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21 Sep 2021

Posted at 09:16h in Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Literacy, Digital Rights, Europe, News, One Year Projects

WACC announces its support for a project in Georgia that aims to empower disadvantaged youth from 25 secondary schools and universities by helping them acquire and develop digital skills that will increase their capacity to address social challenges faced by their communities. The Digital Solutions for...

14 Sep 2021

Posted at 11:55h in Calls for Action, Communication Rights, Community radio, Digital Rights, News

WACC members and partners are calling for a movement to “reclaim democratic public communication spaces” in both the analogue and digital spheres, which would strengthen marginalized voices, guarantee the right of citizens to own and control their data, information, and knowledge, and uphold social justice,...

07 Sep 2021

Posted at 08:46h in Africa, Citizen Journalism, Climate Justice, News

WACC has announced its support for a project in Burkina Faso that will strengthen the resilience and capacities of farming communities to climate hazards and disasters.    The project  will include creating a network of journalists and citizen environmental animators, and is being implemented by Réseau Africa...

30 Aug 2021

Posted at 09:00h in Communication Rights, Community radio, Digital Rights, News

Six Indigenous community radio stations in Oaxaca, Guerrero and Mexico states will soon be equipped with skills and tools that will help them become technologically self-sufficient, as part of a project co-funded by WACC and US-based NGO Cultural Survival.  Centro de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria A.C....

04 Aug 2021

Posted at 09:37h in Communication Rights, Media Development, News

The latest issue of WACC’s Media Development magazine examines the concept of public sphere, its role in promoting democracy and political accountability, and why principles of human rights and social justice must underpin it. In “Democratizing the Public Sphere,” WACC General Secretary and Media Development editor...