What does the right to communicate mean to millions of people marginalised by the political and economic self-interests of the North? How is concentration of media ownership threatening political activism and cultural diversity? What needs to be done to tackle the causes of the digital divide? How can the right to communicate guarantee equal access and participation in democratic decision-making? Why is it important to place safeguards on who owns and generates information and knowledge?

The aim of this book is to provide some grounding for discourse on the right to communicate, which includes many aspects of human life, from the right to be heard to the right to be silent.

Table of Contents

• Grounding the human right to communicate - Cees J. Hamelink
• The Right to Communicate: For Whom? - Judith Vidal-Hall
• Exclusion or Inclusion: Linguistic Human Rightsfor linguistic minorities - Ulla Aikio-Puoskari and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
• The Right to Write: Gender-based Censorship and the Right to Communicate in India - Ammu Joseph, Vasanth Kannabiran, Lalitha Kumari, Ritu Menon and Gouri Salvi
• Malaysian Women in the Information Society: Opportunities and Challenges - Wang Lay Kim
• Communicating Truth in the Midst of Authoritarianism: Radio's Potential for Mediation in Latin America - Rolando Pérez
• Human Rights, Participatory Communication and Cultural Freedom - Jan Servaes

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