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An Indigenous woman speaks into a microphone with her other hand raised in a fist. People behind her hold a colorful banner.

14 Jun 2024 WACC’s Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all

Posted at 13:48h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, Indigenous, Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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 that builds and shapes community, enhances participation, and promotes freedom. Communication that demands accountability, builds...

21 Mar 2024 Radio station boosts vital communication link for Rendille speakers in Kenya

Posted at 17:34h in Community radio, Indigenous, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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 2021, the Fereiti Action Network, a Kenyan, youth-driven organization for social change, partnered with WACC...

A man speaks on a video screen in a conference room with people sitting at tables set in a large square. A banner reads "CIDH"

22 Nov 2023 WACC Latin America joins regional call to protect and promote Indigenous community media

Posted at 17:08h in Indigenous, News, WACC Latin America 0 Comments

WACC’s Latin America region has joined with other regional communication networks in calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to take concrete action to ensure stronger promotion of Indigenous communication rights. An autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS), the IACHR is...

03 Nov 2023 COP 28: Let’s ensure traditional ecological knowledge is integrated into climate policy

Posted at 10:55h in Climate Justice, Comment, Indigenous 0 Comments

Indigenous leaders from around the world gathered in New York last month during UN Climate Week to raise awareness about the need to bring Indigenous and traditional perspectives into climate policy. Their call is to recognize the vital role that these communities, many of which hold...

20 Oct 2023 Indigenous radio in Nicaragua strengthens advocacy with hands-on training

Posted at 15:47h in Indigenous, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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 RL (Cooperativa Agropecuaria de Servicios Multiples "Indian Pawanka" RL) to offer training in media production...

02 Oct 2023 Digital technologies help counter language loss

Posted at 00:01h in Comment, Communication Rights, Indigenous 0 Comments

In 1999, a public hearing on “Languages and Human Rights” took place at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. A panel of five experts in communication, language rights, and international law heard test cases of threats to linguistic rights. They included the Amazigh...

Indigenous woman and man from Argentina, wearing white tops. The man is speaking into a microphone. Behind them is the Wiphala Indigenous flag made up of squares coloured dark brown, dark red, orange, yellow and white. The woman wears a scarf with the same emblem.

01 Sep 2023 Community radio network to strengthen Indigenous communication rights in Argentina

Posted at 19:22h in Indigenous, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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 Popular (CECOP), with the Argentine Forum of Community Radios (FARCO), is creating an Indigenous communicators...

28 Aug 2023 Project to build capacity of Indigenous communication in northern Argentina

Posted at 16:07h in Indigenous, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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 Democrático is working with the network Mesa de Comunicación Popular e Indígena de Salta y...

An Indigenous man speaks at a podium at a press conference at the Guatemalan Congress. Ten Indigenous people stand in a semi-circle behind him.

27 Jul 2023 Project to support Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression in Guatemala

Posted at 09:45h in Indigenous, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

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 law through legally sanctioned radio broadcasting. In the peace agreement that brought an end to civil...

19 Oct 2021 Costa Rica project helps to promote Cabécar culture, language

Posted at 05:34h in Communication Rights, Indigenous, News 0 Comments

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...