam Heggy has submitted a reply to the IOPScience‘s Environmental Research section, entitled on “Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios’. “The reply herein shows the factual incorrectness of the comment by Eladawy, Asefa and El Nour, which is primarily supported by mis-citations and misinterpretations…

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UN parallel event

CSW64 – all parallel and side events cancelled

All UN parallel events have been cancelled on account of the covid19 outbreak. The CSW64 advisory: 2 March, New York— Following the UN Secretary-General’s recommendation to Member States to amend the format of the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in light of the current concerns regarding coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an…

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