Being seen and heard means having a voice in shaping your future and that of your community and society. In a world where too many are invisible and too many voices are silenced, may we help to let the light of inclusive, democratic, and empowering communication...
After all, that is the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), whose +20 outcomes will be finalized by UN member states this week (December 16–17). Both at the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting in July in Geneva and in the negotiations involved in drafting...
Despite decades of advancement in education, politics, and economic participation, women remain dramatically underrepresented in European news media, according to findings from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2025 presented at a WACC Europe discussion last month. The key regional findings, delivered by GMMP European coordinator...
Between 10 and 21 November, a delegation of 15 WACC-supported community media reporters and activists from across the Amazon region were in Belem, Brazil, to cover the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 30). WACC program director Lorenzo Vargas explains why...
WACC General Secretary Philip Lee reports from the latest meeting of the CDAC Network, a global alliance of organisations working to ensure people can access safe, trustworthy information and communicate during crises. “Information in Crisis” was in focus at the recent public forum of the CDAC...
With progress towards media gender parity on a plateau, women’s rights advocates are taking time to pause, reflect, and innovate. Gender equality in the global news media is at a crossroads 30 years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, the 2025 Global Media...