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08 Jul 2020 Indigenous community radio at the forefront of protecting Ecuador’s ancestral lands

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In response to growing resource extraction activities in the Ecuadorian Amazon, WACC Global is supporting a project that will help four local Indigenous community radio stations produce innovative content that promotes the protection of ancestral lands from a human rights and gender justice perspective. Mining, oil exploration, industrial logging and agriculture have been taking a toll on the traditional...

07 Jul 2020 Digital literacy workshops empower Palestinian women in Gaza Strip

Posted at 10:03h in Communication Rights, Digital Rights, Gender, Middle East, News 1 Comment

Sameera Zoroub, who graduated with a degree in media, used to think that her social media accounts were “secure and protected.” But when she attended a Digital Security workshop organized in late June by Community Media Centre, a Palestinian NGO, she realized that there was so much she didn’t know about safely navigating the mobile and online world. At the end of the...

02 Jul 2020 Communication rights project addresses information needs of migrants in the Ecuador-Colombia border

Posted at 09:12h in Communication Rights, News 2 Comments

A WACC-supported project has been training Ecuadorian and Colombian citizen journalists on investigative journalism, media production, migrants’ rights, and human security to equip them with new skills that will help meet the communication and information needs of migrants and host communities in their midst. Coordinadora de Medios Comunitarios Populares y Educativos del Ecuador -CORAPE (Ecuadorian Network of Community, Popular and...

22 Jun 2020 In memoriam Neville Jayaweera (1930-2020)

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[caption id="attachment_26345" align="alignleft" width="203"] Neville Jayaweera[/caption] WACC notes with sadness the death of its former Director of Research and Planning, Neville Jayaweera, at the age of 89. Appointed by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake, to be both Chairman and Director-General of the then Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation in 1966,...

19 Jun 2020 WACC calls for ethical journalism for refugees

Posted at 14:56h in News, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

Journalism, and the media, should help people to understand the world around them and to navigate the complexities of our societies. For that truly to happen, no one should be excluded. Journalism can be as much a distorting lens as a magnifying glass. WACC’s media monitoring...

17 Jun 2020 Indigenous community radio creates vibrant space for Mexico’s Otomí people

Posted at 10:55h in News 0 Comments

An Indigenous community radio in Mexico has established itself as a viable alternative to state-run and commercial broadcasting stations in Santiago de Anaya, Hidalgo state. Ximai Radio, whose mission is to promote free expression and community participation in order to advance the interests of the Hñahñu (Otomí) people, recently completed a strategic planning process...

16 Jun 2020 WACC partner launches first feminist community radio in Mexico

Posted at 09:02h in Communication Rights, News, Uncategorised 0 Comments

WACC partner Alianza por el Derecho Humano de las Mujeres a Comunicar (ADEHMAC) has launched Violeta Radio, a feminist community radio station in Mexico City that seeks to integrate gender equality across the board – from its management structure to all content produced. The radio station came as a result of years of...

10 Jun 2020 ‘Made in Mexico’ transmitter built by WACC partner benefits Indigenous community radio

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A civil society organization and WACC partner has assembled what is believed to be the first of its kind “Made in Mexico” transmitter, allowing Indigenous community radio stations to save about 200% on capital costs. After seeing many community radio stations struggle with sustainability because of the high costs of buying and repairing...

03 Jun 2020 ‘Covid-19 knows no borders’

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WACC partner Espacio de Comunicacion Insular has urged governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti to coordinate their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying failure to do so would be catastrophic for both countries.

26 May 2020 The essential role of public service media during Covid-19

Posted at 15:35h in Communication Rights, News, Public Service Media 0 Comments

International public service media from G-7 countries have reported “strong audience increases” since the Covid-19 pandemic, which they interpret as a show of confidence for the “reliable and independent information” they deliver on multiple communication platforms, in a variety of languages, on all continents.