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WACC to help migrants exercise their communication rights

A boy takes a selfie on a mobile phone as people gather around a fire inside a refugee…

By: Staff

Posted: March 25, 2020

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

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 years “though important, has been incremental, uneven and insufficient,” says a new reportlaunched by UN Women March 8, International Women’s Day.
Marites (Tess) Sison

Posted: March 11, 2020

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UN commission recognizes need for balanced, fair representation of women in media

WACC and its Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) network have welcomed the Commission on the Status of Women’s (CSW) approval of a Political Declaration that recognizes the need to eliminate gender stereotyping in the media.
By: Staff

Posted: March 10, 2020

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Becoming familiar with SDGs and climate change in Kwéyòl

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 Research Centre (FRC). FRC is a local NGO devoted to the research, study, recording and promotion of Saint Lucian cultural heritage.
By: Staff

Posted: January 22, 2020

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ACT Alliance responds to migrant, refugee crisis in the U.S.

The ACT Alliance in North America and Central America have issued a joint regional appeal to help undocumented migrants affected by U.S. President Trump’s immigration policies, which have included the separation of children from their families and detention in facilities described as appalling and inhumane. By: Staff

Posted: August 16, 2019

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More efforts needed to implement Access to Information worldwide: UNESCO

A survey conducted by UNESCO has found that 125 of the UN’s 193 member states have enacted right to information laws or similar provisions.

By: Staff

Posted: July 26, 2019

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‘Missing SDG’ is theme of latest Media Development journal

The 1/2019 issue of Media Development goes in search of the missing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that “underpins all the other SDGs.” By: Staff

Posted: May 15, 2019

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Media key to achieving gender equality, WACC tells Commission on Status of Women dialogue

The global commitment to end gender inequality will not advance unless attention is also given to achieving gender parity in media and communication, WACC’s Sarah Macharia told a high-level dialogue at the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in New York City March 13.

By: Staff

Posted: March 13, 2019

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