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30 Nov 2020 Media Development’s new issue tackles ‘Communication in a Time of Crisis’

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After a challenging year dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the latest issue of Media Development, WACC Global’s quarterly journal, examines “Communication in a Time of Crisis.”  Articles in the issue...

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26 Nov 2020 Gender equality in the news media lags behind rest of society, says new book

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The news media “misrepresents reality when it comes to the actual progress of gender equality in the world,” according to a new book which draws on data from the Global...

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25 Nov 2020 Indigenous radio: ‘A lot has been achieved, but much remains to be done’

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Indigenous community radio stations have been “gaining traction around the world,” but many remain hamstrung by legal, financial, technical and administrative challenges, according to a new study, Are Indigenous Voices...

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18 Nov 2020 Register Now: Global launch of study on the state of Indigenous community radio

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On Wednesday, November 25, WACC Global, Cultural Survival and Indigenous Media Caucus will launch “Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard?: A Study on the State of Indigenous Community Broadcasting in 19...

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13 Nov 2020 Colombia: Community radio play key role in protecting moorlands

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WACC Communication for Social Change manager Lorenzo Vargas recently visited two community radio stations in Colombia which are taking part in a WACC-supported project establishing a network of environmental journalists...

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10 Nov 2020 Mexico’s digital violence law cites GMMP findings

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Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) findings on gender stereotypes in the media were among the references used in a legislation approved November 6 by Mexico’s Senate that would punish digital...

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03 Nov 2020 Mexico: Project enables refugees, asylum seekers to be seen and heard

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Refugees and asylum-seekers seeking protection in Mexico will soon be producing podcasts about their lives and experiences with help from a WACC-supported project initiated by its local partner, La Sandia...

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29 Oct 2020 WACC: Human rights, inclusion must guide Internet governance

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Cyber troll armies that propagate fake news. Politicians that hire marketing firms to create fake social media accounts to boost their image or attack opponents and civil society organizations. Military-controlled...

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21 Oct 2020 Climate change stories by Kenyan citizen journalists gain traction

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October 21, 2020 — Local radio and television stations in Kenya have been giving airtime to stories produced by the Farm Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya (FF-SPAK), which has partnered with...

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16 Oct 2020 ‘Everyone is entitled to a public voice’

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Statement by WACC General Secretary Philip Lee on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17, 2020  “Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all” is vital...

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16 Oct 2020 WACC hosts event on enabling migrants to be seen and heard

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Providing migrants and refugees a platform to share their concerns, challenges, and aspirations not only helps them, but also addresses xenophobia and helps build bridges with host communities, WACC partners told...

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15 Oct 2020 Mé Phaa Indigenous women find their voice through radio

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October 15, 2020 — Women from the Mé Phaa Indigenous community of San Miguel El Progreso, Mexico, have learned more about how they can address gender inequality through a series of workshops on community radio, leadership, and visual arts, as well...

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13 Oct 2020 Critical thinking and critical clicking needed to respond to online hate speech, webinar told

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A new report and resource kit to address hateful content online has been published by WACC Europe, the European region of the World Association for Christian Communication. Titled “Breaking Down the...

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08 Oct 2020 Webinar to focus on how to deal with hate speech online

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What can be done to counter hate speech on the internet and in social media at time when online intolerance is widespread, and threatens democratic debate in societies? A webinar on...

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30 Sep 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project takes place amidst Covid-19 pandemic

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Toronto — The Covid-19 pandemic did not put a damper on the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), Tuesday, Sept. 29, attracting thousands of volunteers from 145 countries worldwide. GMMP 2020 is the...

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30 Sep 2020 GMMP 2020: In Pictures

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Click here to show photos of volunteers who took part in the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). GMMP 2020 is the sixth in a series of extensive gender and media...

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29 Sep 2020 WACC to host session at ‘Displacement and Dialogue’ virtual conference

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WACC Global will be hosting a session on Enabling migrants to be seen and heard in host communities, Friday, October 16, 3-4 p.m. (CEST), as part of a virtual conference...

