23 Jul 2025 WSIS+20: The power of being in the room
What does it mean for a grassroots advocate for communication rights to attend a United Nations global policy summit? For Patience Zirima from Gender and Media Connect, a WACC partner...
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23 Jul 2025 Project promotes inclusive, gender-just digital media in Southern Africa
A WACC partner in Zimbabwe is promoting media freedom and gender equality in and through the media by addressing barriers to digital inclusion faced by women journalists in Southern Africa.The...
11 Jul 2025 WSIS+20 side event with ecumenical partners features digital justice voices
Local and global voices for digital justice were at the forefront of a WACC side event to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 on Tuesday co-organized by the...
02 Jul 2025 WACC to advocate for digital justice at World Summit on Information Society +20
WACC and partners will champion a people-centred digital transformation at the World Summit on the Information Society +20 High-Level Event (WSIS+20) in Geneva on 7–11 July.With a seven-member delegation of...
25 Apr 2025 Latin American Indigenous communities hone communication tools to protect way of life
Indigenous activists in eight Latin American countries can better defend their lands by using more professional and secure methods to collect data and evidence, thanks to a project by WACC...
08 Apr 2025 Project shines light on stories of migrant women and girls in Latin America
A WACC-supported project is using podcasts and curated storytelling to raise awareness of the lived experience of migrant women and girls in Latin America and the need to recognize climate...
03 Apr 2025 Inclusive strategies deepen digital access in Nigeria
An ongoing WACC-supported project is using inclusive strategies to deepen digital access and connectivity in “last-mile”—or geographically isolated—communities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The Community Centred Digital Access Project is working to...
19 Mar 2025 WACC partners outline pathways to social justice–oriented implementation of Global Digital Compact
Will the United Nations Global Digital Compact (GDC) meets its aim of fostering an inclusive, open, safe, and secure digital future for all?Its success or failure hangs on how it...
15 Jan 2025 Nothing about us without us: Why digital justice requires communication rights
WACC partners met in Kathmandu, Nepal, last October to explore how communication rights are essential building blocks for social justice in our digital world. Here Forum participant Neema Majesia from...
11 Oct 2024 WACC partner forum to give communication rights response to UN Global Digital Compact
Some 25 of WACC’s grassroots partners in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East will explore the communication rights implications of the newly adopted United Nations Global Digital Compact and develop...
15 Aug 2024 Communication school empowers migrant, host communities in Colombia and Venezuela
A WACC-supported project is training members of migrant and host communities on both sides of the Colombian–Venezuelan border as citizen reporters to provide accurate information, address common issues, and foster...
01 Aug 2024 Project strengthens Indigenous community radio in Central America
A WACC-supported project is advancing community radio as a channel for Indigenous communities in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama to advocate for their rights. Run by the Estor Association...
30 Jul 2024 Digital literacy strengthens voice of Indigenous Soliga communities in India
A WACC-supported project run by Ideosync Media Combine is enhancing digital inclusion of the Soliga Indigenous communities in the Biligiri Rangan Hills of southwestern India’s Karnataka state. The Soliga tribal communities,...
03 Jul 2024 Project addresses gender stereotypes, sexism in Senegal’s online media
WACC is partnering with the organization Communautés Africaines to enhance the gender sensitivity of web journalists in Senegal and advance positive, non-sexist portrayals of women in digital news media, including...
14 Jun 2024 WACC’s Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all
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WACC’s Annual Report 2023 “Communication Justice for All” showcases the organization’s collective work last year to speak up for and advance just, inclusive, and community-led communication worldwide.“WACC believes in communication...
19 Apr 2024 Community network empowers women and youth in Kenya’s Mathare Valley
WACC is partnering with the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) to spur economic empowerment among people living in the slums of Nairobi’s Mathare Valley through dependable and cost-effective community-run internet. Founded...
19 Apr 2024 WACC issues Call for Projects
WACC, a non-governmental organization that builds on communication rights in order to promote social justice, today launched a Call for Projects for its 2024–2025 project cycle. The Call for Projects is...
03 Apr 2024 Indigenous citizen communicators in the Philippines ready to champion climate justice
WACC is partnering with the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) to equip the Alangan-Mangyan people in the Filipino province of Mindoro as storytellers to bring their voices into the public...
02 Apr 2024 Strengthening rural women’s access to broadband in Uganda
A WACC-supported project run by the Woman of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is strengthening community-based connectivity in the rural North of the country, with a particular focus on bridging the digital...
21 Mar 2024 Radio station boosts vital communication link for Rendille speakers in Kenya
A WACC-supported project in Kenya is helping an Indigenous community radio station to serve as an enhanced information channel for the Rendille people and preserve the tribe’s language and culture. In...
20 Mar 2024 Keep gender at center of global digital governance, NGO CSW68 event urges
The event “Digital Communication Rights: Empowering women for the digital age” on 12 March at the NGO CSW Forum 68 offered civil society advocates, academics, and media professionals tools to...
