WACC Global has been advocating for full access to information and communication, and open and diverse media since 1968.
Toronto, Canada
Joined December 2009
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What an incredible and inspiring two days!
Last week female journalists gathered in Mbale City for a two days intensive Digital Safety & Security training, gaining tools to protect themselves, their sources and stories.
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#DigitalSafety #WomenInMedia
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Encuentro en Ciudad de Panamá con Lorenzo Vargas de @waccglobal, durante la Cumbre de Comunicación por el Cambio Social @SBCCSummit
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🗞📺 ¿Cuántas mujeres aparecen en las noticias? Descubre los resultados de Sinaloa del Monitoreo Global de Medios de Comunicación 🇲🇽
Participan: Jhenny Judith Bernal Arellano, Cirenia Celestino Ortega, Marlene León, Sibely Cañedo, América Armenta, modera: Carmen Patricia Garnica Luna
📅 30 de junio
🕛 11 am
📝 Regístrate forms.gle/prixjDzCtHDwocR6A
📲 Conéctate en vivo en facebook.com/cimac.org
#GMMP30 #GMMP #WhoMakesTheNews #GenderEquality #Beijing30 #Medios #MujeresEnNoticias
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🗞📺 ¿Cuántas mujeres aparecen en las noticias? Descubre los resultados estatales del Monitoreo Global de Medios de Comunicación 🇲🇽, el monitoreo global más importante sobre género.
📅 26 de mayo
🕛 12 pm
📲 Conéctate en vivo en facebook.com/cimac.org
#GMMP30 #GMMP #WhoMakesTheNews #GenderEquality #Beijing30 #Medios #MujeresEnNoticias
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My supervisor, @hemantdash Sir , and I addressed the issue of witch-branding in Odisha in our latest article, 'Women, Cultural Integrity & Communication Justice in Odisha' published in the latest issue of Media Development (2026/2) by @waccglobal – Communication for All.
#media
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Discover how #Bootcamp2026 was experienced!
⛺️🛜 A training program to strengthen community communication and connectivity processes.
@ITUDevelopment @ITUAmericas @rhizomatica @waccglobal @ALWacc @Sida @FCDOGovUK @ISOC_Foundation @ISOC_LAC @FCDODigital
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🗞📺 ¿Dónde estamos las mujeres en los medios de comunicación?
Conéctate a la presentación de los resultados estatales del Monitoreo Global de Medios de Comunicación, el monitoreo más importante.
📅 26 de mayo
🕛 12 pm
📲 Conéctate en vivo en facebook.com/cimac.org
#GMMP30 #GMMP #WhoMakesTheNews #GenderEquality #Beijing30 #Medios #MujeresEnNoticias
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Journalism shapes peace.
Access to reliable, verified information is not optional; it is fundamental to building peaceful, just and resilient societies.
When information is manipulated, it fuels division and erodes trust.
When it is free and truthful, it strengthens accountability, fosters dialogue and upholds human rights.
On #WorldPressFreedomDay, @UNESCO calls for the protection of freedom of expression and support for journalism as a pillar of peace.
unesco.org/en/days/press-fre…
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On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we back women journalists in Uganda challenging gendered disinformation and online harassment.
WPFD 2026 calls us to #ShapeAFutureOfPeace—by protecting press freedom and strengthening information integrity across tech, civic space & human rights.
Read: 👉Seeding change (apc.org/en/blog/seeding-chan…)
#WPFD2026 #PressFreedom
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A new UN Women report in partnership with ICFJ found that:
• 12% of women in public life report experiencing the non-consensual sharing of personal images
• 6% say they have been victims of “deepfakes”
• 27% report receiving unsolicited sexual advances via online messaging
Read more: icfj.org/sites/default/files…
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“You want our pictures, not our voices, you want our stories, but not our struggles.” Indigenous delegates delivered a straight forward stance at the International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, rejecting tokenism and demanding that true solidarity, not optics become the foundation of any just transition.
#DefendtheSacred #TAFF2026
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Unchecked AI use in advertising risks fuelling information crisis, the UN warns.
A new @UN brief says #AI-driven systems are accelerating the spread of disinformation, hate speech and polarizing content.
Learn more: buff.ly/sALFZbk
#AIForGood
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On #WorldPressFreedomDay, CPJ’s call to protect the press is more urgent than ever.
More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 130 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel.
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org/?p=553549
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In some Gulf states, filming the sky can now be a crime.
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day this Sunday, journalist Dahlia Kholaif looks at the war on information around the Iran war - and how journalists are paying the price:
indexoncensorship.org/2026/0…
#WorldPressFreedomDay
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More than 1,000 languages are spoken across UNESCO-designated sites, representing roughly 15% of the world’s living languages.
Their presence reminds us that @UNESCO sites protect not only nature but also the languages, memories and living traditions embedded within them.
More insights in UNESCO’s latest report: unesco.org/en/articles/peopl… #ForThePeople
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Recent years have seen a sharp rise in the number of journalists killed in war zones, UN chief @antonioguterres said ahead of #WorldPressFreedomDay.
Human Rights chief @volker_turk urges an end to persecution of media workers.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/05…
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.@UN_Women’s new #EU funded study finds a surge in sophisticated online violence targeting women in public life, driven by AI, anonymity, and weak safeguards. This is silencing voices and eroding rights.
We must #ACTtoEndViolence now!
theguardian.com/society/2026…
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Women remain underrepresented in culture & creativity. In developing countries, they hold just 30% of leadership positions.
@UNESCO’s Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity report examines these gaps and calls for more inclusive policies.
🔗 unesco.org/en/reshaping-crea…
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As the international community looks to celebrate #WorldPressFreedomDay this coming Sunday, May 3, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that it has its World Press Freedom Index has hit a “25-year low,” with more than half of the world’s countries currently falling into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories. Read more on our analysis of the report.
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ALT 20276 World Press Freedom Index, ranking by country