30 Mar 2021 WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions that will make a difference. Scheduled September… Read more »
30 Mar 2021 Narrative on refugee children, adolescents needs reframing Representing refugee children and adolescents as “empowered individuals rather than hopeless victims” in the news media could help the public see their potential for contributing to society’s success and counteract perceptions of them as being in constant need of support. This was one of the key points raised by a… Read more »
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24 Mar 2021 Civil society to World Bank: Ensure human rights in Covid-19 support process Civil society groups urged the World Bank on March 23 to exercise due diligence in supporting Covid-19 responses, citing how some governments have been using the pandemic as a pretext to restrict civic space and silence independent watchdogs. More than 160 countries have imposed more… Read more »
22 Mar 2021 Digital justice, still waiting in the wings Posted at 00:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley Everyone agrees that social media are failing to distinguish between truth and lies. That’s partly because the line is easily blurred, but also because social media are corporate entities running on profit. Few people agree on how to tackle the problem of… Read more »
19 Mar 2021 UN member states must address gender representation in the news, says GMMP co-ordinator The news media are “downplaying women’s leadership during the greatest health crisis of our time,” said Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) global co-ordinator Sarah Macharia during a virtual informal meeting of the 65th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women March… Read more »
16 Mar 2021 Human Rights Award 2020 goes to documentary Radio Silence Radio Silence (Silencio Radio), directed by Juliana Fanjul (Mexico, 2019), has received the WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2020.[ Click to read this article in French.] A feature-length documentary (77 min.), it highlights the essence of freedom of speech, human rights and democracy expressed by the courage of journalists in… Read more »
08 Mar 2021 Ecuador project contributes to better reception of migrants 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 of Community, Popular and Education Media… Read more »
08 Mar 2021 #IWD 2021: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world Posted at 08:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley March, the month set aside to honour women’s contributions to American history is today commemorated worldwide as “Women’s history month”. Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world is the theme of International Women’s Day March 8. If there’s anything… Read more »
04 Mar 2021 GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on New data from global research with additional analysis of Covid-19 news Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the… Read more »
