Participants at the 11th World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly were introduced on September 7 to participatory media monitoring tools that they can use to design advocacy actions to help advance a gender-just and equal media environment during a workshop led by WACC leaders. WACC North...
WACC Global is one of more than 110 countries, civil society organizations, and companies that have signed the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy, "a commitment to make digital technologies work for, not against, democracy and human rights." The Denmark-led initiative, which was unveiled today, September 5,...
WACC Global and WACC Latin America today urged churches and ecumenical bodies to be part of a "transformative movement" that will work towards creating a digital public sphere that upholds democracy, human rights, mutual accountability, and solidarity. WACC General Secretary Philip Lee and WACC Deputy General...
Saying church and ecumenical communities "can and should strongly engage with media from a gender justice perspective," WACC Global presented a vision for an Ecumenical Gender and Media Observatory at the World Council of Churches (WCC) pre-assembly on Just Community of Women and Men in...
A new initiative aimed at raising awareness about cyberviolence against women and creating a coalition of rights-based partners is highlighted in a new page on the WACC Global website. The initiative, a joint vision of WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) will act...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly will take place starting next week and WACC staff and members will be present, raising issues about digital justice and gender and media. General Secretary Philip Lee, Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher, and ProgrammeManager Dr Sarah Macharia...
As the world increasingly becomes reliant on digital technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), "the role of social media platforms as propaganda tools needs to be explored thoroughly if freedom of the press is to remain a bastion of democracy," urges Philip Lee in his...
One hundred days after WACC launched its 100 Languages in 100 Days Challenge May 3, only 29 translations have been made to the Principles for Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age."With more than 7,000 languages in use around the world, just 100 would...
Three WACC partners will be among 12 global “Internet Changemakers” who will make presentations at the 6thCommunity Network Xchange (CNX) on Friday, July 29, 10 a.m. (IST). Members of the community network from Malawi (UmozaNet, the ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM), and Mzuzu University), the Cabecar...
In Latin America, the “pink tide” governments of the first decade of the 21st Century transformed the movement for communication rights by introducing far reaching media reform legislation. As a second wave of progressive governments are elected, the region has a new opportunity to move...