Despite decades of advancement in education, politics, and economic participation, women remain dramatically underrepresented in European news media, according to findings from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2025 presented at a WACC Europe discussion last month. The key regional findings, delivered by GMMP European coordinator...
WACC Europe’s board reaffirmed that advancing digital justice – including responsible AI – and tackling rising polarization will stay at the forefront of its agenda, following its hybrid meeting last week hosted by WACC partner Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World) in Berlin,...
How are women represented in the media, what progress has been made, and what is the role of communicators in shaping a more gender-sensitive media landscape?As part of the WACC Europe Morning Discussion series, communicators and media professionals gathered online on 18 February under the...
The practical and ethical uses of AI and ways to raise awareness of WACC’s expertise and resources on communication rights were key topics when the regional executive committee (REC) of WACC Europe met last week in Wroclaw, Poland. The REC announced that the region will host...
To enable migrants to be seen and heard, we must ensure that they are at the center of our conversations, urged panelists from Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America at WACC’s most recent Conversation Circle “Unheard Migrant Voices: Why Promoting Rights-Based Narratives on Migration...
The war in Ukraine and Russian authorities’ move to close independent media and censor news and social media information in the country has been spotlighted in Western countries. In a letter to subscribers, the Guardian shared how it has joined other news agencies in Europe in...
A former refugee from Syria is urging journalists to avoid the narrative that portrays refugees as succeeding "despite being a refugee" or "despite (their) background," and to recognize instead that people who were forced to flee their homelands do "have an entire life's worth of...
Three WACC Regional Associations are collaborating on a pioneering initiative to help journalists cover refugee and migration issues "ethically and accurately," to enable refugees and migrants speak out on their behalf, and to strengthen NGOs working with migrants and refugees to work with news media...