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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11 Jul 2013 WACC-supported Nigeria HIV/AIDS project holds first “summits”
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03 Jul 2013 “Democratizing the Word” is published in Ecuador
Agencia Latinoamericana de Información (ALAI) has published "Democratizar la palabra: Movimientos convergentes en comunicación" ("Democratizing the word:Converging movements in communication"), a...
24 Jun 2013 SIGNIS World Congress 2013 in Beirut has been cancelled
SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication, announced that due to escalating uncertainty brought about by the civil war in Syria and at the request of local hosts, it...
18 Jun 2013 WACC/IFJ resource kit is published in Russian
The United Nations Population Fund in Belarus said it has published in Russian the Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism developed by WACC and theInternational Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The material was...
14 Jun 2013 WACC General Secretary congratulates new INTERFILM president
The General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter, has congratulated the Rev. Dr Julia Helmke upon her election as president of the International...
04 Jun 2013 Globethics.net seeks input on ‘Ethics in the Information Society’
WACC partner Globethics.net said it is looking for ideas, reactions and proposals related to its new discussion paper, "Ethics in the Information Society: the Nine 'P's. A Discussion Paper for the...
30 May 2013 Open Media initiates campaign against Internet restrictions
The Canadian-based organization Open Media International announced on May 16 that it is launching an international coalition called "Our Fair Deal," seeking to counter the potential restrictions on the Internet posed...
30 May 2013 Myanmar project fights HIV and AIDS stigma with community involvement
In Myanmar, Agape Community Services went to the Kalay-Kabaw Valley, one of the highest risk areas of HIV transmission in the country, to design a project that would be a...
30 May 2013 Securing freedom of expression is focus of World Press Freedom Day
The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. How can WACC members and partners help bring about such a...
30 May 2013 WACC plans communications rights workshop at WCC Assembly
The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), where the theme will be “God of life, lead us to justice and peace,” will take place in Busan, Republic...
30 May 2013 SIGNIS-WACC film honoree meets Pope Francis at Vatican
Estela de Carlotto — subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award — on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives...
30 May 2013 Technological fix or surveillance scam?
An interesting article has appeared on the web site of ifex, the global network defending freedom of expression.
22 Apr 2013 WACC/IFJ resource kit for gender-ethical journalism being prepared in Russian
The United Nations Population Fund in Belarus is translating into Russian the Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism published by WACC and the International Federation of Journalists(IFJ), which is already available in English,...
15 Apr 2013 Conference offers religious perspectives on Internet use
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11 Apr 2013 Nigerian press center partners with WACC on media monitoringThe International Press Centre (IPC) in Lagos, Nigeria, in partnership with the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), announced the start of a 12-month media monitoring project designed to improve media... 09 Apr 2013 Leading ecumenist the Rev. Dr. Emilio Castro dies in UruguayThe World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is saddened to learn of the death of the Rev. Dr. Emilio Castro, a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches... 07 Apr 2013 WACC workshop explores concept of critical media practiceDr. Sarah Macharia, WACC Programme Manager for Media and Gender Justice, presented a workshop at the Religion Communicators' Council (RCC) convention in Indianapolis, which ran from April 4 to 6, exploring... 02 Apr 2013 Cultural Survival to host webinar about community radioCultural Survival, an organization that partners with indigenous peoples to defend their lands, languages and cultures, announced it will be hosting a webinar on April 8 on the topic... 26 Mar 2013 State “Enemies of the Internet” monitor journalists, activists
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