26 Mar 2021 Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard?
Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard? A Study on the State of Indigenous Community Broadcasting in 19 Countries...
19 Mar 2021 UN member states must address gender representation in the news, says GMMP co-ordinator
The news media are “downplaying women’s leadership during the greatest health crisis of our time,” said Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) global co-ordinator Sarah Macharia during a virtual informal meeting of the 65th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women March 17. “Women...
08 Mar 2021 Ecuador project contributes to better reception of migrants
[video width="700" height="550" mp4="https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/otranoticia-24-ciudadana-venezolana-en-imbabura-los-venezolanos-podemos-aportar-mucho-en-ecuador-solo-pedimos-trabajo.mp4"][/video] A WACC Global-supported project in Ecuador is contributing to the development of an inclusive and rights-based narrative on migration by producing new radio and web content that serves as a counterbalance to xenophobic discourse in the country. The civil society organization, Ecuadorean Network...
04 Mar 2021 GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on
New data from global research with additional analysis of Covid-19 news Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the...
17 Feb 2021 ‘Truthful Voices Matter,’ WACC emphasizes in 2020 Annual Report
In its 2020 Annual Report, WACC Global underscores the urgency of its efforts to promote and strengthen communication rights, noting that the Covid-19 pandemic “has made far more apparent the best and worst aspects of our communication landscape.” On the one hand, the pandemic showed the...
10 Feb 2021 A hard look at digital justice in the Philippines
WACC partner Computer Professionals Union-Philippines has launched a website that will serve as an online platform for identifying and addressing key digital issues in the country, which has been dubbed “the social media capital of the world,” but remains a “starter” when it comes to...
27 Jan 2021 WACC joins Global Forum for Media Development
WACC Global is now member of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), an international network of about 200 journalism and media development organisations from more than 70 countries, which supports “the creation and strengthening of journalism and free, independent, sustainable, and pluralistic news ecosystems.” In...
08 Dec 2020 ‘Get vaccinated against misinformation’ radio campaign by WACC partner yields positive results
About 42, 360 inhabitants of remote Indigenous communities in Guerrero, Mexico are being provided with life-saving information about Covid-19, thanks to WACC-supported radio programs in Mixtec and Spanish produced by local partner, Centro de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria A.C. (CICCAC). Broadcast on Radio Zapata 94.1 FM, the radio...
30 Nov 2020 Media Development’s new issue tackles ‘Communication in a Time of Crisis’
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After a challenging year dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the latest issue of Media Development, WACC Global’s quarterly journal, examines “Communication in a Time of Crisis.” Articles in the issue range from Covid-19 related misinformation to reflections on the impact of the pandemic on human...
26 Nov 2020 Gender equality in the news media lags behind rest of society, says new book
The news media “misrepresents reality when it comes to the actual progress of gender equality in the world,” according to a new book which draws on data from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the International Women’s Media Foundation and the European Institute for Gender...