On March 8, International Women's Day (IWD), the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a gender and media roundtable which concluded with joint message to #BreaktheBias. Participants in the roundtable held online considered the role of media in...
The 50th anniversary celebrations of NGO CSW/NY, which organizes the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) commence this month. The civil society forum is the central stage for global advocacy to promote women’s empowerment, human rights and gender...
The war on Ukraine is a tragedy. It is matched by a war on trust as disinformation and lies are used to silence ordinary Russians. Despite the horrific situation, WACC urges independent media outlets in Russia and Ukraine to do whatever they can to keep...
In WACC's 2021 Annual Report, Social Justice in an Age of Uncertainty, General Secretary Philip Lee underscores WACC's critical role in "strengthening the voices of people who are at risk of being excluded from genuine social progress."In his message, Lee notes that, "The exclusion of large...
"Domestic workers are sick and tired of working round the clock, non-stop in a kafala system that is modern day slavery." This was one of the sentiments raised in Hear Us, a photo essay by migrant workers in Lebanon who participated in a series of citizen...
Lebanese news headlines about migrant workers are "getting more negative," with clear biases detected "by word and tone," says a media monitoring report published as part of a WACC-supported project in Lebanon. The report will be launched via Facebook Live on Sunday, February 27, at...