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14 Jun 2024 WACC’s Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all

Posted at 13:48h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, Indigenous, Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

WACC’s Annual Report 2023 “Communication Justice for All” showcases the organization’s collective work last year to speak up for and advance just, inclusive, and community-led communication worldwide.“WACC believes in communication that builds and shapes community, enhances participation, and promotes freedom. Communication that demands accountability, builds...

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11 Jun 2024 Community media essential to protecting the Amazon, concludes new WACC publication

Posted at 16:50h in Climate Justice, News 0 Comments

A new WACC-supported study underlines the centrality of community radio to bridge communication and information gaps that hinder local communities in the Amazon from actively participating in forming environmental policy.The publication, “Voces de la Amazonia: Diagnóstico Ambiental – Comunicacional de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana, Brasileña y...

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03 Jun 2024 #GenerationRestoration: Recognizing media on World Environment Day

Posted at 08:00h in Climate Justice, Comment 0 Comments

This year alone has seen devastating floods in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, China, Dubai, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. Wildfires broke out in western Canada and Texas. Cyclones swept islands and nations along the Indian Ocean. News reports informed audiences that pets and livestock needed temporarily to...

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03 Apr 2024 Indigenous citizen communicators in the Philippines ready to champion climate justice

Posted at 12:42h in Climate Justice, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

WACC is partnering with the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) to equip the Alangan-Mangyan people in the Filipino province of Mindoro as storytellers to bring their voices into the public sphere and protect their unique environment. A long-time WACC partner, CFA was established in 1968 to...

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14 Dec 2023 Bridging information gaps to boost climate resiliency in Zimbabwe

Posted at 17:04h in Climate Justice, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

The Methodist Development and Relief Agency (MeDRA), a WACC partner in Zimbabwe, is helping communities gain access to the knowledge they need to adapt to climate change. Communities in Zimbabwe are becoming increasingly vulnerable to protracted droughts and other climate-related disasters, notes MeDRA, a nongovernmental organization...

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07 Nov 2023 WACC welcomes Quito Declaration affirming communication for social justice

Posted at 09:43h in Communication Rights, Latin America, News 0 Comments

WACC applauds the Quito Declaration from the First Latin America Communication Congress held last month in Quito, Ecuador. “The Declaration recognizes that communication is transformative and has a critical role to play in promoting positive change in terms of social, gender, and climate justice,“ said WACC...

03 Nov 2023 COP 28: Let’s ensure traditional ecological knowledge is integrated into climate policy

Posted at 10:55h in Climate Justice, Comment, Indigenous 0 Comments

Indigenous leaders from around the world gathered in New York last month during UN Climate Week to raise awareness about the need to bring Indigenous and traditional perspectives into climate policy. Their call is to recognize the vital role that these communities, many of which hold...

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03 Oct 2023 WACC virtual conversation to look at role of local voices in climate action

Posted at 19:27h in Climate Justice, Event, News 0 Comments

The WACC online discussion “Local Climate Voices: The Missing Link to Real Climate Action?” on 11 October offers members and partners the chance to explore why and how the voices of local communities can contribute effectively to meeting the global threat of climate change. “Local communities,...

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20 Jul 2023 WACC promotes communication rights at global communication research conference

Posted at 17:06h in Communication Rights, News 2 Comments

WACC emphasized the vital link between communication rights and pressing issues such as climate justice, migrants’ rights, gender equality, freedom of expression, and media viability at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Lyon, France, last week. The event...

28 Mar 2023 WACC Caribbean elects new board, sets thematic directions

Posted at 18:53h in News, WACC Caribbean 0 Comments

At its General Assembly on 11 and 18 March 2023, the WACC Caribbean regional association selected new leadership and discussed areas of communication rights engagement for the next four years. Regional focal areas On the agenda as likely focal points for WACC Caribbean in 2023–2027 are documentation...