WACC is supporting a new project in Malawi that aims to contribute to a conducive policy and regulatory environment for establishing and developing Community Networks to help address the connectivity gap in the country. Only 13.1% of Malawi's population of 17.1 million have access to the...
The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites its members to become IAMCR Ambassadors for their country or region for a period of three years. IAMCR members can apply to become an IAMCR faculty ambassador or to become an IAMCR PhD ambassador. IAMCR Ambassadors...
About 40 young Palestinian women in the Aqbet Jaber refugee camp, located on the edge of Jericho, and Jazalone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, will be trained on the safe use of social media and provided with skills that will allow them to use digital...
Venezuelan migrants, who already face economic difficulties resulting from their migration to neighbouring countries like Colombia, are also experiencing a host of health issues, according to a study conducted by WACC partners Grupo Comunicarte, Fundacion Comunicacion Positiva and Fe Y Alegreria Venezuela Radio Institute. Migrants who often...
WACC is dismayed to learn that its long-time partner CIESPAL, Ecuador, is facing enormous difficulties that are threatening its very survival. The history of social communications in Latin America would be incomplete if it omitted the extraordinary and far-reaching work of CIESPAL - the International Centre...
WACC is supporting a project in Guatemala that seeks to document and popularize ancestral Mayan ecological knowledge for climate change resilience and mitigation. Guatemala, which has been experiencing extreme weather conditions ranging from severe droughts to devastating floods, has been ranked among countries most vulnerable to...
A WACC-supported project will train about 90 women, young people and persons with disabilities in the use of digital media to enable them to have their voices heard and increase their access to information in disadvantaged communities in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The...
With Western-style education and the Internet taking over traditional learning processes in many parts of Costa Rica, the Indigenous people of the Cabeca nation, in Talamanca province, have expressed concern about threats to Cabecar culture and language, including their broad cosmovision. A WACC-supported project, La antena...
The Philippines has been identified as one of the top 10 countries most at risk from the effects of climate change, and yet millions of marginalized Filipinos who will be hit the hardest are not aware of it, according to the Center for Environmental Concerns...
The fruits of a September symposium on “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age” are being shared globally—with an invitation to contribute to an action plan for steps on the way to digital justice.The manifesto drawn up at the symposium is being distributed, along...