12 May 2025 7th Global Media Monitoring Project takes pulse of gender in media worldwide
Thousands of volunteers gathered evidence of representation and portrayal of women and men in the news in some 120 countries on 6 May during the 2025 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). Held 30 years after the inaugural GMMP, the 2025 edition of monitoring was the...
25 Apr 2025 Latin American Indigenous communities hone communication tools to protect way of life
Indigenous activists in eight Latin American countries can better defend their lands by using more professional and secure methods to collect data and evidence, thanks to a project by WACC partner PAKKIRU, the Kichwa Nation in the Pastaza region of Ecuador. The School of Communication...
23 Apr 2025 Vote for communication rights in WSIS contest profiling digital success stories
WACC members, friends, and partners have a unique chance to promote communication rights in practice on a global stage by voting for network entries nominated for the WSIS Prizes 2025. The contest, run by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), recognizes activities that...
08 Apr 2025 Project shines light on stories of migrant women and girls in Latin America
A WACC-supported project is using podcasts and curated storytelling to raise awareness of the lived experience of migrant women and girls in Latin America and the need to recognize climate change as a driver of forced migration. Run by ALC Noticias, an ecumenical communications agency,...
24 Mar 2025 An assault on the words we use
Conservative attacks on “DEI” and “woke”* policies and practices in the United States intensified in the run up to the presidential election. So, it should not come as a complete surprise that from the moment of Donald Trump’s inauguration, an assault on “diversity, equity, and...
10 Mar 2025 Gender equality: Braking the downward slide
2025 is a year of notable international anniversaries. This past Saturday, March 8, was the 50th anniversary of International Women’s Day being held on that date. (The commemoration of women’s day itself goes back over a hundred years ago.) In July, the World Summit on...
27 Feb 2025 WACC Europe webinar highlights gender gaps in media across Europe
How are women represented in the media, what progress has been made, and what is the role of communicators in shaping a more gender-sensitive media landscape? As part of the WACC Europe Morning Discussion series, communicators and media professionals gathered online on 18 February under...