The need to prioritize education and build community was highlighted during a webinar on 5 December that explored how churches have been involved in disinformation or misinformation, and what they...
Participants at the African Women in Media (AWiM) Conference 2023 agreed on principles for change by adopting the Kigali Declaration on the Elimination of Gender Violence in and through Media...
A webinar co-organized by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 5 December will explore how churches can seek and serve the truth in the age of social...
The human rights — in particular the communication rights — of people on the move are in the spotlight with the most recent Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal.The articles in...
Gender-based violence on and through digital communication technologies is arguably the most pervasive human rights violation on the Internet. It is clear that technology — once considered an agent for gender...
WACC’s Latin America region has joined with other regional communication networks in calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to take concrete action to ensure stronger promotion of...
Against the backdrop of the horrific Israel-Hamas conflict, WACC partner the CDAC Network invited reflection on the theme “Communication in conflict: can we safeguard information in the age of AI?”...
Advocacy must evolve and new partnerships be formed to address current challenges of gender equality in and through the media, WACC Gender and Communications Program Manager Sarah Macharia told an...
WACC applauds the Quito Declaration from the First Latin America Communication Congress held last month in Quito, Ecuador. “The Declaration recognizes that communication is transformative and has a critical role to...
A WACC-supported initiative in Nicaragua is building the capacity of Indigenous community radio as a tool for rights advocacy, social justice, sustainable development, and cultural flourishing. WACC is partnering with CASEMIP...
The Trust Conference 2023 proved to be not just an eye-opener but also a much-needed critique of both the lack of and need for media freedom worldwide. WACC was an invited...
WACC partners advanced a vision for just, inclusive, and community-led digital communication at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2023 last week in Kyoto, Japan. “The Internet We Want — Empowering All...
Local voices and community-led climate action — rights-based and sustainable — hold the key to global climate solutions, concluded panelists at WACC’s most recent Conversation Circle. The online discussion “Local Climate...
Twenty-six television productions exploring religious, ethical, and moral perspectives through a wide range of genres were showcased at the 20th European Festival of Religious Television and Online Programmes, Belief on...
The WACC online discussion “Local Climate Voices: The Missing Link to Real Climate Action?” on 11 October offers members and partners the chance to explore why and how the voices...
“Digital Justice: A Study and Action Guide” is newly available in French and Spanish, widening access for even more people who want to learn more about being a digital advocate...
Young people in Georgia are being equipped to create a safer and more secure digital environment for all through a WACC-supported project with partner organization Helping Hand. Georgia has no internet...
WACC is partnering with the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) in the Philippines to uphold people’s rights to access communication, to privacy, to security, and to free speech. In late 2022 the...
A WACC-supported initiative in Argentina is set to make radio a more powerful tool for Indigenous communities to uphold their rights and cultures. Local WACC partner Centro de Educación, Comunicación y Biblioteca...
Gender integration — through inclusive policies and practical initiatives — is urgently needed in digital spaces, panelists concluded during a session on digitalization and intersectionality at the WACC partner consultation...
Indigenous communication rights and community identity are being strengthened through a WACC-supported project in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy in northern Argentina. The Argentinian human rights organization Encuentro Solidario y...
“More than a concept, it is necessary to understand the importance of media literacy as an instrument of public policies, essential to promote democracy and dialogue,” state the editors of...
WACC project partners from 17 countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have outlined a vision for a process of digital transformation rooted in justice and focused on the...
WACC project partners Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will focus on advancing digital justice in a world in digital transformation when they meet for a learning, exchange, and networking...
A WACC project is backing efforts by the Guatemalan rights organization Asociacion Ixchel to secure Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression, participation in cultural life, and equality before the...
WACC emphasized the vital link between communication rights and pressing issues such as climate justice, migrants’ rights, gender equality, freedom of expression, and media viability at the annual conference of...
WACC has launched a new quiz as a fun way for people to test their knowledge of justice issues related to digital technology. WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher and WACC...
Power is at play when it comes to the question of whose stories, both individual and collective, are preserved as public memory, says Editor Philip Lee in “Archival Justice: Unfinished...
WACC’s newly appointed international Board of Directors determined steps to strengthen the organization’s mission to promote communication rights as a cornerstone for more just societies when it met in London,...
The WACC ship has set a course for the future and that is to focus on building a transformative movement that helps shape government policies and actions “founded on human...
President Embert Charles has urged the WACC Board to draw on the wisdom of maturity to promote the mission of communication for all in a post-pandemic world marked by diverse...
Organizations committed to equal, inclusive and sustainable development can take steps to promote a technology ecosystem rooted in human rights, agreed participants at a recent seminar exploring development and digital...
The new WACC UK Board of Directors is meeting in London on 10–12 May to receive reports on WACC’s program, finances, membership, and outreach and to rearticulate the vision and...
