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06 Mar 2020 Gender and media alliances urge Commission on Status of Women to postpone adoption of Political Declaration

Posted at 16:05h in Gender, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

Inclusion of key stakeholders in text, democratic deliberation’ needed A group of women’s rights organizations and non-governmental organizations is urging the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to postpone the adoption of the final draft version of its Political Declaration. The group is concerned that it “omits...

04 Mar 2020 International Women’s Day 2020: Gender-balanced media for an equal world

Posted at 16:02h in Gender, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

International Women’s Day (IWD) campaigns step up demands for the respect of women’s basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This year’s IWD, March 8, 2020, calls us to raise awareness against bias and take action for equality in order to forge a gender-equal world. WACC...

04 Mar 2020 WACC steps up effort to respond to communication needs of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

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

A project to establish “communication that brings us together” began with a mix of “great enthusiasm and uncertainty” over a year ago in Colombia, as the country grappled with the influx of an unprecedented number of Venezuelan migrants. Today, that project, “Among Neighbours: Network of Colombian...

03 Mar 2020 Gender equality: Some progress, but still a long way to go

Posted at 15:55h in Gender, Media Development, News 0 Comments

WACC Global’s quarterly journal, Media Development, has published its first issue of the year, which examines how women around the world are faring 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and five years since the launch of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Published in time...

26 Feb 2020 Here’s how WACC helped to advance communication rights in 2019

Posted at 15:52h in Communication Rights, Gender, News, Peace 0 Comments

In 2019, a year marked by divisive politics, attacks on journalists, xenophobia, digital surveillance and harassment, and other threats to freedom of information and democracy, WACC Global continued to make a positive difference, especially among vulnerable people and communities around the world. With WACC’s support, 79...

18 Feb 2020 New book explains why communication rights & sustainable development are inextricably linked

Posted at 15:46h in Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

WACC ’s Centre for Communication Rights has co-published Expanding Shrinking Communication Spaces, a new e-book on communication rights and sustainable development for a digital age. The 130-page page book – which is intended for development practitioners, policy makers, and communication rights activists – takes a historic look at communication...

10 Feb 2020 Diversity important in public broadcasting, says WACC on World Radio Day

Posted at 15:43h in Citizen Journalism, Latin America, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

On February 13, World Radio Day, WACC Global joins UNESCO in urging radio stations worldwide to “uphold diversity, both in their newsroom and on the airwaves.” WACC also encourages its members to celebrate the contributions of community radio, which remain the most accessible medium for disadvantaged and...

07 Feb 2020 A guide to understanding the gender dimension of climate change in the Caribbean

Posted at 15:39h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, News 1 Comment

Water shortage resulting from increased and longer periods of drought has been identified as one of the effects of climate change. Who will be affected most by the scarcity of water supply? One way to find out would be to ask who the primary collectors, users...

04 Feb 2020 Project trains new batch of Tharu journalists in Nepal

Posted at 15:34h in Citizen Journalism, News, Uncategorised 0 Comments

Tharu-speaking Indigenous journalists in Nepal have enhanced their news and reporting skills, and production of news in Tharu has increased, thanks to a capacity building project undertaken by WACC local partner Prachin Srijansil Aadibashi Samaj. The project, geared towards helping Radio Gurbaba FM – an Indigenous community radio...

28 Jan 2020 WACC, Cultural Survival to support 7 Indigenous broadcasting networks

Posted at 15:27h in Citizen Journalism, Communication Rights, Indigenous, News 0 Comments

Following four years of fruitful collaboration, WACC and Boston-based Indigenous rights organization Cultural Survival have decided to renew and enhance their ongoing partnership. Starting this year, WACC and Cultural Survival will concentrate their efforts not just on supporting individual Indigenous community radio stations, but also on...