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The WACC Strategic Plan 2022-2026 establishes a framework to advance communication rights, particularly for marginalized groups. It identifies five priority areas: digital communication rights, migrants and refugees, indigenous rights, climate change, and gender equality. The plan emphasizes 'effective access'—combining technology with literacy and language—to counter the influence of global corporations and authoritarian censorship. Organizationally, WACC aims to diversify its funding, enhance its presence in international forums like the United Nations, and strengthen its global network of faith-based and secular partners.

The WACC Strategic Plan 2022-2026 establishes a framework to advocate for communication rights, particularly for the poor, excluded, and vulnerable. The strategy focuses on five core areas: digital communication rights, migrants and refugees, indigenous peoples, climate change, and gender equality. Key initiatives include promoting 'effective access' to digital tools, supporting indigenous community radio, and continuing the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) to track gender representation in news. The plan also emphasizes organizational sustainability, financial diversification, and the alignment of its goals with the UN 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.

The report examines the gap between the vision of universal communication rights and the reality of political control, commercial dominance, and systemic inequality. It emphasizes that 'effective access' requires more than just technology, necessitating literacy, language diversity, and the removal of gender and ethnic barriers. The text highlights the specific importance of indigenous communication rights for cultural sustainability and climate resilience, while warning against 'surveillance capitalism' and the decline of independent public interest media.

The report examines the gap between the ideal of communication rights and the reality of digital inequality, corporate control, and political censorship. It emphasizes that freedom of expression must be supported by rights to information, education, and cultural participation to be effective. The text highlights the marginalization of women and indigenous peoples, the risks of 'surveillance capitalism' and Big Tech, and the critical role of traditional ecological knowledge in addressing the climate crisis. It concludes by advocating for public interest media and a human-rights-based framework for the digital future.

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) advocates for communication rights—including freedom of expression and access to information—as essential tools for combating social invisibility and achieving the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. WACC focuses on five key areas: digital communication rights, the rights of migrants and refugees, indigenous peoples' communication rights, the intersection of communication and climate change, and gender equality in media. Through capacity building, media monitoring, and global advocacy, WACC seeks to empower marginalized groups to be 'seen and heard' and to reform media structures to be more democratic and inclusive.

The report advocates for 'communication rights' as a broader necessity than just freedom of expression, emphasizing that access to information, digital literacy, and diverse media ownership are essential for human rights and sustainable development. It identifies systemic barriers including political censorship, the 'surveillance economy' dominated by tech giants, and gender and ethnic disparities in digital access. The text specifically highlights the role of indigenous communication rights in preserving cultural autonomy and utilizing traditional ecological knowledge to combat the climate crisis. It concludes by calling for the protection of independent public-interest journalism against the polarising effects of algorithms and the financial decline of traditional media.

The document outlines the challenges and opportunities of digital technologies from a social justice and theological perspective. It identifies systemic inequalities—such as digital divides, gender-based violence online, and the 'attention economy'—and proposes a set of communication rights and principles to create a digital ecosystem based on equity, transparency, and the common good.

The statement argues that effective communication is essential for addressing global issues such as climate change, gender-based violence, and human rights. It calls for a strategy to democratize access to modern technology, information, and clean energy (solar and wind) to ensure all individuals can participate in society and express their identities and cultures without discrimination.

The document examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across sectors such as finance, governance, and sustainable development, highlighting risks including algorithmic bias, worker displacement, and a growing 'AI divide' between developed and developing nations. It asserts that civil society must move beyond science-fiction stereotypes to advocate for a narrative based on social justice and human rights, urging actors to build technical capacity and participate in national AI strategies to ensure human oversight and data democratization.

The guide examines the intersection of communication rights and the Internet, arguing that while the Internet has the potential to be a 'global commons' and a tool for social justice, it is currently undermined by digital divides, surveillance, and corporate dominance. It highlights the shift of advertising revenue from traditional media to tech giants and the rise of 'surveillance capitalism' and the 'precariat' in the gig economy. The document calls for civil society to advocate for a communication ecosystem governed by human rights and democratic principles rather than for-profit logic.