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08 Nov 2021 YWCA-Palestine to offer digital skills training in WACC-supported project

Posted at 09:00h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Literacy, Digital Rights, News 0 Comments

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...

03 Nov 2021 Project makes a difference in Venezuelan migrants’ lives

Posted at 18:25h in Communication Rights, News 1 Comment

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...

02 Nov 2021 In difficult times, WACC expresses its solidarity with CIESPAL

Posted at 15:13h in Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

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...

01 Nov 2021 Guatemala: Reclaiming Mayan knowledge to address climate change

Posted at 08:55h in Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

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...

29 Oct 2021 Global video marathon to highlight climate crisis impact, demand action

Posted at 09:27h in Climate Justice, News 0 Comments

On November 5, 2021 WACC will join hundreds of organizations around the world in a 24-hour Video Marathon, Hands Off our Rights, Hands off our Planet!, which will take place during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The climate summit will be held...

26 Oct 2021 DRC project aims to increase access to information in rural areas

Posted at 09:00h in Africa, Communication Rights, Digital Literacy, Digital Rights, Gender, News 0 Comments

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...

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...

11 Oct 2021 Project to develop climate change curriculum in the Philippines

Posted at 05:25h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

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...

05 Oct 2021 Global input invited for actions to promote ‘Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age’

Posted at 14:46h in Calls for Action, Communication Rights, Digital Rights, News 0 Comments

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...

04 Oct 2021 WACC supports program to help improve climate journalism in Uganda

Posted at 07:06h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, News 1 Comment

WACC has announced its support for a project in Uganda that will establish a network of specialized climate and environmental reporters for community radio stations who have limited resources and are unable to hire journalists trained in climate sciences and environmental disciplines. The project, to be...