06 May 2020 Colombia: ‘Don’t forget HIV/AIDS care during Covid-19 pandemic’
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...
08 Apr 2020 Communication Saves Lives: WACC Rapid Response Fund for Community Media
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In times of crisis, information saves lives. In the response to Covid-19, we see how vital it is to get accurate and trusted messages to people so that they know what they need to do and where they can get help when they need it. For many...
07 Apr 2020 Communication in local languages vital in crisis situations
As Pacific Island Governments work on a coordinated regional response to Covid-19, Tropical Cyclone Harold, which has already hit the Solomon Islands and bears down at category 5 level on Vanuatu, the region faces a stark reminder that climate-related disasters remain a major security threat. In...
03 Apr 2020 Indigenous community radio addresses critical gap in Covid-19 information
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 Global’s grassroots partners in Ecuador and Nepal are actively responding...
05 Sep 2019 Mayan radio station in Guatemala gets fresh start
An Indigenous community radio station in El Estor, Guatemala, is taking a more active role in covering allegations of human rights abuses involving extractive industries in their municipality, an offshoot of a one-year project that included crafting a strategic plan that emphasizes community participation, Indigenous rights, and women’s rights.
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14 Aug 2019 What would MacBride say about the Digital Age?
The year 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of “The MacBride Report,” written by UNESCO’s International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems.
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19 Jun 2019 ‘A new way of doing radio’ in Oaxaca and Hidalgo
Twelve women and 12 men from 10 community and Indigenous radio stations in the states of Oaxaca and Hidalgo, Mexico, have taken part in a WACC-supported media training that left many enthused about “a new way of doing radio.”
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16 Apr 2019 Human rights NGO publishes communicator’s guide to Argentina’s memory, truth and justice process
A human rights NGO has published a guide for reporting on Argentina’s memory, truth and justice process amid “alarming” efforts to deny or downplay abuses committed during the country’s military dictatorship.
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26 Mar 2019 Indigenous radio increases reach in Puebla, Mexico
The purchase of a 300-watt transmitter and the construction of a radio cabin, recording studio and antenna has allowed Radio Tzinaka, a community radio station in Tzinacapan, in Mexico’s state of Puebla, to reach more Indigenous municipalities....