Promouvoir la communication pour le changement social
Taking Sides
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Poverty includes communication poverty. Strengthening the voices of people living in poverty improves understandings and actions aimed at addressing poverty, injustice and inequality and can inform and influence public agendas locally, nationally and internationally Adequate access to knowledge and information helps poor communities work for a better future. Projects will claim and build the communication rights of people living in poverty and strive for better representation of poverty in the media.  

Objectives

  1. Claim and build communication rights to support poor women and men taking action to address poverty, injustice and the growing feminisation of poverty.
  2. Employ communication strategies and practices to achieve a stronger voice for the poor, marginalised and excluded in shaping local and national decision making.
  3. Promote the development of transparent public communication policies, including the right to information of people living in poverty.
  4. Improve the quality and quantity of media representations of poverty


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María Teresa Aveggio

Programme Updates

Media play key role in poverty reduction
Mardi, 29 Septembre 2009
WACC supported Telecentre connects rural communities
Mardi, 9 Juin 2009
WACC supported documentary continues to receive international recognition
Jeudi, 19 Mars 2009

La WACC encourage la communication pour favoriser le changement social. Elle est convaincue que la communication est un droit humain fondamental qui définit l’humanité commune des peuples, renforce les cultures, favorise la participation, crée une communauté et défit la tyrannie et l'oppression.

The World Association for Christian Communication is a UK Registered Charity (number 296073) and a Company registered in England and Wales (number 2082273) with its Registered Office at 36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4ST. It is an incorporated Charitable Organisation in Canada (number 83970 9524 RR0001) with its head office at 308 Main Street, Toronto ON, M4C 4X7.