Monthly Archives: December 2019

WACC, CAMECO share vision of ’empowering people and communities on the margins’

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By Staff on December 19, 2019 WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher (fourth from left) at the 50th anniversary international conference of the Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) held in Aaachen, Germany. Photo: CAMECO  WACC Deputy General Secretary Sara Speicher recently presented a workshop on “Upholding Human Rights and Social Justice in the Digital Age” during the 50th anniversary international conference of… Read more »

Gender and media monitoring useful for ‘media literacy’ in Bosnia & Herzegovina

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By Staff on December 18, 2019  Abida Pehlic, Global Media Monitoring Project national coordinator and president/program manager for Novi Put, an anti-trafficking NGO established by women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: Contributed  In a country such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has “a strong patriarchal tradition and dominant stereotypes about women,” Abida Pehlic can’t emphasize enough how important the Global Media… Read more »

Human rights day: WACC puts spotlight on violence against journalists

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  A makeshift memorial to murdered investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia at the foot of the Great Siege Monument in Valletta, Malta.  Galizia’s work often focused on allegations of government corruption, nepotism, patronage, money laundering, links between online gambling and organized crime. Photo: Ethan Doyle White/Wikimedia Commons On International Human Rights Day, December 10, WACC Global calls attention to the… Read more »

Project addresses ‘xenophobic discourse’ in Dominican Republic media, digital platforms

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By Staff on December 09, 2019 Students and journalists in the Dominican Republic participate in workshops aimed at promoting a democratic culture “with zero tolerance for racism and xenophobia in the media.”  Photos: Contributed In response to rising xenophobia and racism in the Dominican Republic, WACC partner Espacio de Comunicación Insular has launched an awareness raising campaign on the issue and… Read more »