Day: 4 January 2020

PRCA SEA research paints picture of Asia-Pacific’s PR practice

Stuart Mitchell

PR and communications professionals in Asia-Pacific are working overtime to deal with the demands of the clients and organisations they serve, says a major new report on the region’s communications sector. The study, which includes insights from leading PR practitioners, also finds the sector’s cosmopolitan workforce increasingly prioritising digital channels, reputation management, and strategy development in their work.  The inaugural Asia-Pacific PR and Communications Census, based on more than 500 responses to a survey conducted earlier this year, is published today by the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). It…

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Asia-Pacific countries adopt declaration to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

Stuart Mitchell

Ministers and high-level officials from 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have committed to intensify priority actions towards realizing women’s rights and fundamental freedoms for an equal future. Photo: UN Women/Pornvit Visitoran The Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review was adopted after intense negotiations at a three-day Ministerial Conference, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific this week. Photo: UN Women/Pathumporn Thongking “The 25th anniversary of…

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Disability campaigners put their hands up for an equal world

Stuart Mitchell

Sightsavers’ Equal World disability rights campaign is celebrating International Day of People with Disabilities by asking supporters to take part in a ‘hands up’ activity on social media. Campaign supporters are sharing photos of their hands with an equals symbol drawn on their palm and a message of support for Sightsavers’ campaign, which calls on the United Nations and its member states to uphold the rights of people with disabilities worldwide. The activity also coincides with the end of Sightsavers’ global Equal World petition, which has gathered signatures from around…

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Lloyds Bank launches pioneering British Sign Language online translation tool

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Bank is the first UK organisation to offer pop up sign language videos to translate online text. The new service will provide easier access to essential financial information to break down some of the language barriers faced by Deaf customers. BSL is the first language for many Deaf people with its own grammar and syntax which means that written material is often not accessible. It is hoped that providing the online BSL videos will open up access to banking for deaf people and those with hearing impairments, giving them…

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