21 Dec 2015 GMMP garners worldwide coverage
Gender equality remains high on the UN agenda and WACC's GMMP 2015 report generates a record number of stories....
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03 Dec 2015 Media Development examines barriers to communication
“Invisible Walls and Barriers” explores some of the political, social, cultural and technological impediments to freedom of expression in today’s world.
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23 Nov 2015 Progress for women in news media grinds to a halt
After 20 years, research in 114 countries reveals continued severe disparity between representation of women and men in news media.
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21 Nov 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project Press Release
After 20 years, research in 114 countries Reveals continued severe disparity entre representation of women and men in news media ...
16 Nov 2015 Syria Film Festival scores huge success
Documentary screenings at the Syria Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, were sold out 13-15 November 2015 as audiences expressed their solidarity.
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09 Nov 2015 Film focuses on crimes against Mexican journalists
Web documentary launched by Article 19 showing how fear, impunity and violence are commonplace when Mexican journalists exercise the right to freedom of expression.
...18 Oct 2015 People of faith tackle freedom of expression and religion
A workshop organized by WACC in partnership with the Toronto-based International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) formed part of an extensive programme of interactive...
09 Oct 2015 WACC hosts workshop at Parliament of the World’s Religions
WACC will present a workshop on “Interfaith Dialogue on Communication, Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion” on Friday, Oct....
06 Oct 2015 Conflict reporting fails women
Women are virtually invisible in news reporting on peace and security issues in nations experiencing conflict.
...05 Oct 2015 WACC supports ‘moral imperative’ to end poverty
WACC and its General Secretary, the Rev. Dr. Karin Achtelstetter, have joined global faith-based organizations to endorse a statement that ending extreme poverty by 2030...
29 Sep 2015 A gender view of post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
The right to communicate with a gender perspective in the post 2015 development agenda, is part of a comprehensive approach that WACC and its regions are taking toward...
25 Sep 2015 Faith leaders commit to tackle and poverty and sustainable development
Faith leaders and development partners met September 24, 2015 at a High Level Event to discuss a framework for actions to end extreme poverty....
24 Sep 2015 Film features WACC partner Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
The Asia Society in New York on Sept. 24 is hosting the premiere of a documentary on female leaders that includes Sharon Bhagwan Rolls of Fiji-based femLINK Pacific,...
22 Sep 2015 Syria crisis, WACC plays its part in Toronto
WACC is a partner in the Syria Film Festival (SYFF), taking place for the...
20 Sep 2015 Women and men working together for peace
The theme of this year’s International Day of Peace – September 21 – is “Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All”. It aims to highlight...
17 Sep 2015 North American communication giant mourned
Rev. Dr. Everett C. Parker passed away on 17 September 2015 at the age of 102.
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15 Sep 2015 UNESCO event analyzes community media
WACC is one of six organizations invited to partner with UNESCO in a seminar at the agency’s headquarters in Paris providing a platform for knowledge...
14 Sep 2015 Raising the voices of the unheard and silenced
On International Day of Democracy, WACC calls on members and partners to uphold freedom of the press and to create new spaces for civil society to amplify the...
28 Aug 2015 Speech at Nordic conference extolls WACC communication values
Lutheran communication directors and communication officers from the Nordic countries met in Stockholm, Sweden, 26-28 August 2015 to discuss the role of the church in civil society in...
26 Aug 2015 Article 19 says information sources must be protected
Article 19 responds to the U.N.’s call for comment on the protection of journalists' sources and whistleblowers, made by the special rapporteur on the right to freedom of...
19 Aug 2015 AMARC11 conference highlights women’s role in community radio
A special session of AMARC’s Women’s International Network (WIN) focused on the past, present, and future challenges and opportunities for women in community radio in general and for...
17 Aug 2015 WACC delegation at AMARC 11 celebrates power of community radio
A team of 14 WACC delegates joined dozens of other attendees from around the world at the 11th Conference of the World Association of Community...
11 Aug 2015 Gender equality and peace-building
One of the shortcomings of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is “no clear reference to gender equality across the spectrum, and to how it...
07 Aug 2015 Digital Activism or Citizen Journalism? Insights from the Dominican Republic
Recent months have seen escalating tension in the Dominican Republic as a result of changes to the citizenship laws. ...
13 Jul 2015 Researchers focus on gender equality in the media
A special session on the future research agenda of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) took place in Montreal on 13 July 2015....
13 Jul 2015 Tribute to Luis Ramiro Beltrán (1930-2015)
The distinguished Bolivian communicator, Dr Luis Ramiro Beltrán Salmón, died 11 July 2015 after a short illness....
12 Jul 2015 Community media practitioners call for multilingual broadcasting
Language rights were the theme of a one-day seminar organized by the World Association for Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) that took place 12 July 2015 in Montreal, Canada.
09 Jul 2015 Indigenous communication rights focus of WACC workshop
A workshop exploring the communication rights of indigenous communities in Northern Ontario will take place Sunday 12 July 2015 in Montreal, Canada.
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06 Jul 2015 Human rights and the post-2015 agenda
The U.N.’s member states have to agree by September 2015 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intended to combat poverty, notes Julia Duchrow in the latest issue of...
29 Jun 2015 Setting a media agenda in the Sustainable Development Goals
In the latest issue of WACC’s Media Development quarterly, Fackson Banda, a program specialist in UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector, analyzes one of the goals and targets related...