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16 Jul 2021 Gender-equal news coverage crucial in post-pandemic recovery, says UN Women Executive Director

Posted at 07:37h in Communication Rights, Gender, Gender and media: Challenges and opportunities in the post 2015 era, News 0 Comments

Noting that the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) shows that women “remain shockingly underrepresented” in news content around the world, UN Women Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka called for more stories that “reflect the diversity of women’s expertise and perspectives.” In a foreword to...

08 Dec 2020 ‘Get vaccinated against misinformation’ radio campaign by WACC partner yields positive results

Posted at 13:12h in Communication Rights, Community radio, Indigenous, News 0 Comments

About 42, 360 inhabitants of remote Indigenous communities in Guerrero, Mexico are being provided with life-saving information about Covid-19, thanks to WACC-supported radio programs in Mixtec and Spanish produced by local partner, Centro de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria A.C. (CICCAC). Broadcast on Radio Zapata 94.1 FM, the radio...

30 Nov 2020 Media Development’s new issue tackles ‘Communication in a Time of Crisis’

Posted at 09:51h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, Gender, Media Development, News, Uncategorised 0 Comments

After a challenging year dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the latest issue of Media Development, WACC Global’s quarterly journal, examines “Communication in a Time of Crisis.” Articles in the issue range from Covid-19 related misinformation to reflections on the impact of the pandemic on human...

18 Aug 2020 Expanding public communication spaces is theme of latest Media Development

Posted at 11:25h in Media Development, News 0 Comments

The new issue of WACC ‘s quarterly journal, Media Development, highlights the role of public communication, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, lessons learned from various responses, and the challenges ahead. The pandemic highlighted many issues, including the importance of accurate and timely information in saving lives, and the importance of local languages, writes WACC General Secretary Philip Lee in his editorial. “Responding...

17 Aug 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and biopolitics in Latin America

Posted at 00:00h in Media Development 2020/3 0 Comments

By Silvio Waisbord and María Soledad Segura

Does the COVID-19 pandemic mark the birth of a new form of biopolitics? The Latin American case shows important departures from Europe and the United States, both in the adoption of surveillance technologies and in the types of biopolitical control enacted through them.

20 Jul 2020 Enabling community engagement in humanitarian responses

Posted at 00:00h in Comment 0 Comments

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Image: United Nations COVID-19 response[/caption] In times of disaster, the need to engage with affected communities to ensure useful, timely and accurate information is mutually shared is increasingly recognised as essential.

08 Jul 2020 Covid-19 threatens Amazon’s Indigenous people as mining continues, states fail to respond

Posted at 16:13h in Indigenous, News 0 Comments

Non-governmental organizations belonging to the Pan Amazon Social Forum (FOSPA) are raising the alarm about the effects of Covid-19 in the Amazon, saying the highest concentration of cases are in the border towns and areas where mining and other extractivist activities have continued. Since March, the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) and the Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la...

19 Jun 2020 WACC calls for ethical journalism for refugees

Posted at 14:56h in News, Statements and Calls to Action 0 Comments

Journalism, and the media, should help people to understand the world around them and to navigate the complexities of our societies. For that truly to happen, no one should be excluded. Journalism can be as much a distorting lens as a magnifying glass. WACC’s media monitoring...

03 Jun 2020 ‘Covid-19 knows no borders’

Posted at 09:56h in News 0 Comments

WACC partner Espacio de Comunicacion Insular has urged governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti to coordinate their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying failure to do so would be catastrophic for both countries.

26 May 2020 The essential role of public service media during Covid-19

Posted at 15:35h in Communication Rights, News, Public Service Media 0 Comments

International public service media from G-7 countries have reported “strong audience increases” since the Covid-19 pandemic, which they interpret as a show of confidence for the “reliable and independent information” they deliver on multiple communication platforms, in a variety of languages, on all continents.