18 May 2022 Latest WACC journal focuses on Canada’s Indigenous media
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...
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13 May 2022 WACC to co-host UN side event to share best practices for meeting communication needs of migrants
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...
13 May 2022 100 Languages in 100 Days: Have you volunteered yet?
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...
12 May 2022 A network of Indigenous human rights reporters is born in Honduras
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...
06 May 2022 Educating the public about agroecology’s role in the fight vs climate change
WACC is supporting a project that aims to increase public knowledge about the causes and effects of global warming in Haiti, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia.The project will do so by...
04 May 2022 Join the 100 Languages in 100 Days Challenge
Do you love languages? Do you believe that everyone should be able to use their own language to access knowledge and information, and share their concerns — online and offline?...
03 May 2022 Digital storytelling with Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon
A communications studio will be established at the Mar Elias Refugee Camp, located south-west of Beirut, as part of a WACC-supported project that aims to advance the communication rights of...
28 Apr 2022 WACC partners highlight digital challenges, opportunities for Latin America community media
On April 26, WACC partners from across Latin America participated in aknowledge sharing event organized by the Latin American Association for Radio Education (ALER) and the International Centre for Communication...
20 Apr 2022 Study of how Indigenous people are represented in Canadian media shows room for improvement
An analysis of news coverage of the Wet’suwet’en and Coastal GasLink Pipeline conflict by nine Canadian media outlets shows that they have not only reported the issue differently, but that...
29 Mar 2022 Put women, girls at centre of post-Covid reconstruction and news
As countries look ahead to a post-Covid pandemic world and aim to build back better, it is more important than ever to hear and read about women's perspectives and expertise...
17 Mar 2022 Laws must change to protect journalists, says NGO CSW forum
The recent killing of three journalists in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war highlights the importance of protecting and promoting the safety of journalists, particularly female journalists, who are at greater risk...
09 Mar 2022 Students draft ‘Readers’ Charter’ to address disinformation
Students of the Department Christliche Publizistik (Christian Communication) at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, have drafted a "Readers' Charter" as part of their online course, Entertaining Angels Unawares – Forced Displacement...
08 Mar 2022 International Women’s Day: WACC, WCC pledge to #BreaktheBias
On March 8, International Women's Day (IWD), the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a gender and media roundtable which concluded with...
04 Mar 2022 WACC statement: War on Ukraine and media crackdown in Russia
The war on Ukraine is a tragedy. It is matched by a war on trust as disinformation and lies are used to silence ordinary Russians. Despite the horrific situation, WACC...
23 Feb 2022 2021 Annual Report stresses WACC’s crucial role in digital age
In WACC's 2021 Annual Report, Social Justice in an Age of Uncertainty, General Secretary Philip Lee underscores WACC's critical role in "strengthening the voices of people who are at risk of...
23 Feb 2022 Migrant workers receive citizen journalism training in Lebanon
"Domestic workers are sick and tired of working round the clock, non-stop in a kafala system that is modern day slavery." This was one of the sentiments raised in Hear Us,...
22 Feb 2022 Negative portrayals of migrant workers on the rise in Lebanese news
Lebanese news headlines about migrant workers are "getting more negative," with clear biases detected "by word and tone," says a media monitoring report published as part of a WACC-supported project...
16 Feb 2022 Building Credibility and Trust in the Digital World
The latest issue of Media Development, WACC's quarterly journal, features some of the reflections and ideas generated before and during the historic symposium, Communication for Social Justice in a Digital...
16 Feb 2022 Communication critical in our digital age
[Spanish] [French] [German] (Republished with permission from the WCC website)The WCC governing body on 14 February received “A New Communications Paper for the 21st Century: A vision of digital justice,”...
11 Feb 2022 ‘I’m only 22, but it feels like my life is over,’ says Afghan woman journalist
by Ruchi KumarNearly four months later, Sara Hussaini, is still unable to come to terms with the new and harsh reality that has emerged since her country fell into the...
01 Feb 2022 ACT Alliance urges Trudeau to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
ACT Alliance, global coalition of more than 150 churches and church-related organizations in over 140 countries, has urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to remove legal barriers that prevent Canadian humanitarian...
26 Jan 2022 WACC announces new Strategic Plan
WACC's Board of Directors has approved a new Strategic Plan for 2022-2026, intended as a foundation for its network worldwide "to take a leadership role that advances communication rights in...
24 Jan 2022 Media coverage of migrants, refugees can and must be better
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A former refugee from Syria is urging journalists to avoid the narrative that portrays refugees as succeeding "despite being a refugee" or "despite (their) background," and to recognize instead that...
20 Jan 2022 Radio production with ‘decolonizing approach’ seeks to change discourse in Bolivia
Nearly 200 years after its founding, Bolivia continues to grapple with racism and discrimination exacerbated, in part, by political forces vying for power. Much of the discrimination has been directed...
18 Jan 2022 WACC project trains journalists to transform coverage of migrants, refugees
Three WACC Regional Associations are collaborating on a pioneering initiative to help journalists cover refugee and migration issues "ethically and accurately," to enable refugees and migrants speak out on their...
07 Jan 2022 Project aims to change the way IDPs in Cameroon are seen, heard
WACC and the Christian Broadcasting Service of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon have partnered to help promote a more positive attitude and counter hate narratives toward migrants in Douala, Cameroon's...
20 Dec 2021 Radio station to give voice to Kenya’s Rendille tribe
A new community radio station is being planned in Marsabit, a county in northern Kenya, which currently has only one radio broadcasting station devoted to Swahili and English-speaking residents. Fereiti Action...
13 Dec 2021 Project helps close digital gender gap in India
To help amplify the voices of women and girls in marginalized communities, WACC is supporting a project that will establish digital media literacy schools and produce media literacy modules in...
12 Dec 2021 Changing the representation of internally displaced persons
There are over 2.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Nigeria, according to latest figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Many live in “traumatic and...
08 Dec 2021 Apply gender lens to news, media monitoring coordinator urges African media
Noting that Africa has been “at the tail end” regarding women’s participation as sources, subjects and reporters of news, Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) coordinator Sarah Macharia urged attendees at...