Author Archives: WACC Europe

By Staff on September 17, 2019 The Internet has profoundly changed the way people live, work, and communicate. Photo: Stefan Vladimiro/Unsplash Over half of the world’s population of 7.7 billion are connected to the Internet, which has profoundly changed the way people live, work and communicate. The Internet has also transformed entire industries and has had an impact on democracy, human… Read more »

By Staff on September 13, 2019    “In today’s digital world, freedom of expression must still be respected and citizens provided with equitable access to technology and media platforms. A free flow of information to the public must be guaranteed,” says WACC General Philip Lee. Photo: Muhammandtaha Ibrahim/Unsplash Sunday, September 15 is the International Day of Democracy and WACC is promoting… Read more »

By Staff on September 06, 2019 More than half of the world’s population of 7.7 billion, including Indigenous people and linguistic minorities, often don’t have access to digital communication platforms. Photo: July Brenda Gonzales Callapaza/Unsplash On International Literacy Day, Saturday,  September 8, WACC calls attention to the digital divide that excludes billions of people around the world – including Indigenous people… Read more »

Radio Xyaab Tzuultaq’a leaders and volunteers take part in a workshop on protecting ancestral lands, Maya O’eqchi’ history, Indigenous rights, and women’s rights. Photo: Courtesy of the Asociacion Estorena para el Desarrollo Integral  An Indigenous community radio station in El Estor, Guatemala, is taking a more active role in covering allegations of human rights abuses involving extractive industries in their… Read more »

By Staff on August 28, 2019   Akeno Ewas Maraka and her children search for wild fruits under a tree in Loberot, Turkana South, in northwest Kenya, where an estimated one million people been affected by the drought, which hit the county in 2017.  Photo: National Council of Churches of Kenya/ACT Alliance An average of 80,000 people are displaced from their… Read more »

By Staff on August 27, 2019 Theatre director Esther Porcelijn from Tilburg, the Netherlands, with Rabbi Dalfin of the U.S. Chabad-Lubavitch, in a scene from Spot the Differences, which won the Prize for best programme at the European TV Festival of Religious Programmes in 2014. Photo: Courtesy of Signis-WACC European TV Festival of Religious Programmes It began with a simple idea… Read more »

2011 Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, Brazil. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT – Flickr WACC-Latin America has joined other civil society groups around the world in raising concerns over threats facing the Amazon rainforest, including a recent uptick in deforestation and record-setting wildfires. Smoke from the raging wildfires have covered half of Brazil, according to CNN. “…Care of the… Read more »

By Staff on August 21, 2019 The purchase of additional radio repeaters has helped Radio Bue Xhidza reach an additional 10 Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. Photo: Courtesy of Radio Bue Xhidza A project that included the purchase of additional radio repeaters, the installation of solar panels, and training for reporters has made Radio Bue Xhidza in Oaxaca, Mexico, a “stronger station”… Read more »

Attacks by Boko Haram and military operations have displaced 2.4 million across northeastern Nigeria, Cameroon’s Far North, southeast Niger, and Western Chad. Media needs to do a better job in reporting about them, says a media monitoring project, which also notes that women are rarely quoted in stories about Internally Displaced Persons and refugees. Photo: Espen Røst / Bistandsaktuelt Nigerian… Read more »

By Staff on August 16, 2019 Migrants from Guatemala sleep in the main square of Tapachula, Chiapas, after crossing through southern Mexico, where they hope to join other Central American migrants bound for the U.S.  Responding to pressures from the Trump administration, Mexico has deployed thousands of troops to stop migrants, who say they are fleeing violence and poverty. Photo: Sean… Read more »