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13 Nov 2020 Colombia: Community radio play key role in protecting moorlands

Posted at 09:35h in Climate Justice, Community radio, Indigenous, Multi-year Projects, News 0 Comments

WACC Communication for Social Change manager Lorenzo Vargas recently visited two community radio stations in Colombia which are taking part in a WACC-supported project establishing a network of environmental journalists to help promote a culture of people-led environmental protection in regions that are home to...

10 Nov 2020 Mexico’s digital violence law cites GMMP findings

Posted at 14:36h in Gender, Gender-based violence, News 0 Comments

Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) findings on gender stereotypes in the media were among the references used in a legislation approved November 6 by Mexico’s Senate that would punish digital violence against women. “Known as Olimpia’s law, the measure would ban the sharing of ‘sexual content’...

09 Nov 2020 16 Days of Activism and the News Media in 2020

Posted at 00:00h in Comment, Covid-19, Gender-based violence 0 Comments

This month marks the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign running from November 25 to Human Rights Day December 10. Unlike previous years, lockdowns and curfews intended to arrest the spread of Covid-19 have led to a free-fall into GBV with impunity in 2020.

03 Nov 2020 Mexico: Project enables refugees, asylum seekers to be seen and heard

Posted at 09:34h in Communication Rights, Migrant voices, News, Refugees 0 Comments

Refugees and asylum-seekers seeking protection in Mexico will soon be producing podcasts about their lives and experiences with help from a WACC-supported project initiated by its local partner, La Sandia Digital. In the absence of stories featuring the voices and perspectives of people on the move,...

02 Nov 2020 Democracy is freedom of the press

Posted at 00:00h in Comment 0 Comments

People the world over are willing – some are even praying for – a free and fair election in the USA on November 3. In ordinary times, for that to happen the media must also be free and fair. But these have not been ordinary times. Until very recently, the news media have been hobbled and fettered.

29 Oct 2020 WACC: Human rights, inclusion must guide Internet governance

Posted at 14:00h in News 0 Comments

Cyber troll armies that propagate fake news. Politicians that hire marketing firms to create fake social media accounts to boost their image or attack opponents and civil society organizations. Military-controlled network of fake accounts and pages that target organizations and individuals critical of the government....

13 Nov 2020 Colombia: Community radio play key role in protecting moorlands

10 Nov 2020 Mexico’s digital violence law cites GMMP findings

09 Nov 2020 16 Days of Activism and the News Media in 2020

03 Nov 2020 Mexico: Project enables refugees, asylum seekers to be seen and heard

02 Nov 2020 Democracy is freedom of the press

29 Oct 2020 WACC: Human rights, inclusion must guide Internet governance

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