Monthly Archives: April 2024

Stripping away media bias in the interest of greater understanding

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22 Apr 2024 Stripping away media bias in the interest of greater understanding The Centre for Media Monitoring report “Media Bias Gaza 2023-24” (published 6 March 2024) exposed significant biases in news coverage in the United Kingdom. The report, published by the Muslim Council of Britain, offers a critical examination of media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza in the… Read more »

Community network empowers women and youth in Kenya’s Mathare Valley

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19 Apr 2024 Community network empowers women and youth in Kenya’s Mathare Valley WACC is partnering with the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) to spur economic empowerment among people living in the slums of Nairobi’s Mathare Valley through dependable and cost-effective community-run internet. Founded in 2005, KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder forum for individuals and organizations working on ICT policy and… Read more »

WACC welcomes Canadian action plan on gender equality as opportunity to advance communication for all

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12 Apr 2024 WACC welcomes Canadian action plan on gender equality as opportunity to advance communication for all Posted at 12:15h in Gender, News by Terri R. Miller WACC welcomes the strong commitment to gender equality signalled by the Canadian government with its release of Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security – 2023 to… Read more »

What makes for exemplary war photojournalism?

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08 Apr 2024 What makes for exemplary war photojournalism? Posted at 08:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley Nii Obodai, Africa jury chair for the 2024 World Press Photo Contest recognizing the world’s best photojournalism, seeks photography that “shift[s] from hard visualization of violence to a more nuanced approach that empowers viewers towards reaching greater understanding… [Not …] dead bodies, or… Read more »

Indigenous citizen communicators in the Philippines ready to champion climate justice

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03 Apr 2024 Indigenous citizen communicators in the Philippines ready to champion climate justice WACC is partnering with the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) to equip the Alangan-Mangyan people in the Filipino province of Mindoro as storytellers to bring their voices into the public sphere and protect their unique environment. A long-time WACC partner, CFA was established in 1968 to… Read more »

Strengthening rural women’s access to broadband in Uganda

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02 Apr 2024 Strengthening rural women’s access to broadband in Uganda A WACC-supported project run by the Woman of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is strengthening community-based connectivity in the rural North of the country, with a particular focus on bridging the digital gender gap. WOUGNET, which brings together women-led Ugandan civil society organizations, was established in 2000 to promote the use… Read more »