Promoting Communication for Social Change
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Programme Updates
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Radio Okapi journalist gunned down
Bukavu, DR Congo, 26 Nov 2008
WACC is outraged by the murder of 34-year-old Radio Okapi journalist Didace Namujimbo on 21 November 2008.
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Fighting AIDS Stigma
Cape Town, South Africa, 5 Nov 2008
Christian Council of Ghana’s (CCG) efforts to raise the awareness of its people to eradicate the stigma associated with HIV and Aids is bearing fruit, thanks to WACC.
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Communication rights include the right to memory
Toronto, Canada, 26 Nov 2008
Article 19, the international freedom of expression organization, has welcomed an official report prepared for the French National Assembly (made public on 18 November 2008) recommending that no new laws on “historical truth” and memory should be adopted.
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TVE's UK Launch of 'Why Women Count'. A Highlights Report
London, UK, 19 Oct 2008
Why Women Count, a new series from the Broadcasting for Change Network in partnership with Human Rights Watch UK and Al Jazeera English, was launched in London on 19 October, 2007.
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Features
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Step Forth in Faith
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 Nov 2008
The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) 9th General Assembly whose theme will be Africa, Step Forth in Faith, will be held in Maputo, Mozambique from 7-12 December, 2008.
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The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor: Indigenous Peoples have rights too!
Phoenix, Arizona, 27 Nov 2008
Communication for peace takes many forms. Since 1992, Peace and Dignity Journeys, an NGO based in Phoenix, Arizona, has been organizing a spiritual run for Indigenous Peoples with a difference: it covers the whole of South and North America.
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DFID partners with WACC in fight against HIV/AIDS stigma
Accra, Ghana, 8 Aug 2008
In Ghana, as in most African countries, many in the faith community fail to speak out, which has made the HIV/AIDS situation worse.
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Orissa Violence - A dark tunnel ahead
Orissa, india, 2 Oct 2008
"Conversions" is a bogey raised by religion-political elements to justify ethnic cleansing and no amount of evidence will persuade them to terminate their policy.
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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.