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27 Sep 2020 The charitable benefit of public interest journalism

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With billions of advertising revenue moving from news agencies to Facebook, Google, and other online platforms, the crisis question for media diversity is how to find new ways to support...

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22 Sep 2020 ‘We must counter hate speech against migrants and refugees’

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Thirteen global and regional religious organizations and church-backed groups, including the European Region of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC Europe), have urged the European Union to provide immediate...

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20 Sep 2020 Statement by WACC’s General Secretary on International Day of Peace, September 21

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Learning to respect and trust If peace is a measure of a society’s ability to absorb shocks without falling or relapsing into conflict, then it must be based on trust, equality,...

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15 Sep 2020 Colombia sees increase in xenophobia against migrants

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Months-long Covid-19 lockdowns in Colombia have resulted in “an increase in xenophobia and rejection of the migrant,” according to WACC Global partners who are providing Venezuelan migrants and host communities with access to relevant information and communication...

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15 Sep 2020 In memoriam: William F. Fore (1928-2020)

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William F. Fore, who has died aged 92, was President of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) from 1982 to 1990.  Graduating from Occidental College, he received his BD degree from Yale...

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08 Sep 2020 WACC welcomes 2020 intern  

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Sohailia Saywack, a recent graduate of Western University’s MA sociology program and current Master of Global Affairs candidate at the University of Toronto, has joined WACC as an international development intern.   “WACC Global’s mission of...

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03 Sep 2020 Workshops on ‘communication for the defense of mother earth’ begin in Colombia

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A “Father Fire” around a tulpa (an Indigenous gathering) greeted communicators and members of Colombia’s Asociación de Cabildos Indigenas de Norte del Cauca (ACIN, Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern...

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18 Aug 2020 Expanding public communication spaces is theme of latest Media Development

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The new issue of WACC ‘s quarterly journal, Media Development, highlights the role of public communication, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, lessons learned from various responses, and the challenges ahead.  The pandemic highlighted many issues, including the importance of accurate and timely information in saving lives,...

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18 Aug 2020 Kenya project uses power of community radio to demand good governance

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A pilot project that mobilized Kenyan community media to better understand local political processes has, in turn, helped increase civic participation, awareness and transparency on how budgets are spent in eight counties across the country.    The Catholic...

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07 Aug 2020 Communicating resilience in a time of a pandemic 

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The theme of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020 is “Covid-19 and Indigenous peoples’ resilience”.  WACC is strengthening the communication outreach of Indigenous communities in order to bring about greater preparedness and resilience in...

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31 Jul 2020 Building a digital rights movement in India

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WACC is supporting a project in India that will help civil society sectors understand and address policy issues around digital rights, which have been greatly affected during the Covid-19 pandemic. The...

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29 Jul 2020 WACC: Family farmers play key role in climate emergency response, food security

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WACC Global is taking part in a campaign across Africa to promote family farming and its essential role in supporting food security and sustainable development.  Yenkasa Africa, a regional communication for development and rural...

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28 Jul 2020 New encyclopedia examines gender, media and communication

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WACC’s Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) is featured in the newly-published International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication (IEGMC), a major reference book that explores various aspects and impacts of how gender is represented in the world’s media.  The IEGMC discusses...

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24 Jul 2020 Kenya: Family farmers hold key to climate-smart agriculture

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Rising temperatures, fickle rainfall, and drought have made Kenya vulnerable to climate change. With agriculture dominating Kenya’s economy, a big challenge facing family farmers is learning how to adapt to the effects of climate change.   But a particular sector – smallholder...

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21 Jul 2020 WACC project helps Filipino fisherfolk share local knowledge of climate-resilient, sustainable livelihood

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Fifteen years ago, Sibuguey Bay in southwestern Mindanao, Philippines, was in an alarming state. Fish and other marine resources were nearly depleted due to illegal, unregulated fishing and mangrove deforestation.    But the situation began to...

