18 Jul 2014 UNESCO-initiated alliance appoints WACC to steering committee
The UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance on Media & Gender (GAMAG ) has named WACC to its International Steering Committee, which will guide...
09 Jul 2014 WACC joins ACT Alliance
WACC has been accepted as a member of ACT Alliance, a coalition of more than 140 churches and affiliated organizations working together in 140 countries to create positive and...
27 Jun 2014 Film as storytelling and ritual
The spring issue of the quarterly publication Media Development considers the art of storytelling in the context of church and of cinema.
23 Jun 2014 Communication rights gather strength in Bolivia
A public presentation of the achievements of a WACC project on "Communication Rights and Marginalized People in Bolivia" took place in Toronto 23 June 2014.
23 Jun 2014 Article 19 calls on U.N. to protect free speech
Article 19, speaking on behalf of 63 civil society groups, has urged the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) to strengthen protections for...
20 Jun 2014 Michael Waters: Hip-hop is communication
Quoting hip-hop culture and poet Maya Angelou, pastor Michael W. Waters on June 19 in Toronto addressed communication rights as he reflected upon the African-American community’s struggle to...
18 Jun 2014 Growing concern for safety of Mauritanian human rights activist
Call for solidarity with Mauritanian human rights activist Aminetou Mint El Moctar.
...17 Jun 2014 Jewish Broadcasting wins Hilversum prizes
The winner of the prize for best programme at the European TV Festival of Religious Programmes 2014 was the Dutch Jewish Broadcasting network (Joodse Omroep)...
16 Jun 2014 Communication rights and religion focus of WACC Summer School
A Summer School on “Communication and Religion” is taking place 16-21 June...
11 Jun 2014 Festival of Religious Programmes is underway
The European Television Festival of Religious Programmes has begun in Hilversum, the Netherlands, exploring whether religious expression is (still) taking place in public space or whether it has...
06 Jun 2014 Public event on strengthening rights in Bolivia
A public presentation of the achievements of a WACC project on "Communication Rights and Marginalized People in Bolivia" will take place in Toronto on Monday 23 June 2014....
05 Jun 2014 GMMP Ambassador: Editor/Publisher Nadia Al-Sakkaf
The principles of the Yemen Times newspaper are “independence – truth -- human rights advocacy -- knowledge – credibility” and Nadia Al-Sakkaf lives this credo every day in...
04 Jun 2014 An evening with Michael W. Waters
Pastor and preacher Michael W. Waters will be in Toronto on Thursday 19 June 2014 to speak about faith, life, and communicating today....
30 May 2014 Kenya media council features WACC-funded project
A Kenyan magazine, The Media Observer, in its January-March 2014 issue featured an article on a WACC-supported project that monitored gender portrayal and representation in the nation’s political news. “Are...
26 May 2014 Fifth director appointed to WACC First Board
Embert Charles, currently President of WACC’s Caribbean Region, named to join WACC’s First Directors....
22 May 2014 Communication rights vital to post-2015 development
WACC presentation at Manila seminar stresses need to place communication and multimedia at the heart of the post-2015 global development agenda.
...21 May 2014 Media Development features indigenous media
The spring issue of the quarterly publication Media Development explores how indigenous / First Nations / aboriginal people are building their own media and communication networks. It was...
20 May 2014 Chris Ferguson elected WCRC general secretary
Rev. Christopher Ferguson elected next General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches....
16 May 2014 Orthodox Church conference looks at media ethics
A conference organized by the International Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) on the theme “Christianity – Orthodoxy and the media in the modern world” took place in Greece, 12-15...
14 May 2014 Call for a Caribbean Communications Day
As communities around the world observe World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) on May 17, a grouping of Caribbean communicators has called for the establishment of a Caribbean Communications...
12 May 2014 Faith groups in Africa address HIV/AIDS stigma
Religious organizations in Africa are at the front line of caring for those with HIV infection and AIDS, but they are also seeking to combat the social stigma...
07 May 2014 Peace documentary wins SIGNIS-WACC prize
Caminhos da paz (Paths of peace) directed by Sol de Carvalho has won the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award 2013. The film highlights the role of the...
06 May 2014 Don’t miss this chance to increase support for Haiti!
Help a rural women's communication project in Haiti to take place and earn a bonus.
...05 May 2014 GMMP Ambassador: women’s advocate Musimbi Kanyoro
The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) furthers issues of justice for women on an international scale and fits with the mission of such organizations as...
02 May 2014 Gotson Pierre honored as “information hero”
WACC member and former director Gotson Pierre of Haiti has been designated an “information hero” by the media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders. For the first time,...
30 Apr 2014 Christian alliance set for leadership transition
Peter Prove is stepping down as executive director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) on 30 April 2014, after leading the global Christian alliance for advocacy and policy...
28 Apr 2014 Journalists against hate speech
International conference participants issue declaration against "Incitement to Hate and Violence through Media."
...23 Apr 2014 Festival to examine religion’s place in society
The 18th European Television Festival of Religious Programmes, to take place June 11-14 in Hilversum, the Netherlands, will examine whether religious...
16 Apr 2014 Media and climate change: A case to answer
As the recent IPCC report confirms, how the science of climate change is communicated is a significant factor in public understanding of the issues involved and may well...
14 Apr 2014 Tool kit provides journalism safety resources
In 2005, Internews conducted its first digital safety training seminar, with journalists in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since then, Internews has trained and collaborated with hundreds of journalists and...
09 Apr 2014 Praise for Brazil’s Internet rights framework
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) has congratulated the Brazilian people on the adoption by the Chamber of Deputies of the
04 Apr 2014 Keeping time with WACC
The history of an international organization can be complex: numerous streams flowing together to form a single river. And then there are the rocky stretches and cascades. Follow...