The seminar “Development and Digital Access: Are we fostering equitable pathways to inclusion?“ on 11 May will explore how organizations and individuals committed to justice, democratic participation, and equality can...
WACC has launched Voices of the Amazon, a multi-year project in partnership with the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) that will use community radio to enable grassroots communities...
WACC’s regional association in Europe unanimously elected new leaders, reflected on accomplishments since its last assembly in 2019, and thanked outgoing president Stephen Brown at its assembly on 26 April. Elected...
“AI, AI, AI!” — Is this how you feel about artificial intelligence? An online seminar on April 26 hosted by the WACC regional association in Europe offered rich perspectives for those...
A webinar on 25 April took a closer look at how to address two significant gender blind spots in the news industry: the lack of women of colour in leadership...
WACC’s 2022 Annual Report “Building a Network and a Movement for Social Justice” highlights the organization’s vital, collective work throughout the globe to remove obstacles to communication for all.The newly...
If communication rights advocates want to use statements to drive social change, they need to be clear about their motivations and build coalitions that include grassroots voices, panelists concluded at...
The WACC Board of Directors has appointed Juha Rajamäki, a TV journalist and producer from Finland, as treasurer of the global association for communication rights for the time period 2023–2027....
The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) was launched on 28 March with a virtual event that explored how to amplify the voice of civil society in the digital age. The DDI takes...
At its General Assembly on 11 and 18 March 2023, the WACC Caribbean regional association selected new leadership and discussed areas of communication rights engagement for the next four years. Regional...
The WACC online discussion “From Words to Action: Statements on Communication for a Better Future” on 3 April will give members and partners the opportunity to consider how statements on...
The membership of WACC has elected Embert Charles, a communications and media specialist from the West Indies, to a second two-year term as president of the global association for communication...
Women journalists and activists can use the internet to their advantage and find support to help them stay safer online, concluded speakers at “Safe Zone: Creating media space for diverse...
Churches and civil society group must focus on questions of power around artificial intelligence (AI)—be that tech, political, gender, or racial power—and examine who is being included and excluded, concluded...
WACC is spotlighting gender-just online media and gender justice in our increasingly digitalized world at the NGO CSW67 Forum on 6–17 March 2023. The NGO platform enables civil society to...
Regulation of legacy media and digital platforms is crucial to ensure accountability for human rights for all and specifically for the right to freedom of expression for women and girls,...
Two contemporary “utopias” come under communication rights scrutiny in the latest Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal. The issue “Utopia or Bust: In Search of Inclusion” examines the Metaverse, which seeks to...
The European Festival for Religious Television and Online Programmes is back after a Covid-enforced pause. TV producers and enthusiasts from across Europe are invited to participate in the 20th edition of the...
At its 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 15 February, the WACC North America regional association received initial findings from the Migrant Media Monitoring Project (MMMP) conducted in May of...
Members of the public need to hold media accountable for coverage about migrants and refugees, and advocate for balanced, representative reporting, WACC Program Manager Sarah Macharia said at the annual...
Women are underrepresented in the news, and democracy — as well as individual citizens — suffers as a result, a panel of gender and media experts stressed during the episode...
An upcoming Al Jazeera English broadcast on the gender gap in media will feature Sarah Macharia, WACC program manager for Gender and Communication and global coordinator of the Global Media...
WACC has joined with Religions for Peace and over 150 individuals and international organizations to express concern about the human rights impact of further restrictions on the lives of Afghan...
Recent events had made it difficult to look forward, WACC President Embert Charles admitted when sitting down at the end of 2022 to pen a New Year’s message to those...
An introductory webinar to social media monitoring on 8 December took the first steps towards establishing a global, ecumenical observatory to gather evidence on gender-based violence content in the media...
A WACC panel on 8 December at the Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Marrakech, Morocco, will highlight the crucial intersection between communication rights, localization, and climate justice. Organized...
The webinar “Rooting out gender cyberviolence: An introduction to social media monitoring” on 8 December will give WACC members and partners the opportunity to take action against the harmful —...
Grassroots movements are using research and documentation of the Creole language and culture to challenge historical and contemporary prejudice in the Caribbean region, WACC President Embert Charles told participants at...
As the Global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence launch for 2022 on 25 November, WACC is calling on its members and partners to take action to end digital...
The latest issue of Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal, brings together touchstone documents on communication for a better future from over nearly two decades. The documents reveal a clear vision for...
During the online launch of the new resource “Digital Justice: A Study and Action Guide” on 7 November, dozens of people from across the world gathered for a virtual workshop...
Illegal. Terrorist. Criminals. Invasion. These are just a few words common in headline news about migrants and refugees. Throughout Europe and around the world, displaced people face enormous challenges in fleeing...