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17 Jul 2020 From Covid-19’s burden on Syrian refugees to a Zaatari camp robot that disinfects, Radio Al-Balad delivers the news

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When the coronavirus pandemic is over, and researchers look back on how Syrian refugees not only struggled under its weight, but also demonstrated resilience, a good source of information would...

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15 Jul 2020 UN agency commends WACC partner’s Covid-19 response in Nepal

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The Indigenous Community Radio Network of Nepal’s (ICRN) production of public service announcements (PSAs) about Covid-19 in Indigenous languages has been commended by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as one of the “promising practices”...

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08 Jul 2020 Covid-19 threatens Amazon’s Indigenous people as mining continues, states fail to respond

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Non-governmental organizations belonging to the Pan Amazon Social Forum (FOSPA) are raising the alarm about the effects of Covid-19 in the Amazon, saying the highest concentration of cases are in the border towns and areas where...

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08 Jul 2020 Indigenous community radio at the forefront of protecting Ecuador’s ancestral lands

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In response to growing resource extraction activities in the Ecuadorian Amazon, WACC Global is supporting a project that will help four local Indigenous community radio stations produce innovative content that promotes the protection of ancestral lands from a human rights...

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07 Jul 2020 Digital literacy workshops empower Palestinian women in Gaza Strip

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Sameera Zoroub, who graduated with a degree in media, used to think that her social media accounts were “secure and protected.”   But when she attended a Digital Security workshop organized in late June by Community Media Centre, a Palestinian NGO,...

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02 Jul 2020 Communication rights project addresses information needs of migrants in the Ecuador-Colombia border

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A WACC-supported project has been training Ecuadorian and Colombian citizen journalists on investigative journalism, media production, migrants’ rights, and human security to equip them with new skills that will help meet the communication and information needs...

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22 Jun 2020 In memoriam Neville Jayaweera (1930-2020)

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[caption id="attachment_26345" align="alignleft" width="203"] Neville Jayaweera[/caption] WACC notes with sadness the death of its former Director of Research and Planning, Neville Jayaweera, at the age of 89. Appointed by Prime Minister Dudley...

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19 Jun 2020 WACC calls for ethical journalism for refugees

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Journalism, and the media, should help people to understand the world around them and to navigate the complexities of our societies. For that truly to happen, no one should be...

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17 Jun 2020 Indigenous community radio creates vibrant space for Mexico’s Otomí people

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An Indigenous community radio in Mexico has established itself as a viable alternative to state-run and commercial broadcasting stations in Santiago de Anaya, Hidalgo state.   Ximai Radio, whose mission is to promote free expression and...

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16 Jun 2020 WACC partner launches first feminist community radio in Mexico

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WACC partner Alianza por el Derecho Humano de las Mujeres a Comunicar (ADEHMAC) has launched Violeta Radio, a feminist community radio station in Mexico City that seeks to integrate gender equality across the board – from its...

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10 Jun 2020 ‘Made in Mexico’ transmitter built by WACC partner benefits Indigenous community radio

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A civil society organization and WACC partner has assembled what is believed to be the first of its kind “Made in Mexico” transmitter, allowing Indigenous community radio stations to save about 200% on capital costs.   After seeing many...

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03 Jun 2020 ‘Covid-19 knows no borders’

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WACC partner Espacio de Comunicacion Insular has urged governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti to coordinate their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying failure to do so would be catastrophic for both countries.  

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26 May 2020 The essential role of public service media during Covid-19

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International public service media from G-7 countries have reported “strong audience increases” since the Covid-19 pandemic, which they interpret as a show of confidence for the “reliable and independent information” they deliver on multiple communication platforms, in a variety of languages, on all continents. 

