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20 Apr 2012

Posted at 13:05h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Women work together to eradicate feminicide and impunity{/teaser}

CEDEPCA (Guatemala) has recently concluded a three-year programme of activities aimed at combating violence against women in Guatemala and Mexico. Called “Actions against Feminicide and Impunity”, 16 training workshops were supported under...

19 Apr 2012

Posted at 13:56h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Digital publication of collection of position papers on free expression and the law.{/teaser}

Want to know if it's okay to expose environmental hazards in your country, write a scathing critique on a government official, or set up a blog under...

16 Apr 2012

Posted at 18:45h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC notes with sadness the death of the former professor of the Gregorian University, Rome.{/teaser}

Jesuit Father Jacob Srampickal passed away in Austria on April 14, 2011 aged 62. In the course of his career Fr Srampickal headed...

02 Apr 2012

Posted at 06:00h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC and SIGNIS name Verdades verdaderas (True truths) to receive their joint Human Rights Award 2011.{/teaser}

This first film by the young director Nicolás Gil Lavedra, based on the life of Estela de Carlotto, recounts episodes in the...

30 Mar 2012

Posted at 15:35h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC congratulates the magazine Index on Censorship on its successful and vital work on freedom of expression.{/teaser}

Index believes that freedom of expression is the foundation of a free society and for over 40 years it has defined and defended this...

22 Mar 2012

Posted at 15:53h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}UNESCO organizes conference on "The Memory of the World in the Digital Age."{/teaser}

The Memory of the World in the Digital Age is an international conference that will explore the main issues affecting the preservation of digital documentary heritage...

22 Mar 2012

Posted at 13:23h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}WACC partner in Ghana works with journalists and media practitioners to avoid election violence later this year.{/teaser}

Journalism, they say, is the Fourth Estate because of its enormous role in the governance system of a country. Ghana is touted as...

09 Mar 2012

Posted at 14:27h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Gender equality in news reporting gets a boost with the publication of a practical resource.{/teaser}

Internews, the international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, has published...

08 Mar 2012

Posted at 14:30h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}On International Women's Day, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) pays tribute to women writers and journalists.{/teaser}

American war correspondent Marie Colvin lost her life in February 2012 covering the conflict in Syria. Her death underlines the...

10 Feb 2012

Posted at 21:46h in News

{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"} {teaser} The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) has redesigned its logo to include a new tagline “Communication for All”.{/teaser}By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy-Director of Programs

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) has redesigned its logo to include a new tagline “Communication...