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30 Sep 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project takes place amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Posted at 11:16h in Communication Rights, Gender, Gender and media: Challenges and opportunities in the post 2015 era, News 0 Comments

Toronto — The Covid-19 pandemic did not put a damper on the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), Tuesday, Sept. 29, attracting thousands of volunteers from 145 countries worldwide. GMMP 2020 is the sixth in a series of extensive gender and media monitoring studies conducted every five years...

30 Sep 2020 GMMP 2020: In Pictures

Posted at 09:41h in Communication Rights, Gender, GMMP 2020, News 0 Comments

Click here to show photos of volunteers who took part in the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). GMMP 2020 is the sixth in a series of extensive gender and media monitoring studies conducted every five years since 1995 by WACC Global, an international NGO that...

29 Sep 2020 WACC to host session at ‘Displacement and Dialogue’ virtual conference

Posted at 06:45h in Communication Rights, Gender, Migrant voices, News 0 Comments

WACC Global will be hosting a session on Enabling migrants to be seen and heard in host communities, Friday, October 16, 3-4 p.m. (CEST), as part of a virtual conference on “Displacement and Dialogue,” organized by DW Akademie. Click here to register for the WACC session...

27 Sep 2020 The charitable benefit of public interest journalism

Posted at 18:00h in Communication Rights, Europe, Journalism, News 0 Comments

With billions of advertising revenue moving from news agencies to Facebook, Google, and other online platforms, the crisis question for media diversity is how to find new ways to support diverse journalism. WACC has long advocated accountable independent journalism and responsible citizen journalism as alternative ways...

20 Sep 2020 Statement by WACC’s General Secretary on International Day of Peace, September 21

Posted at 19:28h in Calls for Action, Climate Justice, Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

Learning to respect and trust If peace is a measure of a society’s ability to absorb shocks without falling or relapsing into conflict, then it must be based on trust, equality, and respect for human dignity. Covid-19 has clearly set obstacles in the path of peace. Political...

15 Sep 2020 Colombia sees increase in xenophobia against migrants

Posted at 14:54h in Communication Rights, Migrant voices, News 3 Comments

Months-long Covid-19 lockdowns in Colombia have resulted in “an increase in xenophobia and rejection of the migrant,” according to WACC Global partners who are providing Venezuelan migrants and host communities with access to relevant information and communication platforms. It is crucial now more than ever, to raise awareness about the plight of migrants...

15 Sep 2020 In memoriam: William F. Fore (1928-2020)

Posted at 10:36h in Communication Rights, News 3 Comments

William F. Fore, who has died aged 92, was President of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) from 1982 to 1990. Graduating from Occidental College, he received his BD degree from Yale University Divinity School and in 1971 a PhD from Columbia University and Union Theological School. Fore was ordained...

03 Sep 2020 Workshops on ‘communication for the defense of mother earth’ begin in Colombia

Posted at 11:49h in Communication Rights, Indigenous, News 0 Comments

A “Father Fire” around a tulpa (an Indigenous gathering) greeted communicators and members of Colombia’s Asociación de Cabildos Indigenas de Norte del Cauca (ACIN, Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca) who arrived to conduct the first of a series of workshops on communication, community...

18 Aug 2020 Kenya project uses power of community radio to demand good governance

Posted at 09:24h in Communication Rights, News 1 Comment

A pilot project that mobilized Kenyan community media to better understand local political processes has, in turn, helped increase civic participation, awareness and transparency on how budgets are spent in eight counties across the country. The Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supported...

07 Aug 2020 Communicating resilience in a time of a pandemic

Posted at 09:06h in Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

The theme of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020 is “Covid-19 and Indigenous peoples’ resilience”. WACC is strengthening the communication outreach of Indigenous communities in order to bring about greater preparedness and resilience in the event of further outbreaks. While the exact origins of Covid-19 have not yet been confirmed,...