The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) are hosting a side event with the civil society space at the upcoming International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) scheduled May 17-20, 2022, at the UN headquarters in New York City. The...
Students of the Department Christliche Publizistik (Christian Communication) at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, have drafted a "Readers' Charter" as part of their online course, Entertaining Angels Unawares – Forced Displacement and Migration in the Media. The course, held November 2021 to February 2022, was a...
The latest issue of Media Development, WACC's quarterly journal, features some of the reflections and ideas generated before and during the historic symposium, Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age, organized in the fall by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC). The symposium...
[Spanish] [French] [German] (Republished with permission from the WCC website)The WCC governing body on 14 February received “A New Communications Paper for the 21st Century: A vision of digital justice,” a text created in preparation for the WCC’s 11th Assembly later in 2022 that takes...
WACC's Board of Directors has approved a new Strategic Plan for 2022-2026, intended as a foundation for its network worldwide "to take a leadership role that advances communication rights in a rapidly changing world." [See Spanish and French versions] The plan focuses on new program priorities, building...
Nearly 200 years after its founding, Bolivia continues to grapple with racism and discrimination exacerbated, in part, by political forces vying for power. Much of the discrimination has been directed against Indigenous communities. “These polarizing discourses impact the social dynamics among Bolivians and prevent a peaceful...
A new community radio station is being planned in Marsabit, a county in northern Kenya, which currently has only one radio broadcasting station devoted to Swahili and English-speaking residents. Fereiti Action Network, a community youth organization based in the town of Laisamis, Marsabit, has set up...
To help amplify the voices of women and girls in marginalized communities, WACC is supporting a project that will establish digital media literacy schools and produce media literacy modules in local languages in India. Ideosync Media Combine, a communication for social change organization in New Delhi,...
Venezuelan migrants, who already face economic difficulties resulting from their migration to neighbouring countries like Colombia, are also experiencing a host of health issues, according to a study conducted by WACC partners Grupo Comunicarte, Fundacion Comunicacion Positiva and Fe Y Alegreria Venezuela Radio Institute. Migrants who often...
WACC is supporting a project in Guatemala that seeks to document and popularize ancestral Mayan ecological knowledge for climate change resilience and mitigation. Guatemala, which has been experiencing extreme weather conditions ranging from severe droughts to devastating floods, has been ranked among countries most vulnerable to...