The Canadian-based organization Open Media International announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed by an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Despite the ongoing debates about cause and effect, the protest movements that began in Tunisia and spread throughout the Arab world have had one clear vehicle: freedom of assembly and expression. The crowds of Arab youth who have assembled in cities, towns and villages have...
In Myanmar, Agape Community Services went to the Kalay-Kabaw Valley, one of the highest risk areas of HIV transmission in the country, to design a project that would be a faith-based response to HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. How can WACC members and partners help bring about such a world?
The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), where the theme will be “God of life, lead us to justice and peace,” will take place in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 30 October to 8 November 2013.
A project in Lagos state, Nigeria that was supported by WACC helped women in faith groups promote better understanding and greater awareness of HIV and AIDS and the effects of HIV related stigmatization and discrimination in the church.