23 Feb 2024 Women-led community networks in Costa Rica transmit Indigenous identity to next generations
A WACC-supported protect in Costa Rica is helping women Indigenous leaders of the Cabécar nation use digital technologies strategically to connect younger generations with their community's culture, knowledge, and language.“Cabécar...
26 Jan 2024 WACC calls for rights-based approach to migration narratives at GFMD Summit
The communication rights of people on the move must be advanced in order to promote inclusive, balanced, and democratic narratives around migration, a WACC delegation underlined at the 14th Summit...
26 Jan 2024 Global migration summit hears how WACC partners are shifting public narratives on migration
A radio microphone can be a powerful tool to change narratives around migration, Etaf Roudan of the Community Media Network (CMN), a WACC partner in Jordan, told participants at a...
24 Jan 2024 Communication helps Syrian refugee children in Jordan develop mental resiliency
A WACC-supported initiative in Jordan is using animated films and radio to help Syrian refugee children and their families communicate about their experiences and find positive ways to cope with...
14 Dec 2023 Project teaches strategic communications to land defenders in Mexico and Central America
WACC has partnered with the La Sandia Digital (Digital Watermelon) in Mexico to hone communications strategies for social movements and organizations to promote socio-environmental and gender justice. The project, co-funded by...
14 Dec 2023 Bridging information gaps to boost climate resiliency in Zimbabwe
The Methodist Development and Relief Agency (MeDRA), a WACC partner in Zimbabwe, is helping communities gain access to the knowledge they need to adapt to climate change. Communities in Zimbabwe are...
20 Oct 2023 Indigenous radio in Nicaragua strengthens advocacy with hands-on training
A WACC-supported initiative in Nicaragua is building the capacity of Indigenous community radio as a tool for rights advocacy, social justice, sustainable development, and cultural flourishing. WACC is partnering with CASEMIP...
18 Sep 2023 Training youth in Georgia to build a safer, more secure digital world
Young people in Georgia are being equipped to create a safer and more secure digital environment for all through a WACC-supported project with partner organization Helping Hand. Georgia has no internet...
08 Sep 2023 Project to uphold digital rights in Philippines in face of SIM Registration Act
WACC is partnering with the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) in the Philippines to uphold people’s rights to access communication, to privacy, to security, and to free speech. In late 2022 the...
01 Sep 2023 Community radio network to strengthen Indigenous communication rights in Argentina
A WACC-supported initiative in Argentina is set to make radio a more powerful tool for Indigenous communities to uphold their rights and cultures. Local WACC partner Centro de Educación, Comunicación y Biblioteca...
31 Aug 2023 Digital justice means closing the gender digital gap, say WACC partners
Gender integration — through inclusive policies and practical initiatives — is urgently needed in digital spaces, panelists concluded during a session on digitalization and intersectionality at the WACC partner consultation...
28 Aug 2023 Project to build capacity of Indigenous communication in northern Argentina
Indigenous communication rights and community identity are being strengthened through a WACC-supported project in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy in northern Argentina. The Argentinian human rights organization Encuentro Solidario y...
14 Aug 2023 WACC partner forum outlines agenda for just digital future
WACC project partners from 17 countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have outlined a vision for a process of digital transformation rooted in justice and focused on the...
28 Jul 2023 WACC partner forum aims to develop common agenda to advance digital justice
WACC project partners Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will focus on advancing digital justice in a world in digital transformation when they meet for a learning, exchange, and networking...
27 Jul 2023 Project to support Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression in Guatemala
A WACC project is backing efforts by the Guatemalan rights organization Asociacion Ixchel to secure Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression, participation in cultural life, and equality before the...
23 Feb 2022 Migrant workers receive citizen journalism training in Lebanon
"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,...
22 Feb 2022 Negative portrayals of migrant workers on the rise in Lebanese news
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...
01 Dec 2021 WACC supports project to train Nigerian journalists on gender equality in news
At least 900 journalists from Nigeria will be trained on the fundamentals of gender equality in news sources as part of a WACC-supported project this year. The Media and Gender Enlightenment...
21 Sep 2021 Georgia project taps youth in fight against disinformation
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WACC announces its support for a project in Georgia that aims to empower disadvantaged youth from 25 secondary schools and universities by helping them acquire and develop digital skills that...
07 Apr 2021 WACC partner launches social media campaign to promote digital literacy in Gaza Strip
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For three straight days in December 2020, women and girls in the Gaza Strip were given pointers and reminders about safe browsing on digital platforms, including how they can protect...
21 Jul 2020 WACC project helps Filipino fisherfolk share local knowledge of climate-resilient, sustainable livelihood
Fifteen years ago, Sibuguey Bay in southwestern Mindanao, Philippines, was in an alarming state. Fish and other marine resources were nearly depleted due to illegal, unregulated fishing and mangrove deforestation. But the situation began to...
05 Sep 2019 Mayan radio station in Guatemala gets fresh start
An Indigenous community radio station in El Estor, Guatemala, is taking a more active role in covering allegations of human rights abuses involving extractive industries in their municipality, an offshoot of a one-year...
