In times of crisis, communication must be recognized as a fundamental right and integrated as an essential service, with priority given to local, community-led approaches, panelists agreed at a WSIS+20 session co-organized by WACC and the CDAC Network last week.Under the theme “Communication is humanitarian...
Communication must be recognized not merely as a tool for development, but as a human right that is central to human dignity, agency, and justice, WACC General Secretary Philip Lee told participants at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event on Wednesday. Despite...
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, Voices of the Amazon: An assessment of communication and environmental needs of the Brazilian,...
The Africa Climate Summit 2023 on September 4–6 in Nairobi came with high expectations of radical proposals to address climate change. “Driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world,” the theme promised. In their Nairobi Declaration from the Summit, African heads of...
The Amazon is being decimated — by the expansion of the agricultural frontier, by illegal economies linked to drug trafficking, and by an economic model that privileges mining and ranching and negatively impacts vulnerable communities. These activities are pushing deforestation levels towards 20%, a point of...
Commercial media outlets around the world are struggling to stay afloat financially. This is related in part to the shift of advertising revenue away from commercial media organizations and towards social media companies like Facebook and Google. This shift is undermining the financial viability of these...
The work of WACC regional partners strengthens the right to communicate of peoples in different contexts and helps restore their autonomy and human dignity....
A pilot project that mobilized Kenyan community media to better understand local political processes has, in turn, helped increase civic participation, awareness and transparency on how budgets are spent in eight counties across the country. The Catholic Media Council (CAMECO), with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supported...
WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. WACC partner Positive Communication Foundation has been calling attention to...