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20 May 2020 Indigenous knowledge critical to addressing climate change

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Indigenous peoples are “not mere victims of climate change,” asserts researcher and conservation biologist Gleb Raygorodetsky in Why traditional knowledge holds the key to climate change, one of the articles in the latest issue of Media Development, WACC Global’s international quarterly journal. The issue explores the theme, Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change: Bridging the Gap.

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19 May 2020 Publication explores ‘Spirit of Truth in a Digital Age’

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What does it mean to be human in the digital age? What do advances in communication technology mean for communication rights and other human rights? “Do we live in a ‘post‐truth’ era?”

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12 May 2020 Guatemala’s Ixil people launch their own Indigenous community radio

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In 2016, the Asociación de Grupo de Mujeres Tejedoras Ixiles Q'imb'al, a women-led civil society organization from Guatemala’s Ixil region, listened to the desire of their Indigenous community members to have a community radio that would “publicize the value of respect for our culture.”

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09 May 2020 Colombia: Broadcast media set up donations for those affected by pandemic

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund.

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06 May 2020 Colombia: ‘Don’t forget HIV/AIDS care during Covid-19 pandemic’

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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05 May 2020 Citizen reporters highlight plight of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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29 Apr 2020 World Press Freedom Day: WACC urges support for independent, unbiased media

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“Journalism without Fear or Favour” is the theme of World Press Freedom Day, Sunday, May 3, 2020. It takes place in a complex landscape, where traditional media and social media...

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29 Apr 2020 Pandemic response must address gender-based violence, say faith-based groups

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Covid-19 responses of governments and civil society should include strategies to address and prevent sexual and gender-based violence, said a statement issued by a global collective of religious groups and faith-based networks.  The Faith in Beijing...

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28 Apr 2020 Northern Uganda: Ensuring rural farmers have a say in Covid-19 response

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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24 Apr 2020 Uganda: Women’s radio gets creative in sharing Covid-19 information

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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22 Apr 2020 In Togo, raising awareness about Covid-19 is complex work

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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21 Apr 2020 WACC endorses UN body’s call for human rights-centered Covid-19 response

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The United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF), with the endorsement of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council, has urged governments and international bodies to ensure that their policies...

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21 Apr 2020 Bangladesh: Community radio brings life-saving Covid-19 information to rural communities

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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08 Apr 2020 Syrian refugees vulnerable in Covid-19 pandemic

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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08 Apr 2020 Communication Saves Lives: WACC Rapid Response Fund for Community Media

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In times of crisis, information saves lives.  In the response to Covid-19, we see how vital it is to get accurate and trusted messages to people so that they know what...

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08 Apr 2020 Communication saves lives, strengthens solidarity

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The global Covid-19 pandemic has shown how vital it is to get accurate and trusted information to communities in languages and channels that they understand. It has also raised awareness...

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07 Apr 2020 Communication in local languages vital in crisis situations

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As Pacific Island Governments work on a coordinated regional response to Covid-19, Tropical Cyclone Harold, which has already hit the Solomon Islands and bears down at category 5 level on...

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03 Apr 2020 Indigenous community radio addresses critical gap in Covid-19 information

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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help!...

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31 Mar 2020 WACC announces support for digital justice

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As part of its efforts to promote communication rights around the world, WACC is proud to announce the launch of its new Communication Rights in a Digital Age Programme. The programme will support...

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25 Mar 2020 WACC to help migrants exercise their communication rights

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WACC  announces the launch of a new programmatic focus as part of our efforts to promote communication for all. The new Communication Rights and Migration Programme seeks to enable migrants and host communities to access...

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19 Mar 2020 Communication and community in times of isolation

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WACC’s response to the ongoing situation regarding COVID-19 For our common good, we need to use and promote technologies to unite people and communities who are divided by adversity. When the coronavirus...

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17 Mar 2020 WACC, SIGNIS postpone European ecumenical TV festival amid coronavirus pandemic

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The 20th European Festival of Religious TV and Online Programmes will not go ahead as scheduled this June in Helsinki, Finland.  The postponement follows a wave of event cancellations worldwide due to the...

