20 Dec 2024 Christmas wishes from WACC
The many voices of communication for all form a chorus advocating communicative justice in all regions of our world. May this song of peace, joy, and hope resound during the...
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20 Dec 2024 CDAC Network reflects on AI ethics, communication with disaster-affected communities
AI ethics and the relevance of the alliance to strengthen communication with disaster-affected communities were in focus when the CDAC Network met in early December in Nairobi, Kenya, for its...
04 Dec 2024 Webinar presents tools, strategies to tackle disinformation
Faith communities can use practical tools, strategies, and global advocacy to counter — and prevent — the spread of false information, the webinar “Religion and Disinformation: How to be a...
25 Nov 2024 Call to monitor misogyny on social media for the 16 Days of Activism
The goalpost towards ending violence against women and girls began shifting swiftly three decades ago with growth in the popularity of the Internet. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) has continued to morph...
22 Nov 2024 Webinar to offer tools for faith communities to address misinformation and disinformation
A webinar on 3 December organised by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) aims to help faith communities and individuals be more effective in preventing and mitigating the...
20 Nov 2024 WACC Europe board considers ethical use of AI, promotion of communication rights
The practical and ethical uses of AI and ways to raise awareness of WACC’s expertise and resources on communication rights were key topics when the regional executive committee (REC) of...
19 Nov 2024 Latest Media Development focuses on global vision of digital justice
“A Global Vision of Digital Justice,” the most recent issue of WACC’s journal Media Development, delves deeper into the question of how democratic and inclusive governance frameworks can be designed...
06 Nov 2024 WACC urges ACT Alliance members to be attentive to issues of communicative justice
WACC has urged ACT Alliance members to give greater attention to communicative justice as a key dimension of sustainable development and humanitarian response, highlighting in particular the need for more...
21 Oct 2024 WACC partners to highlight key role of local voices at UN global biodiversity summit
WACC partners from Latin America are set to demonstrate the essential place of local voices exercising communication rights for climate justice as the United Nations Biodiversity Conference - COP 16...
11 Oct 2024 WACC partner forum to give communication rights response to UN Global Digital Compact
Some 25 of WACC’s grassroots partners in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East will explore the communication rights implications of the newly adopted United Nations Global Digital Compact and develop...
03 Oct 2024 Discover the people behind the data in new GMMP blog series
“Meet the Coordinators,” a new blog series launching today on WACC’s Who Makes The News website gives a look at the people, organizations, and contexts behind the data as the...
12 Sep 2024 Toolkit launched as part of initiative to stop online gender-based violence
WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have launched a key resource to address tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and are inviting individuals and groups to become part of a...
06 Sep 2024 Initiative to stop online gender-based violence set to launch
WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are combining networks and expertise to create an equal online space for all.Join the two global organizations on 12 September for the...
03 Sep 2024 WACC laments closing of Latin America and Caribbean ecumenical communication agency
WACC has received with sadness the announcement of the closing of ALC News, the pioneering ecumenical communication agency for Latin America and the Caribbean based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After 30...
30 Aug 2024 New Media Development explores communication in conflict situations
Constructive journalism has an important role to play both within and without conflict situations, editor Philip Lee says in the 3/2024 issue of Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal.Such communication can...
15 Aug 2024 Communication school empowers migrant, host communities in Colombia and Venezuela
A WACC-supported project is training members of migrant and host communities on both sides of the Colombian–Venezuelan border as citizen reporters to provide accurate information, address common issues, and foster...
01 Aug 2024 Project strengthens Indigenous community radio in Central America
A WACC-supported project is advancing community radio as a channel for Indigenous communities in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama to advocate for their rights. Run by the Estor Association...
30 Jul 2024 Digital literacy strengthens voice of Indigenous Soliga communities in India
A WACC-supported project run by Ideosync Media Combine is enhancing digital inclusion of the Soliga Indigenous communities in the Biligiri Rangan Hills of southwestern India’s Karnataka state. The Soliga tribal communities,...
03 Jul 2024 Project addresses gender stereotypes, sexism in Senegal’s online media
WACC is partnering with the organization Communautés Africaines to enhance the gender sensitivity of web journalists in Senegal and advance positive, non-sexist portrayals of women in digital news media, including...
02 Jul 2024 “Just Digital” course launched to help ecumenical users navigate wisely online
Ecumenical partners today are launching “Big Issues in Small Bytes,” the first module of “Just Digital,” a fun, self-directed online course aiming to help individuals and groups navigate wisely online...
14 Jun 2024 “You Are Not Alone” project meets communication, information needs of migrants in Asia Pacific
WACC has launched the “You Are Not Alone” project in partnership with the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) and co-funder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to empower...
14 Jun 2024 WACC’s Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all
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WACC’s Annual Report 2023 “Communication Justice for All” showcases the organization’s collective work last year to speak up for and advance just, inclusive, and community-led communication worldwide.“WACC believes in communication...
14 Jun 2024 Latest Media Development looks under the hood of the term “communication rights”
What do we mean by “communication rights”? In the most recent Media Development, contributors unpack their understanding of the term and in doing so underline the necessity of a rights-based...
11 Jun 2024 Community media essential to protecting the Amazon, concludes new WACC publication
A new WACC-supported study underlines the centrality of community radio to bridge communication and information gaps that hinder local communities in the Amazon from actively participating in forming environmental policy.The...
05 Jun 2024 WSIS+20 Forum session outlines recommendations for gender-just digital governance
A New Gender Deal should be included as part of the outcomes of the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) if our digital future is...
03 Jun 2024 WSIS+20 in 2025: A not-to-be-missed opportunity to guarantee a new democratic global digital governance framework
By Philip Lee, WACC general secretaryWinding up the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event (Geneva, May 27–31), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin said, “This week has shown, with the AI...
31 May 2024 Put migrants at the center to shape rights-based narratives about migration
To enable migrants to be seen and heard, we must ensure that they are at the center of our conversations, urged panelists from Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America...
28 May 2024 WACC session at WSIS+20 Forum to envision a gender-equal digital future
With the aim to reimagine the digital landscape through a gender-just lens, WACC and the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) are organizing a session at the World Summit...
16 May 2024 Conversation Circle to look at promoting migrant voices and positive migration narratives
A WACC online discussion on 22 May will highlight tested solutions to enable migrants and refugees to be seen and heard, and identify action steps to change media and political...
14 May 2024 WACC webinars on ethical use of AI released as self-paced course
WACC is relaunching its successful webinar series "AI, You, and Your Organization” from early 2024 as a self-paced online course.“In an era where artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated into various...