Promoting Communication for Social Change
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Global News
Programme Updates
First-ever summit of high level religious leaders on HIV Toronto, Canada, 11 Mar 2010
The first-ever Summit of High Level Religious Leaders will be held in The Netherlands from 22-23 March 2010.
Guide to right to information available in three languages Toronto, Canada, 2 Mar 2010
WACC publishes 'No-Nonsense guide' in English, Spanish, and French.
Statement and Call to Action by WACC on International Women’s Day, 2010 Toronto, Canada, 8 Mar 2010
"Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all’.
Launch of the Preliminary findings of the Global Media Monitoring Project - 2010 Toronto, Canada, 27 Feb 2010
It is an absolute delight to announce the preliminary findings of the Fourth GMMP!
IFJ demands more action to strengthen rights of women in media Brussels, Belgium, 5 Mar 2010
IFJ has called on media owners to take steps to raise women's profile in the news.
KREYON PÉP LA PA GEN GONM Toronto, Canada, 23 Feb 2010
“The People’s Pen has no eraser” was the title of a WACC report which recounted communication stories from Haiti’s grassroot communities.
Features
Communication Rights: at the centre of all development processes Bangalore, India , 24 Feb 2010
Broadcasters from Asia and the Pacific meeting in India issue The Bangalore Community Radio Declaration.
Cell Phones: Tools for Social Justice Toronto, Canada, 5 Mar 2010
In a disaster situation like Haiti, computers and cell phones are clearly essential.
School radio: a tool for children’s rights Southern Bolivia, 16 Feb 2010
In an innovative project Bolivian schoolchildren learn about radio and their rights as children.
Special Rapporteurs Define Ten Key Challenges to Freedom of Expression in the Next Decade Toronto, Canada, 11 Feb 2010
"Realising the right to freedom of expression and information".
Resources
WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people's common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression.
The World Association for Christian Communication is a UK Registered Charity (number 296073) and a Company registered in England and Wales (number 2082273) with its Registered Office at 71 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX. It is an incorporated Charitable Organisation in Canada (number 83970 9524 RR0001) with its head office at 308 Main Street, Toronto ON, M4C 4X7.
