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Two young women walk along the side of a highway with the sun rising behind them. One is wearing a backpack and the is carrying a bag over each shoulder. They look down at the ground.

26 Jan 2024 WACC calls for rights-based approach to migration narratives at GFMD Summit

Posted at 17:35h in Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

The communication rights of people on the move must be advanced in order to promote inclusive, balanced, and democratic narratives around migration, a WACC delegation underlined at the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Geneva on 23–25 January.[caption...

Etaf Roudan from Community Media Network speaks from a podium table on a stage. She is holding up the first two fingers of her right hand and is flanked by two fellow panelists, both women.

26 Jan 2024 Global migration summit hears how WACC partners are shifting public narratives on migration

Posted at 14:37h in Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

A radio microphone can be a powerful tool to change narratives around migration, Etaf Roudan of the Community Media Network (CMN), a WACC partner in Jordan, told participants at a side event at the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)...

People in a cinema look at a movie screen that shows a cartoon boy holding a treasure map and other children. The screen has the film’s title "Saleem" in English and Arabic.

24 Jan 2024 Communication helps Syrian refugee children in Jordan develop mental resiliency

Posted at 12:10h in Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

A WACC-supported initiative in Jordan is using animated films and radio to help Syrian refugee children and their families communicate about their experiences and find positive ways to cope with living in forced displacement. With the project, WACC partner Community Media Network (CMN), a leading Jordanian...

24 May 2022 ‘Nothing about migrants without migrants”: At UN event, WACC partners stress importance of communication rights

Posted at 10:56h in News 0 Comments

WACC and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) on May 20 highlighted the need to provide migrants with life-saving, culturally-sensitive information as well as communication tools during a side event they hosted at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) on May 20, 2022 at...

13 May 2022 WACC to co-host UN side event to share best practices for meeting communication needs of migrants

Posted at 11:54h in News 0 Comments

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) are hosting a side event with the civil society space at the upcoming International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) scheduled May 17-20, 2022, at the UN headquarters in New York City. The...

16 Oct 2020 WACC hosts event on enabling migrants to be seen and heard

Posted at 15:47h in Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

Providing migrants and refugees a platform to share their concerns, challenges, and aspirations not only helps them, but also addresses xenophobia and helps build bridges with host communities, WACC partners told participants at an online event hosted Oct. 16 as part of a virtual conference, Displacement and Dialogue, by...

17 Jul 2020 From Covid-19’s burden on Syrian refugees to a Zaatari camp robot that disinfects, Radio Al-Balad delivers the news

Posted at 09:15h in Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

When the coronavirus pandemic is over, and researchers look back on how Syrian refugees not only struggled under its weight, but also demonstrated resilience, a good source of information would be “Syrians Among Us,” a radio program developed by Community Media Network (CMN) in Amman, Jordan. CMN has expanded...

18 May 2020 Migrant voices in the time of Covid-19

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With the onset of the current pandemic, things are bound to get a lot more challenging for many migrants and refugees, as well as for the societies that host them. The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide was already the highest it had been in decades even before the global coronavirus crisis. In 2016, about 40 million people became internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 22.5 million, refugees. Most migrants are extremely vulnerable both to the health and socio-economic effects of COVID-19. They are constantly on the move, work in the service economy, and have limited access to public services. Women migrants are particularly affected. We have read stories of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants violating the government-imposed quarantine in Colombia by trying to return to Venezuela at all costs, where they hope to at least they access the country’s precarious health system and look after their families. Most had been working in Colombia’s informal economy and, after the lockdown, were unable to earn a living.

08 Apr 2020 Syrian refugees vulnerable in Covid-19 pandemic

Posted at 15:55h in Citizen Journalism, Communication Rights, Covid-19, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

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. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, a community radio station supported by...