An online workshop, “How to be a digital justice advocate”, will be held on Monday, 7 November, to help people delve deeper into how to respond to the challenges and...
The media can be both ally and threat to girls and women. The content media transmit or the conduct they enable on digital platforms can deny the right to live...
The work of WACC regional partners strengthens the right to communicate of peoples in different contexts and helps restore their autonomy and human dignity....
The public forum “A snapshot of equity in the media” explored the presence of women in the news and the role of women in media companies, as focal points of...
WACC Latin America elected a new Regional Executive Committee during its assembly on 18 October 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Leonardo Felix (president), Nieves Vargas (vice president), Cirenia Celestino Ortega (secretary),...
It is time to establish a new gender deal for media and digital communications, concluded participants at a conference co-convened by the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)...
WACC project partners from across Latin America will explore the fundamental role that communication rights play in building more just, sustainable societies when they meet on 18–21 October 2022 in...
Angela Liu leaves her summer internship with WACC with valuable skills and knowledge for her future career path. During her eight weeks as a Communication Intern at WACC’s Toronto office, the...
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Terri R. Miller, a communications specialist, editor, and writer from Sudbury (ON), Canada, as its communications...
Participants at the 11th World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly were introduced on September 7 to participatory media monitoring tools that they can use to design advocacy actions to help...
WACC Global is one of more than 110 countries, civil society organizations, and companies that have signed the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy, "a commitment to make digital technologies work...
WACC Global and WACC Latin America today urged churches and ecumenical bodies to be part of a "transformative movement" that will work towards creating a digital public sphere that upholds...
Saying church and ecumenical communities "can and should strongly engage with media from a gender justice perspective," WACC Global presented a vision for an Ecumenical Gender and Media Observatory at...
A new initiative aimed at raising awareness about cyberviolence against women and creating a coalition of rights-based partners is highlighted in a new page on the WACC Global website. The...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly will take place starting next week and WACC staff and members will be present, raising issues about digital justice and gender and...
As the world increasingly becomes reliant on digital technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), "the role of social media platforms as propaganda tools needs to be explored thoroughly if freedom...
One hundred days after WACC launched its 100 Languages in 100 Days Challenge May 3, only 29 translations have been made to the Principles for Communication for Social Justice in...
Three WACC partners will be among 12 global “Internet Changemakers” who will make presentations at the 6thCommunity Network Xchange (CNX) on Friday, July 29, 10 a.m. (IST). Members of the community...
A panel of gender justice experts gathered in Vienna today underscored the need for a "whole of society approach" to address urgent challenges faced by women in exercising their right...
Angela Liu (she/they), an incoming fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing Peace, Conflict and Justice, Neuroscience and Political Science at University of Toronto, has recently joined WACC as a summer Communication Intern.Liu...
“The ‘oxygen of publicity”’ is a vital ingredient of any attempt to tackle the climate emergency and to implement solutions that benefit the whole world,” writes Philip Lee, WACC general...
To promote awareness about the care and sustainable management of natural resources, especially in rural and peasant communities in Venezuela, WACC has supported a project aimed at strengthening the programming...
The news media need to reconsider their “run-of-the-mill approach” to reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) if they wish to become part of the solution to this lingering global issue, said...
Take a quiz to test your knowledge of digital justice. Solve a crossword puzzle based on the theme of digital technology. Or watch a video about how communication can advance...
Seventy-one Indigenous communicators from 17 community radio stations in Honduras and Guatemala have received extensive training on how to develop new content about issues affecting remote communities as part of...
A podcast series focused on migrant women workers in Lebanon having a conversation among themselves about their hopes and experiences, a multi-media package of stories on refugees pursuing higher education...
WACC and Cultural Survival are funding a project in Peru that aims to improve the visibility and influence of a network of Indigenous communicators so that they can raise awareness...
Everyone is invited to celebrate the results of WACC's five-month cross-regional journalist training program on migration and refugee issues via an online presentation Thursday, June 9, 2022, 12noon-2pm CEST (Brussels).Participant...
About 4,700 rural women, youth, students, and members of marginalized communities in India will receive digital literacy and skills training as part of a WACC-supported project being implemented by local...
WACC and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) on May 20 highlighted the need to provide migrants with life-saving, culturally-sensitive information as well as communication tools during a side...
Saying that the world is at a critical juncture — with challenges posed by the climate crisis, divisiveness, and other social issues — Cree Elder Doreen Spence writes in the...
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) are hosting a side event with the civil society space at the upcoming International Migration...
A week after its launch, the 100 Languages in 100 Days Challenge by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) has received seven translations and 15 commitments to translate...
A well-equipped and well-trained network of Indigenous reporters focused on human rights reporting has been established as part of a WACC-supported project in Honduras. The project, ICTs for Community Development and...