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08 Mar 2021

Posted at 13:38h in Communication Rights, News

[video width="700" height="550" mp4="https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/otranoticia-24-ciudadana-venezolana-en-imbabura-los-venezolanos-podemos-aportar-mucho-en-ecuador-solo-pedimos-trabajo.mp4"][/video] A WACC Global-supported project in Ecuador is contributing to the development of an inclusive and rights-based narrative on migration by producing new radio and web content that serves as a counterbalance to xenophobic discourse in the country. The civil society organization, Ecuadorean Network...

15 Jul 2020

Posted at 09:18h in Communication Rights, Covid-19, News

The Indigenous Community Radio Network of Nepal’s (ICRN) production of public service announcements (PSAs) about Covid-19 in Indigenous languages has been commended by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as one of the “promising practices” for responding to the coronavirus pandemic.   ICRN, a partner of WACC Global, said it was prompted to...

08 Apr 2020

Posted at 13:33h in Communication Rights, News, Resources, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action

The global Covid-19 pandemic has shown how vital it is to get accurate and trusted information to communities in languages and channels that they understand. It has also raised awareness of the opportunities - and rights-based challenges - of digital communication. WACC and its partners...

06 Apr 2020

Posted at 00:00h in Comment, Uncategorised
Trade relations must not be allowed to threaten hard-won universal rights. The United Kingdom appears to be trying to wriggle out of applying the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to its post-Brexit existence as a non-member of the European Union (EU).

21 Feb 2020

Posted at 15:49h in Communication Rights, Indigenous

A project supported by WACC Global has trained more than 100 Indigenous broadcasters and members of the Indigenous community of Muellamués, Colombia, in producing radio programmes on peace, self-governance, gender equality, and human rights. The project was organized by the Fundación para la Promoción de la Cooperación Internacional...

03 Jan 2020

Posted at 14:36h in Communication Rights, News, Statements and Calls to Action, Statements and Calls to Action

How should civil society engage with the challenges and opportunities created by Artificial Intelligence (AI)?WACC Global’s No-Nonsense Guide to Communication Rights, Civil Society and Artificial Intelligence identifies several ways in which citizen groups, NGOs, charities, foundations, media, labour unions and faith-based groups who make up civil society...