Human rights defenders from Bangladesh have called the international community’s attention to the severe
persecution of Bangladesh’s religious and ethnic minorities. Religious extremism, fundamentalism and lack of security are cited as s major causes.
...Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, who is passionate about implementing Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action to advance women’s political and social wellbeing in Fiji and the Pacific region, is one of the inaugural group of “ambassadors”...
Fiji-based Citizens Constitutional Forum (CCF), a WACC corporate member, is calling on the people of Fiji to promote a culture of peace, tolerance and coexistence among ethnic groups as it marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21....
California-based filmmaker Jennifer Lee, a 2015 Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) Ambassador, will be presenting her film on women’s liberation at “A Revolutionary Moment: Women’s Liberation in the Late 1960s and Early...
Church press agency Protestinfo responds to attacks on its integrity following the publication of a study called “Creationist teaching: Public education displays its discomfort”....
In February 2014 the Committee to Protect Journalists released its annual analysis of Attacks on the Press, including a “Risk List” of the places where press freedom suffered most in 2013. At the top of the list, surprisingly, was cyberspace....
Please help support a project for rural women in Haiti to make community radio programs! Run by WACC partner REFRAKA, it will bring women's voices to the attention of local decision-makers.
...Celebrate International Women's Day by participating in efforts to raise awareness about gender equality in and through the media, drive debate, and encourage action-oriented solutions until global objectives are met.
...An unusual conversation in the style of a TV chat show took place during the SIGNIS Congress 2014 in Rome, Italy, which concluded on 27 February. Called “A Vision of the Future”, and moderated by Seán-Patrick Lovett, Head of Vatican...
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 conflict in South Sudan....