03 Apr 2014 WACC congratulates RCC on its 85th anniversary
The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) - celebrating its 85th anniversary - has been promoting faith perspectives in public discourse since 1929. The council is the oldest public relations professional organization in...
02 Apr 2014 Map locates peacebuilding in Burundi
Peace Direct, an international organization that supports the voices of local peace builders, has published a unique interactive map that locates peacebuilding groups in Burundi in order to get a...
31 Mar 2014 Debate opens on radio financing
CAMECO (Catholic Media Council), a consultancy specializing in media and communications, on March 31 began facilitating an 11-day online debate on how to generate income towards achieving...
31 Mar 2014 Haiti still needs international support
WACC is currently trying to help REFRAKA, a community media group, to animate and give confidence to rural women in communicating their needs and concerns....
28 Mar 2014 UNESCO publishes state of the media report
UNESCO Report paints a picture of change and disruption to media freedom, pluralism, independence and the safety of journalists brought on by technology and, to a lesser extent,...
27 Mar 2014 Study: media still dominated by men
The Women’s Media Center (WMC), in its Status of Women in the U. S. Media 2014 report, found that men still dominate print, broadcast and digital media. While noting barriers...
26 Mar 2014 Bangladeshi human rights activists speak up
Human rights defenders from Bangladesh have called the international community’s attention to the severe
persecution of Bangladesh’s religious and ethnic minorities. Religious extremism, fundamentalism and lack of security are cited as...
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...
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...
24 Jan 2014 Egypt urgently needs balanced media
Concerned citizens protesting in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: MEI. WACC deplores the escalating violence taking place in Egypt and the deteriorating political situation. It calls on media practitioners inside and outside the country...
22 Jan 2014 Call to safeguard media freedom in post-conflict Syria
Global communication organizations call for freedom of media in post-conflict Syria.
...16 Jan 2014 Internet freedom at risk in Pakistan
Greater freedom and internet access for citizens has been met with increased state control, systematic surveillance and censorship of the web....
15 Jan 2014 Using technology to end gender violence
The latest version of Take Back the Tech! campaign is evaluating its 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Violence. The campaign, which ran from Nov. 25-Dec. 10,...
13 Jan 2014 Communication rights at risk in Central African Republic
Media outlets face retribution if they appear to take sides....
10 Jan 2014 Biased media cloud climate change
Time to come clean about the politicization of science....
07 Jan 2014 E-waste rising dramatically says report
Global e-waste could reach annual levels of 65.4 million tonnes by 2017....
06 Jan 2014 Scholarships for church communicators
Supporting professional formation for the Church's ministry in communications....
02 Jan 2014 Study: Nigeria needs better coverage of rural poverty
Survey finds reportage of rural poverty issues by Nigerian print media is relatively low.
...18 Dec 2013 Censorship and repression in the name of religion
The Toronto-based IFEX network notes in a website story that “there are far too many countries where news and content providers constantly face a very special and formidable form of...
17 Dec 2013 Brazilian government presents Human Rights Award to Romi Bencke
The Rev. Romi Márcia Bencke, general secretary of the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC), was honoured on Dec. 12 with a Human Rights Award presented to her...
13 Dec 2013 Call to strengthen access to information across all sectors and at all levels
Article 19 joins with four NGOs to argue that access to information is central to the post-2015 development agenda....
12 Dec 2013 Japan’s Christian Council opposes state secrets bill
Japan’s legislature, the Diet, on Dec. 6 passed a highly contentious state secrets protection bill into law, despite protests from the opposition, the public and church leaders....
11 Dec 2013 Highlighting media and good governance on Human Rights Day
Panel reviews communication rights, community radio and role of journalists in advancing social and economic justice.
04 Dec 2013 ICTs, international standards and freedom of expression
International human rights organisation ARTICLE 19 publishes report on freedom of expression and ICTs.
...03 Dec 2013 WACC confers Honorary Life Membership on Hans Hodel
Tireless ambassador for the role of film in society and for advancing human values and human rights....
29 Nov 2013 Media Development pursues gender equality
The latest issue of WACC's international journal Media Development (4/2013) takes the theme "Building alliances for gender and media"....
27 Nov 2013 Center for Global Nonkilling publishes “Nonkilling Media” book
Publication examines importance of media and entertainment in advancing a nonkilling world...
22 Nov 2013 WACC launches redesigned web site
With bright colours and many photos, WACC’s new web site is vibrant and dynamic....
14 Nov 2013 UNESCO launches video on a global alliance on media and gender
In the spirit of promoting gender equality in the Media, UNESCO and partners have launched a video calling for action on gender equality and women's empowerment in and through media...
08 Nov 2013 WACC workshop illustrates communication rights in practice
Communication rights were highlighted at the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) during a workshop given on Wednesday 6 November. Moderated by WACC President Dr....
31 Oct 2013 Genuine communication underlies peace with justice
At the opening of the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 29 October 2013, the moderator of the WCC’s Central Committee identified...
27 Oct 2013 WACC launches new logo as part of its communications strategy
WACC’s new logo will be presented at the Oct. 28 annual general meeting of members in Busan, South Korea, after members of the Executive Committee reviewed it at...
24 Oct 2013 Taking on government surveillance in the privacy/national security debate
The IFEX network notes that the reality of the modern world is that governments have greater capabilities to carry out invasive surveillance of citizens, no matter...
12 Aug 2013 Media Development quarterly features development issues
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12 Aug 2013 Anglican Journal features GMMP in special section
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02 Aug 2013 WACC to sponsor community radio participants at WCC Assembly
WACC to join with WCC to sponsor four teams of eight community radio journalists to take part in the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Korea.
...17 Jul 2013 Build your own radio if disaster cuts communications
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16 Jul 2013 WACC 2012 annual report is published
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