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06 Mar 2020

Posted at 16:05h in Gender, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action
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Inclusion of key stakeholders in text, democratic deliberation’ needed A group of women’s rights organizations and non-governmental organizations is urging the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to postpone the adoption of the final draft version of its Political Declaration. The group is concerned that it “omits...

04 Mar 2020

Posted at 16:02h in Gender, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action
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International Women’s Day (IWD) campaigns step up demands for the respect of women’s basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This year’s IWD,  March 8, 2020, calls us to raise awareness against bias and take action for equality in order to forge a gender-equal world. WACC...

26 Feb 2020

Posted at 15:52h in Communication Rights, Gender, News, Peace
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In 2019, a year marked by divisive politics, attacks on journalists, xenophobia, digital surveillance and harassment, and other threats to freedom of information and democracy, WACC Global continued to make a positive difference, especially among vulnerable people and communities around the world. With WACC’s support, 79...

18 Dec 2019

Posted at 14:30h in Communication Rights, Gender, News
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In a country such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has “a strong patriarchal tradition and dominant stereotypes about women,” Abida Pehlic can’t emphasize enough how important the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) has been since her organization, Novi Put, joined the research in 2015. “Women are generally perceived as...

12 Nov 2019

Posted at 11:00h in Gender, Gender and media: Challenges and opportunities in the post 2015 era, News
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Women journalists who ethically cover stories about gender-based violence  are “human rights defenders in their own right,” and they often face challenges, including misogynistic attacks online and offline, as a result of their work, says Sarah Macharia, Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) coordinator and WACC...

05 Nov 2019

Posted at 10:56h in Africa, Gender, Gender and media: Challenges and opportunities in the post 2015 era, News
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Women continue to be excluded from peace and political processes, despite a UN resolution adopted nearly two decades ago, which acknowledged that armed conflicts disproportionately affect their health, safety and human rights, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres acknowledged in an open debate October 29. “Change is...