Category Archives: News

  International Women’s Day (IWD) campaigns step up demands for the respect of women’s basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. Press for Progress is the campaign theme for IWD 2018, informed by research evidence of a slowing down and in some cases, a reversal of gains towards gender equality. According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2017, “gender… Read more »

By Staff on February 27, 2018   WACC’s programme of support for communication development projects in partnership with Bread for the World is a WSIS Prizes 2018 Champion. Out of 492 nominated ICT success stories from around the world, following a comprehensive review by the Expert Group of 685 projects submitted by the WSIS Stakeholders’ community, WACC’s Development Initiatives Program was… Read more »

The WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2016 has been presented to the documentary film Cahier africain by Swiss director Heidi Specogna, who was recognized at an awards ceremony on 19 February in Berlin during the Berlinale film festival. WACC, the World Association for Christian Communication, and SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication, recognized the documentary for offering an exemplary human… Read more »

By Staff on February 13, 2018   Community radio broadcasters from the Dominican Republic. Photo: Espacio de Comunicación Insular. WACC calls on radio broadcasters everywhere to help promote gender equality in their work. February 13 is World Radio Day, an opportunity to celebrate radio and radio broadcasters around the world. World Radio Day is promoted by UNESCO. WACC believes that radio… Read more »

    In 2018, WACC is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Last year proved more than ever the importance of WACC’s communication work around the world. Through education, research, advocacy and project support aimed at bringing about positive social change, last year the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) spread the call for communication rights further around the world 2017 marked the… Read more »

  Reporters with various forms of “fake news” from an 1894 illustration by Frederick Burr Opper. Source: Wikipedia. In recent months, public media have come under intense criticism for failing to adhere to an ethic that challenges misinformation and fake news. However, a recent article in WACC’s journal Media Development argued that lies and fabricated or inaccurate stories are the inevitable… Read more »

By Staff on January 12, 2018 The Board of Directors of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is looking to the future in anticipation of a leadership transition in 2018.This follows the decision of its General Secretary, the Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter, to take on new responsibilities in another organization. Achtelstetter (photo left with Philip Lee) is to leave her… Read more »

  Participants at the Nairobi School on Communication Rights. Photo: WACC. Thirty-five representatives of faith-based and secular civil society organizations from 18 countries participated in WACC’s Communication Rights School held in Nairobi, Kenya, 11-15 December 2017, in collaboration with the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC). Facilitated by WACC staff, the School’s aim was to build knowledge, skills and competencies… Read more »