In the bustling alleys of Mar Elias, a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, a quiet revolution is unfolding. For decades, the voices of Palestinian refugee women and girls, along with migrant women, have been absent from Lebanon’s media landscape, says Farah Salka, co-director of the...
Local and global voices for digital justice were at the forefront of a WACC side event to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 on Tuesday co-organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC).WACC, in collaboration with WCC, is leading ecumenical voices for a...
WACC and partners will champion a people-centred digital transformation at the World Summit on the Information Society +20 High-Level Event (WSIS+20) in Geneva on 7–11 July.With a seven-member delegation of staff and national partners from the Global South, and in collaboration with leading international civil...
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 and...
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, the...
Will the United Nations Global Digital Compact (GDC) meets its aim of fostering an inclusive, open, safe, and secure digital future for all?Its success or failure hangs on how it is put into practice, say WACC and its partners, in a new implementation roadmap rooted...
WACC partners met in Kathmandu, Nepal, last October to explore how communication rights are essential building blocks for social justice in our digital world. Here Forum participant Neema Majesia from KICTANet in Kenya reflects on her experiences and the event's call to create a digital...
Some 25 of WACC’s grassroots partners in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East will explore the communication rights implications of the newly adopted United Nations Global Digital Compact and develop a joint plan of action for advocacy when they meet on 22–25 October in Kathmandu,...
A WACC-supported project is training members of migrant and host communities on both sides of the Colombian–Venezuelan border as citizen reporters to provide accurate information, address common issues, and foster social cohesion. The Binational School of Community Communication is an integration initiative based on exercising the...
A WACC-supported project is advancing community radio as a channel for Indigenous communities in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama to advocate for their rights. Run by the Estor Association for Integral Development (AEPDI), a Guatemalan organization supporting Indigenous social justice and development, the project...