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30 Nov 2020 Media Development’s new issue tackles ‘Communication in a Time of Crisis’

Posted at 09:51h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, Gender, Media Development, News, Uncategorised 0 Comments

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

Posted at 15:06h in Communication Rights, Gender, News 0 Comments

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...

25 Nov 2020 Indigenous radio: ‘A lot has been achieved, but much remains to be done’

Posted at 17:26h in Communication Rights, Indigenous, News 0 Comments

Indigenous community radio stations have been “gaining traction around the world,” but many remain hamstrung by legal, financial, technical and administrative challenges, according to a new study, Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard? launched online Wednesday, Nov. 25. Commissioned by WACC Global, Cultural Survival, and the Indigenous Media...

18 Nov 2020 Register Now: Global launch of study on the state of Indigenous community radio

Posted at 09:28h in Communication Rights, Community radio, Indigenous, News 0 Comments

On Wednesday, November 25, WACC Global, Cultural Survival and Indigenous Media Caucus will launch “Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard?: A Study on the State of Indigenous Community Broadcasting in 19 Countries.” Please click here to register for the free online event. The global study examines whether governments...

13 Nov 2020 Colombia: Community radio play key role in protecting moorlands

Posted at 09:35h in Climate Justice, Community radio, Indigenous, Multi-year Projects, News 0 Comments

WACC Communication for Social Change manager Lorenzo Vargas recently visited two community radio stations in Colombia which are taking part in a WACC-supported project establishing a network of environmental journalists to help promote a culture of people-led environmental protection in regions that are home to...

10 Nov 2020 Mexico’s digital violence law cites GMMP findings

Posted at 14:36h in Gender, Gender-based violence, News 0 Comments

Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) findings on gender stereotypes in the media were among the references used in a legislation approved November 6 by Mexico’s Senate that would punish digital violence against women. “Known as Olimpia’s law, the measure would ban the sharing of ‘sexual content’...

03 Nov 2020 Mexico: Project enables refugees, asylum seekers to be seen and heard

Posted at 09:34h in Communication Rights, Migrant voices, News, Refugees 0 Comments

Refugees and asylum-seekers seeking protection in Mexico will soon be producing podcasts about their lives and experiences with help from a WACC-supported project initiated by its local partner, La Sandia Digital. In the absence of stories featuring the voices and perspectives of people on the move,...

29 Oct 2020 WACC: Human rights, inclusion must guide Internet governance

Posted at 14:00h in News 0 Comments

Cyber troll armies that propagate fake news. Politicians that hire marketing firms to create fake social media accounts to boost their image or attack opponents and civil society organizations. Military-controlled network of fake accounts and pages that target organizations and individuals critical of the government....

21 Oct 2020 Climate change stories by Kenyan citizen journalists gain traction

Posted at 09:24h in Citizen Journalism, Climate Justice, Communication Rights, News 2 Comments

October 21, 2020 — Local radio and television stations in Kenya have been giving airtime to stories produced by the Farm Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya (FF-SPAK), which has partnered with WACC and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support Promoting Traditional Climate Change Mitigation...

16 Oct 2020 ‘Everyone is entitled to a public voice’

Posted at 22:53h in Calls for Action, Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

Statement by WACC General Secretary Philip Lee on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17, 2020 “Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all” is vital at a time when social, political, and economic inequalities are increasing the risk of geopolitical...