WACC is partnering with the organization Communautés Africaines to enhance the gender sensitivity of web journalists in Senegal and advance positive, non-sexist portrayals of women in digital news media, including better representation of women in reporting of gender-based violence (GBV). Women are under-represented in online media...
WACC has launched the “You Are Not Alone” project in partnership with the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) and co-funder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to empower migrants in the region at risk of human trafficking and exploitation to advance their communication...
WACC is partnering with the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) to spur economic empowerment among people living in the slums of Nairobi’s Mathare Valley through dependable and cost-effective community-run internet. Founded in 2005, KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder forum for individuals and organizations working on ICT policy...
WACC is partnering with the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) to equip the Alangan-Mangyan people in the Filipino province of Mindoro as storytellers to bring their voices into the public sphere and protect their unique environment. A long-time WACC partner, CFA was established in 1968 to...
A WACC-supported project run by the Woman of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is strengthening community-based connectivity in the rural North of the country, with a particular focus on bridging the digital gender gap. WOUGNET, which brings together women-led Ugandan civil society organizations, was established in 2000 to...
WACC partners advanced a vision for just, inclusive, and community-led digital communication at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2023 last week in Kyoto, Japan. “The Internet We Want — Empowering All People” was the theme of this year’s meeting of the IGF, a UN mechanism bringing...
Young people in Georgia are being equipped to create a safer and more secure digital environment for all through a WACC-supported project with partner organization Helping Hand. Georgia has no internet regulation, a situation which heightens risks of cyberbullying, online harassment, and the spread of fake...
WACC is partnering with the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) in the Philippines to uphold people’s rights to access communication, to privacy, to security, and to free speech. In late 2022 the Filipino government began enacting a law requiring all SIM card users in the country to...
Indigenous communication rights and community identity are being strengthened through a WACC-supported project in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy in northern Argentina. The Argentinian human rights organization Encuentro Solidario y Democrático is working with the network Mesa de Comunicación Popular e Indígena de Salta y...
A WACC project is backing efforts by the Guatemalan rights organization Asociacion Ixchel to secure Indigenous peoples’ right to freedom of expression, participation in cultural life, and equality before the law through legally sanctioned radio broadcasting. In the peace agreement that brought an end to civil...