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Communication for All: Sharing WACC’s Principles |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:30 |
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"Communication for All: Sharing WACC’s Principles” affirms that communication is a spiritual exercise, builds and shapes community, enhances participation, promotes freedom and demands accountability, celebrates cultural diversity, builds connectedness, affirms justice and challenges injustice.
In 2009 the Executive Committee mandated the President, Dr. Dennis Smith, to convene a small group of people to review and update WACC’s Christian Principles, which date back to 1986. Read more...
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WACC shifts to online publishing |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:27 |
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As digital publishing continues to evolve dramatically, WACC has produced its first electronic annual report in a move towards a stronger digital presence and online platform.
WACC’s annual report will no longer be printed and distributed via the post office system, but made available electronically on WACC’s website.
This shift was prompted by WACC’s Strategic Plan 2012-2016, which recognizes new digital and social media technologies as predominant forms of information and communication in many parts of today’s world. Read more...
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WACC conducts survey on communication rights |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:24 |
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A recent survey on communication rights conducted by WACC has concluded that greater understanding of communication rights can strengthen participatory development and facilitate achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The survey conducted among WACC members and partners worldwide revealed that an overwhelmingly high number of respondents (82%) recognized the link between communication rights and participatory development, but could benefit from more focused resources. Read more...
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Programme Updates |
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Empowering faith leaders to reduce HIV stigma |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:19 |
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Hope For HIV/AIDS (HFA), a WACC project partner, has just completed the first year of a three-year project titled “Empowering Faith Leaders to Reduce HIV-related stigma and Discrimination in Lagos, Nigeria”. The project is being implemented in 10 local government areas of Lagos state. At its inception, the project was to target Christian religious leaders. However, after realizing the faith pluralism in the target areas, the schedule was redrawn to include Muslim and traditional faith leaders as well to achieve a more tangible impact. Read more...
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Regional News |
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WACC-Caribbean elects new Vice-President |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:15 |
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Keishagay Jackson, from Jamaica, will also sit on WACC’s global Board of Directors.
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Jackson, an administrator and programme coordinator for Women's Media Watch (WMW), a WACC partner, said she is excited to embrace the new roles and to learn more about WACC’s mandate to promote communication rights.
“Communication rights play a critical role in development and especially in addressing poverty and gender related issues which are critical in my region”, said Jackson in Toronto where she was an observer at the recent meeting of WACC’s Executive Committee. Read more...
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Regional Seminar addresses Communication and Cultural Diversity |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:15 |
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The Folk Research Centre, a WACC Corporate Member in St. Lucia, together with WACC Caribbean region hosted a regional seminar and workshop on the theme “Communications Rights in a Region of Language and Cultural Diversity”.
The seminar held September 12 – 13, 2012, brought together communications professionals, academics, researchers and non-governmental organsations to share research findings and perspectives on the role of communications in the development of the region. It was attended by participants from French, Spanish, Dutch and English speaking language countries of the Caribbean region. Read more...
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Documentary tackles marginalization of Canadian Muslims |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 16:11 |
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By Philip Lee, Deputy-Director of Programmes
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On 11 September 2001 a small group of religious extremists shocked the world by attacking the USA and killing more than 3,000 people. Because the extremists were Muslims, then President George W. Bush declared a “War on Terror”, launching attacks on al-Qaeda and Afghanistan and severely curtailing civil liberties inside the US. Anti-terrorist operations were later rapidly extended to other parts of the world.
In the wake of a sudden wave of Islam phobia, Canada’s Parliament rushed to pass a tough new Anti-Terrorism Law whose unintended consequence was the vilification of Muslims communities throughout the country. In a revealing new documentary called “Change Your Name Ousama!”, film maker Fuad Chowdhury and former CBC security correspondent Bill Gillespie have shown how Canadian Muslims joined 9/11’s many victims. Read more... |
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