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08 Mar 2020 25 years after Beijing Declaration, ‘we still don’t have an equal world’: UN report

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While life today is better for a 15-year-old girl in a developing world, she will nonetheless have to keep fighting against tremendous odds because progress made in the last 25...

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06 Mar 2020 Gender and media alliances urge Commission on Status of Women to postpone adoption of Political Declaration

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Inclusion of key stakeholders in text, democratic deliberation’ needed A group of women’s rights organizations and non-governmental organizations is urging the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to postpone the...

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04 Mar 2020 International Women’s Day 2020: Gender-balanced media for an equal world

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International Women’s Day (IWD) campaigns step up demands for the respect of women’s basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This year’s IWD,  March 8, 2020, calls us to raise...

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04 Mar 2020 WACC steps up effort to respond to communication needs of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

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A project to establish “communication that brings us together” began with a mix of “great enthusiasm and uncertainty” over a year ago in Colombia, as the country grappled with the...

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03 Mar 2020 Gender equality: Some progress, but still a long way to go

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WACC Global’s quarterly journal, Media Development, has published its first issue of the year, which examines how women around the world are faring 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for...

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26 Feb 2020 Here’s how WACC helped to advance communication rights in 2019

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In 2019, a year marked by divisive politics, attacks on journalists, xenophobia, digital surveillance and harassment, and other threats to freedom of information and democracy, WACC Global continued to make...

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18 Feb 2020 New book explains why communication rights & sustainable development are inextricably linked

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WACC ’s Centre for Communication Rights has co-published Expanding Shrinking Communication Spaces, a new e-book on communication rights and sustainable development for a digital age. The 130-page page book – which is intended...

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10 Feb 2020 Diversity important in public broadcasting, says WACC on World Radio Day

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On February 13,  World Radio Day, WACC Global joins UNESCO in urging radio stations worldwide to “uphold diversity, both in their newsroom and on the airwaves.” WACC also encourages its members to...

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07 Feb 2020 A guide to understanding the gender dimension of climate change in the Caribbean

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Water shortage resulting from increased and longer periods of drought has been identified as one of the effects of climate change. Who will be affected most by the scarcity of water...

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04 Feb 2020 Project trains new batch of Tharu journalists in Nepal

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Tharu-speaking Indigenous journalists in Nepal have enhanced their news and reporting skills, and production of news in Tharu has increased, thanks to a capacity building project undertaken by WACC local...

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28 Jan 2020 WACC, Cultural Survival to support 7 Indigenous broadcasting networks

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Following four years of fruitful collaboration, WACC and Boston-based Indigenous rights organization Cultural Survival have decided to renew and enhance their ongoing partnership. Starting this year, WACC and Cultural Survival will...

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22 Jan 2020 Becoming familiar with SDGs and climate change in Kwéyòl

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About 75 Kwéyòl-speaking Saint Lucians have now increased their knowledge of the language of climate change and sustainable development in Kwéyòl, thanks to a WACC-supported project developed by the Folk...

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17 Jan 2020 WACC, FAO partner to help farmers & communities address climate change

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WACC Global is proud to announce its new initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to help build the capacity of communities at the grassroots level – particularly family...

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15 Jan 2020 Vote for the Global Media Monitoring Project in WSIS Annual Awards

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WACC's Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has been nominated for the 2020 World Summit on Information Society’s 9th Annual Awards. The GMMP was one of 353 projects nominated out of 806 submitted projects...

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15 Jan 2020 WACC establishes new partnership to protect Colombia’s endangered ecosystem, vital water sources

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Colombia is one of 20 countries most at risk from suffering the disastrous effects of climate change. Several factors contribute to environmental degradation and consequently, undermine livelihoods. These include the increasing...

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03 Jan 2020 What you need to know about AI and your communication rights

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How should civil society engage with the challenges and opportunities created by Artificial Intelligence (AI)? WACC Global’s No-Nonsense Guide to Communication Rights, Civil Society and Artificial Intelligence identifies several ways in which citizen...

