07 Aug 2015 Digital Activism or Citizen Journalism? Insights from the Dominican Republic
Recent months have seen escalating tension in the Dominican Republic as a result of changes to the citizenship laws. ...
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13 Jul 2015 Researchers focus on gender equality in the media
A special session on the future research agenda of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) took place in Montreal on 13 July 2015....
13 Jul 2015 Tribute to Luis Ramiro Beltrán (1930-2015)
The distinguished Bolivian communicator, Dr Luis Ramiro Beltrán Salmón, died 11 July 2015 after a short illness....
12 Jul 2015 Community media practitioners call for multilingual broadcasting
Language rights were the theme of a one-day seminar organized by the World Association for Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) that took place 12 July 2015 in Montreal, Canada.
09 Jul 2015 Indigenous communication rights focus of WACC workshop
A workshop exploring the communication rights of indigenous communities in Northern Ontario will take place Sunday 12 July 2015 in Montreal, Canada.
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06 Jul 2015 Human rights and the post-2015 agenda
The U.N.’s member states have to agree by September 2015 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intended to combat poverty, notes Julia Duchrow in the latest issue of WACC’s Media Development quarterly.
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29 Jun 2015 Setting a media agenda in the Sustainable Development Goals
In the latest issue of WACC’s Media Development quarterly, Fackson Banda, a program specialist in UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector, analyzes one of the goals and targets related to media in the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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15 Jun 2015 In Lebanon, the disabled face barriers to communication
In one of its country reports, Article 19, the London-based organization that promotes freedom of information worldwide, has profiled the current environment for disabled persons in Lebanon.
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10 Jun 2015 Interreligious seminar to explore how freedom of religion and freedom of expression coexist
WACC’s General Secretary, Rev. Dr. Karin Achtelstetter is among a select number of experts invited to take part in a seminar titled “United Against Violence in the Name of Religion: How do Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression Coexist...
01 Jun 2015 Initial GMMP findings show almost no improvement in women’s visibility
Preliminary results from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2015 reveal an increase of just 1% from five years ago when only 24% of the people heard or read about in print, radio and television news were female.
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