Nyon (Switzerland) 2021
An interreligious jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS has participated at the Festival Visions du Réel in Nyon (Switzerland) since 2005. The jury includes a representative of INTERFILM...
WACC Latin America holds forum on ‘Latin America – a neighbourhood on the move’
On July 23, 2021 communication experts shared their work in defence of the right to migrate from...
by Helen Wu
Working at WACC and on the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) was a very meaningful and informative experience. I learned about what communication rights meant on a deeper level.
I also...
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“The dominant forms and uses of digital technologies and the Internet endanger democracy. They undermine the indispensable resources of trusted information, in-depth analysis, rational debate, and diversity of representation that...
A WACC-supported project has enhanced the broadcasting capacity of Indigenous radio stations in the Amazon regions of Ecuador and improved the skills of 30 Indigenous citizen reporters who were able...
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Participate in a public dialogue about digital communication, or submit a case study that sets an example for the world: expressions of interest are invited...
Noting that the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) shows that women “remain shockingly underrepresented” in news content around the world, UN Women Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka called...
No country or region in the world has achieved gender equality in terms of people portrayed as subjects and sources in news content, said feminist scholar Sarah Macharia, who shared...
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News
All things remaining equal, it will take at least 67 more years to close the average gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide.
This was one of the key findings...
WACC and its partner La Sandía Digital have launched “Emergency Exits,” a new podcast about the lives and experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in Mexico.
The podcast, which features the...