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Communication is a basic human need as much as food, water and shelter. Adequate access to communication assets and fair representation in public communication processes need to be seen as a human right – one that is not fully enjoyed by people living in poverty. Broader recognition of a rights-based approach to communication to eradicate communication poverty and poverty in general is needed at this point in the search to find ways to make real changes by and for people living in poverty.

Challenging media: Poverty amidst abundance, by Roberto Verzola

Communication poverty: A rights-based approach, by Lavinia Mohr

Voice and poverty, by Jo Ann Tacchi

Bellagio Statement on 'Media, freedom and poverty'

The potential of dagu communication in north-eastern Ethiopia, by Gulilat Menbere and Terje S. Skerdal

Poverty, advertising and the Indian news media, by Keval J. Kumar

Indian media devote little space to poverty, by I. Arul Aram

Deconstructing media coverage of development, by Fackson Banda

Homo academicus: Quo vadis?, by Jan Servaes

Los diarios digitales: ¿Acabarán con los de papel?, por Lidia Baltra M.

'Unworthy' victims? Chinese suffering in Western media, by Leeshai Lemish

Nigeria's spiral of violence: Can the medias build a culture of peace?, by Kate Azuka Omenugha and Allen Nnanwuba Adum

WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people's common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression.

The World Association for Christian Communication is a UK Registered Charity (number 296073) and a Company registered in England and Wales (number 2082273) with its Registered Office at 36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4ST. It is an incorporated Charitable Organisation in Canada (number 83970 9524 RR0001) with its head office at 308 Main Street, Toronto ON, M4C 4X7.