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19 Dec 2019 WACC, CAMECO share vision of ’empowering people and communities on the margins’

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WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher recently presented a workshop on “Upholding Human Rights and Social Justice in the Digital Age” during the 50th anniversary international conference of the Catholic Media Council...

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18 Dec 2019 Gender and media monitoring useful for ‘media literacy’ in Bosnia & Herzegovina

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In a country such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has “a strong patriarchal tradition and dominant stereotypes about women,” Abida Pehlic can’t emphasize enough how important the Global Media Monitoring Project...

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10 Dec 2019 Human rights day: WACC puts spotlight on violence against journalists

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On International Human Rights Day, December 10, WACC Global calls attention to the horrendous violence and abuse against journalists. “Investigative journalism is the backbone of a well-functioning democracy,” said Philip Lee, WACC...

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09 Dec 2019 Project addresses ‘xenophobic discourse’ in Dominican Republic media, digital platforms

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In response to rising xenophobia and racism in the Dominican Republic, WACC partner Espacio de Comunicación Insular has launched an awareness raising campaign on the issue and is developing a...

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29 Nov 2019 Nepal Indigenous community radio stations get a boost from WACC-supported project

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Twenty-four technicians and broadcasters from 21 community radio stations in Nepal are now able to repair and conduct technical maintenance of broadcasting equipment on their own, thanks to a WACC-supported...

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26 Nov 2019 WACC takes part in workshop to reclaim people’s digital power

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WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher recently took part in a workshop, Data and Digital Intelligence as People’s Resources: Reclaiming Freedom and Control in a Data-based Society, held in Berlin...

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22 Nov 2019 Get the latest issue of Media Development: Communication pirates of the Caribbean

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This year’s last issue of WACC’s quarterly journal, Media Development, takes an in-depth look at the state of the Caribbean’s media and communications industry and their influence on the region’s...

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20 Nov 2019 Who’s looking out for children in the digital age?

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Children today would benefit from greater regulatory oversight of the Internet and social media. In an open letter to the world’s children marking the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on...

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19 Nov 2019 Giving voice to Georgia’s Generation Z

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One hundred students from four public and one private school in Georgia are now providing weekly broadcast and blogs on issues that matter to them, including human rights, gender equality...

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13 Nov 2019 WACC-supported projects have helped marginalised people in Global South

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In recent years, WACC Global has supported hundreds of communication rights-related projects that have not only been innovative, but have built the leadership skills and media visibility of its partners,...

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12 Nov 2019 Ensure safety of women journalists who cover gender-based violence

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Women journalists who ethically cover stories about gender-based violence  are “human rights defenders in their own right,” and they often face challenges, including misogynistic attacks online and offline, as a...

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05 Nov 2019 Women’s role in peace process must be recognized by news media, says WACC

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Women continue to be excluded from peace and political processes, despite a UN resolution adopted nearly two decades ago, which acknowledged that armed conflicts disproportionately affect their health, safety and...

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01 Nov 2019 No impunity for those who use violence against journalists, says WACC

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Journalists who challenge corruption and the abuse of power deserve special government protection, WACC General Secretary Philip Lee said on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for...

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01 Nov 2019 WACC joins Just Net Coalition

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WACC Global is now a member of the Just Net Coalition (JNC), a global network of civil society organizations and individuals advocating for “an open, free, just and equitable Internet.” The JNC focuses...

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30 Oct 2019 WACC supports efforts to address violence against women journalists

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With growing incidences of cyber violence and harassment against women and girls, including female journalists, WACC Global maintains its support for efforts that push for policies to address them and...

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25 Oct 2019 WACC, other NGOs urge UN to address issues around women, peace and security

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WACC Global has joined more than 400 civil society organizations from 94 countries in signing an open letter urging all UN member states to give their full support to the Women, Peace...

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