21 Mar 2014 GMMP Ambassador: Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, who is passionate about implementing Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action to advance women’s political and social...
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20 Mar 2014 Fiji group calls for culture of peace
Fiji-based Citizens Constitutional Forum (CCF), a WACC corporate member, is calling on the people of Fiji to promote a culture of peace, tolerance and coexistence among ethnic groups...
19 Mar 2014 Unanimous approval for new WACC Constitution
WACC members approve new governing documents prior to submission to Industry Canada to renew WACC's incorporation.
...14 Mar 2014 GMMP Ambassador’s film on women’s movement to be shown at conference
California-based filmmaker Jennifer Lee, a 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) Ambassador, will be presenting her film...
13 Mar 2014 WACC member criticised in creationist debate
Church press agency Protestinfo responds to attacks on its integrity following the publication of a study called “Creationist teaching: Public education displays its discomfort”....
12 Mar 2014 Women of Distinction award given to Rolls
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, executive director of FemLINKPACIFIC in Fiji and a WACC partner, on March 11 accepted the 2014 Women of Distinction Award from the Read More
11 Mar 2014 Summer School on “Communication and Religion”
WACC announces a Summer School on “Communication and Religion” that will take place 16-21 June 2014 in Toronto, Canada....
11 Mar 2014 Where did press freedom suffer most in 2013? Online.
In February 2014 the Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual analysis of Attacks on the Press, including a “Risk List” of the places where press freedom suffered...
10 Mar 2014 WACC helps raise the voices of Haitian women
Please help support a project for rural women in Haiti to make community radio programs! Run by WACC partner REFRAKA, it will bring women's voices to the attention of local...
06 Mar 2014 Support gender equality in and through media!
Celebrate International Women's Day by participating in efforts to raise awareness about gender equality in and through the media, drive debate, and encourage action-oriented solutions until global objectives are met.
...04 Mar 2014 Graduate program in “Ethics and Religious Beliefs in the Media”
St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada, plans to launch a new graduate program on “Ethics and Religious Beliefs in the Media” before September 2014....
03 Mar 2014 WACC welcomes new SIGNIS President and bids farewell to a Knight
Gustavo Andújar has been elected as the new President of SIGNIS, one of WACC's international partners. It is the first time the association has a president coming from Latin America.
...27 Feb 2014 Engaging the ‘face-down society’
An unusual conversation in the style of a TV chat show took place during the SIGNIS Congress 2014 in Rome, Italy, which concluded on 27 February. Called “A...
26 Feb 2014 Hans Hodel receives honorary life membership award
Hans Hodel has been presented with a trophy in recognition of the Honorary Life Membership conferred on him by WACC’s Board of Directors late last year. ...
25 Feb 2014 SIGNIS Congress focuses on youth and new media
“Media for a culture of peace: Creating images with the new generation” is the theme of the SIGNIS World Congress 2014 taking place 25-27 February in Rome, Italy....
21 Feb 2014 GMMP Ambassador: feminist filmmaker Jennifer Lee
California-based filmmaker Jennifer Lee -- one of the inaugural group of “ambassadors” for the WACC-coordinated Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2015 –...
20 Feb 2014 Community radio stations stay on air in South Sudan
Internews Community Radio Network (CRN) stations in South Sudan have made heroic efforts to remain on air and keep their listeners informed about rapidly changing events during the...
19 Feb 2014 Civil society to play key role in post-2015 development
Targets and indicators for opening up civic space to the best and most creative ideas and actions to help achieve sustainable development post-2015 proposed by the Article 19.
...18 Feb 2014 Ecumenical Jury awards at Berlin Film Festival
The Ecumenical Jury at the 64th Berlinale (6-16 February 2014) awarded its main prize in the Competition to the film Stations of the Cross directed by Dietrich Brüggemann, Germany/France 2014.
...17 Feb 2014 World Radio Day celebrated on Feb. 13
World Radio Day 2014 was marked on Feb. 13 with a number of commemorations. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, in her message for World Radio Day 2014, called...
14 Feb 2014 Extraordinary General Meeting of WACC Members
Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at the head office of the Association (308 Main Street, Toronto M4C 4X7 Canada) on 18 March 2014 commencing at 14:00 local...
13 Feb 2014 New African network calls for protection of journalists
African Freedom of Expression Exchange deplores the current state of attacks, arrests, detentions, incarcerations and harassment meted out to professional journalists in many countries on the continent....
11 Feb 2014 Feb. 11 marks resistance to mass surveillance
A number of media and social-justice organizations such as Amnesty International, Access and Free Press, are dedicating Feb. 11 as “The Day We Fight Back” against mass surveillance...
06 Feb 2014 Climate change guidebook for African journalists
African media can and should do more to tell the story of climate change, according to a new UNESCO publication....
06 Feb 2014 Good governance and independent media underpin meaningful development
Civil society organisations around the world call on United Nations to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.
...03 Feb 2014 Peace song re-released in South Pacific
“True Harmony,” a Christian song of peace, has acquired a new life in the South Pacific, to communicate its message to the world. The anthem came from a...
31 Jan 2014 Bhagwan Rolls cited as “woman of distinction”
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, executive director of FemLINKPACIFIC in Fiji and a WACC partner, has been awarded the 2014 Women of Distinction Award from the NGO-Committee on the Status...
30 Jan 2014 FemLINKpacific celebrates World Radio Day
This year's World Radio Day is very important for WACC partner FemLINKpacific, which is using it to launch a series of events leading up to the 10th anniversary...
29 Jan 2014 GMMP 2015 to have “ambassadors”
The WACC-coordinated fifth Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), scheduled for 2015, will inaugurate the concept of “International GMMP Ambassadors,” who will represent the regions in which the GMMP...
28 Jan 2014 New projects to help people communicate
The list of small projects being supported by WACC in 2014 includes a Brazilian group that challenges racist and sexist stereotypes in that country’s media, a center in Zimbabwe that...