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28 Apr 2020 Northern Uganda: Ensuring rural farmers have a say in Covid-19 response

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

WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. by Marites Sison Radio Apac, Ltd., a community radio station in...

24 Apr 2020 Uganda: Women’s radio gets creative in sharing Covid-19 information

Posted at 09:46h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, News 0 Comments

WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. Mama FM, a women-focused radio station serving the underprivileged in...

22 Apr 2020 In Togo, raising awareness about Covid-19 is complex work

Posted at 09:43h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, News 0 Comments

WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. Togo, like most sub-Saharan African countries, is affected...

21 Apr 2020 WACC endorses UN body’s call for human rights-centered Covid-19 response

Posted at 16:01h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

The United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF), with the endorsement of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council, has urged governments and international bodies to ensure that their policies and actions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic comply with international human rights standards. Multi-faceted responses to...

21 Apr 2020 Bangladesh: Community radio brings life-saving Covid-19 information to rural communities

Posted at 15:58h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, News 0 Comments

08 Apr 2020 Syrian refugees vulnerable in Covid-19 pandemic

Posted at 15:55h in Citizen Journalism, Communication Rights, Covid-19, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, a community radio station supported by...

08 Apr 2020 Communication Saves Lives: WACC Rapid Response Fund for Community Media

Posted at 13:38h in Communication Rights, Community Radio (2012-2016), News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

In times of crisis, information saves lives. In the response to Covid-19, we see how vital it is to get accurate and trusted messages to people so that they know what they need to do and where they can get help when they need it. For many...

08 Apr 2020 Communication saves lives, strengthens solidarity

Posted at 13:33h in Communication Rights, News, Resources, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

The global Covid-19 pandemic has shown how vital it is to get accurate and trusted information to communities in languages and channels that they understand. It has also raised awareness of the opportunities - and rights-based challenges - of digital communication. WACC and its partners...

07 Apr 2020 Communication in local languages vital in crisis situations

Posted at 15:51h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Covid-19, News 0 Comments

As Pacific Island Governments work on a coordinated regional response to Covid-19, Tropical Cyclone Harold, which has already hit the Solomon Islands and bears down at category 5 level on Vanuatu, the region faces a stark reminder that climate-related disasters remain a major security threat. In...

03 Apr 2020 Indigenous community radio addresses critical gap in Covid-19 information

Posted at 15:42h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, News 0 Comments

WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. WACC Global’s grassroots partners in Ecuador and Nepal are actively responding...