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03 Oct 2012 Communication rights are vital to transforming the global economic structure

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Speaking at the Global Ecumenical Conference on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture taking place 29 September...

29 Sep 2012 WACC shifts to online publishing

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As digital publishing continues to evolve dramatically, WACC has produced its first electronic annual report in a move towards a stronger digital presence and online platform....

28 Sep 2012 WACC conducts survey on communication rights

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A recent survey on communication rights conducted by WACC has concluded that greater understanding of communication rights can strengthen participatory development and facilitate achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)....

13 Sep 2012 Ecumenical voices in Brazil urge “communication for life, justice and peace”

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Busan Statement impacts crucial debates on Christian communication.{/teaser}WCC News

Recent debates on the role of Christian communication are being impacted by a communications statement released in May by the World Council of Churches (WCC), the...

15 Aug 2012 Communication rights and free Internet are essential for democracy

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"} {teaser} Internet freedom is rooted in key principles of US Bill of Rights.{/teaser}

By María Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager

After the boycott of the Internet on 18 January 2012 as a protest against proposed copyright legislation that would put the Internet’s...

10 Aug 2012 New book looks at contemporary forms of televangelism

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Exploring the changing face of global and local televangelism on a television screen near you.{/teaser} WACC's former director of studies, Pradip N. Thomas, and WACC's current deputy-director of programmes and editor of its journal Media Development, Philip Lee, have joined forces to publish a collection...

08 Aug 2012 WACC calls for action to strengthen community radio for Indigenous people

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"} {teaser} On International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, August 9, WACC is calling on civil society organizations and governments to support community radio.{/teaser}

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, August 9, WACC...

03 Aug 2012 WACC Honorary Life Member receives communication award

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Professor Cees Hamelink, a leading proponent of communication rights for all, is recipient of a prestigious award from the University of Queensland.{/teaser} Human rights professor Cees Hamelink was awarded The University of Queensland 2012 Emeritus Award for Communication for Social Change on 5 July...

25 Jul 2012 New international society to support scholars of media, religion and culture

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{wacc location="Eskisehir, Turkey"} {teaser}WACC is one of the founding organizations of the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture.{/teaser} By Dr Stephen Brown

An International Society for Media, Religion and Culture (ISMRC ) has been inaugurated to support scholars and academic endeavours at the...

16 Jul 2012 Ecumenical Jury prize goes to Armenian film

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Armenian film about guilt, forgiveness and the hope of reconciliation receives prize at the Golden Apricot Film Festival.{/teaser}

“If Only Everyone”, directed by Natalia Belyauskene, received the prize Saturday at the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of...