25 Mar 2020 WACC to help migrants exercise their communication rights
WACC announces the launch of a new programmatic focus as part of our efforts to promote communication for all. The new Communication Rights and Migration Programme seeks to enable migrants and host communities to access...
23 Mar 2020 When mainstream media get it right
Interesting to see the media's largely positive role in helping to combat the coronavirus crisis. According to Forbes Magazine (March 16), the World Health Organization (WHO) is becoming the planet’s most important social media influencer.
19 Mar 2020 Communication and community in times of isolation
WACC’s response to the ongoing situation regarding COVID-19 For our common good, we need to use and promote technologies to unite people and communities who are divided by adversity. When the coronavirus...
17 Mar 2020 WACC, SIGNIS postpone European ecumenical TV festival amid coronavirus pandemic
The 20th European Festival of Religious TV and Online Programmes will not go ahead as scheduled this June in Helsinki, Finland. The postponement follows a wave of event cancellations worldwide due to the...
16 Mar 2020 Public service broadcasting: It’s political
Attacks on the independence of the BBC are multiplying. The principle of public service broadcasting – or, in these days of digital convergence, public service media – ought to be sacrosanct. The question then becomes one of the need for unbiased oversight and financial autonomy.
09 Mar 2020 Pushing the limits of media freedom in the interest of democratic protest
A report from Lebanon’s Maharat Foundation examines the role of freedom of expression and media during the 2019 uprising. Maharat’s aim is to create societal and political conditions that enhance freedom of expression and access to information both online and offline. It equips a progressive community in Lebanon and the region with the skills and knowledge necessary to bring about change.
08 Mar 2020 25 years after Beijing Declaration, ‘we still don’t have an equal world’: UN report
While life today is better for a 15-year-old girl in a developing world, she will nonetheless have to keep fighting against tremendous odds because progress made in the last 25...
06 Mar 2020 Gender and media alliances urge Commission on Status of Women to postpone adoption of Political Declaration
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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...
04 Mar 2020 International Women’s Day 2020: Gender-balanced media for an equal world
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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...
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