09 Mar 2018 Youth Peace Project a Sign of Hope in Conflict-Ridden Mindanao
PHILIPPINES
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05 Feb 2018 The Right to Memory in Action: The Story of the Balkans’ First LGBTIQA Rights Media Archive
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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26 Jan 2018 “Aprender más sobre la radio fue lo que me motivó”
GUATEMALA
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17 Aug 2017 Freedom and democracy from the grassroots: Stories told by those living them
INDIA
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23 Jun 2017 Communication, Jeunesse et Paix au Cameroun
CAMEROON
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19 Jun 2017 Sembrando Semillas en Defensa del Derecho a la Comunicación en Mesoamérica
GUATEMALA
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19 Jun 2017 Community Radio Highlights Struggles of the Urban Poor in the Philippines
PHILIPPINES
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08 Jun 2017 Broadcasting for Change in the Philippines
PHILIPPINES
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31 May 2017 Lifting Voices in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE
...12 May 2017 Jóvenes Pobres en los Medios Gráficos Argentinos
ARGENTINA
...12 May 2017 Gender in Agriculture Journalism in Vietnam
VIETNAM
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19 Apr 2017 Enabling Dalits to Have Their Voices Heard
INDIA
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19 Dec 2016 WACC project partners plan to advance the right to communicate
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12 Sep 2016 Ugandan Community Radio Stations Focus on Sustainability
UGANDA
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17 Aug 2016 Mexican Women Challenge Media Stereotypes
MEXICO
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23 Jun 2016 Women in the Philippines Challenge Land Grabbing
PHILIPPINES
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09 Jun 2016 Women at the forefront of citizen journalism in the Philippines
PHILIPPINES...
22 Apr 2016 “Mainstreaming Gender” in the Community Radio Sector of South Africa’s Limpopo Province
SOUTH AFRICA
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20 Apr 2016 Building Up the Community Radio Sector in Bosnia &Herzegovina
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
...27 Jul 2015 Brazilian Women in the News
BRAZIL
...27 Jul 2015 Year 1 of Ecuador’s New Communication Law
ECUADOR
...27 Jul 2015 Capacity-building for Marginalized Young Women
BANGLADESH
...27 Jul 2015 Community Radio and Indigenous Identity
ARGENTINA
...27 Jul 2015 Empowering Women in Community Radio
BANGLADESH
...04 Jun 2015 Periodismo Indígena una nueva alternativa de medios de comunicación
MEXICO
...16 May 2015 Mujeres aymaras en medios masivos de comunicación
BOLIVIA
...13 Mar 2015 Giving a Voice to the Bamba-Bakonjo people
UGANDA
...06 Feb 2015 Strengthening Ecuador’s Community Radio and “Buen Vivir”
ECUADOR
...17 Dec 2014 “Tu Voz en Todas Partes: Apropiación de TIC en el ejercicio radiofónico comunitario”
COLOMBIA
...07 Jul 2014 Indigenous Voices from Bolivia; an Opportunity to Speak Out
URUGUAY
...07 Jul 2014 The Status of Critical Communications Rights
SOUTH AFRICA
...07 Jul 2014 Media Makers: Strengthening Voices of Filipino Women from Marginalised Communities
PHILIPPINES
...07 Jul 2014 Strengthening Capacity Among the Quechua Communicators
PERU
...07 Jul 2014 Building Communications Capacities and Strategies for Middle-Sepik Villagers
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
...07 Jul 2014 Social Movements’ Contributions to Communication Rights
ECUADOR
...07 Jul 2014 Information Service for Young Women Survivors of Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
...07 Jul 2014 Our radio, Our Voice – Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina Taking Part in the Decision Making Process
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
...07 Jul 2014 Building Young Indigenous Peasant’s Communication Rights
ARGENTINA
...07 Jul 2014 Sensitization Programme in Support of Formulating Gender Guidelines for the Media
NEPAL
...07 Jul 2014 Rebuilding Women’s Image in the Media
IVORY COAST
...07 Jul 2014 Building Capacity for Gender Justice in the Media
ECUADOR
...07 Jul 2014 Promoting Gender-Ethical Journalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
...07 Jul 2014 Media, Gender Justice and Communication Rights
ARGENTINA
...07 Jul 2014 HIV and AIDS and Stigma Cutback
TANZANIA
...07 Jul 2014 Training for Widows and Denary Workers on HIV and AIDS Prevention
TANZANIA
...07 Jul 2014 Religious Leadership for HIV Prevention in Pakistan
PAKISTAN
...07 Jul 2014 Consolidating and Promoting a Culture of Peace
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
...07 Jul 2014 Media and Social/Environmental Conflicts
PERU
...07 Jul 2014 Increasing Media Responsibility in Northern Ghana
GHANA
...07 Jul 2014 Involving Community Media in the Struggle Against Separatism
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
...07 Jul 2014 Training East African Journalists to Cover People Affected by Drought
UGANDA
...07 Jul 2014 Strengthening Farmers’ Voices through Radio Journalists
TANZANIA
...07 Jul 2014 Resilience and Food Security: Raising the Voices of Rural Women
PHILIPPINES
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