WACC: Media Action-March 2011

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> WACC: Media Action-March 2011

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ogue-is-key-to-strengthening-communication-rights-says-wacc-general-secreta ry.html

In this issue: WACC-Middle East region supports mass movements.

> Also in this issue:

WACC-Caribe concerned by intimidation and threats to Haitian
journalists.

WACC- Africa calls for more reporting on peace and justice stories.

WACC- Asia sends message of solidarity and prayers to the people of
Japan.

WACC General Secretary says faith communities can play a key role in
tackling questions of social justice and peace.

WACC supports communication training for human rights groups in
Colombia.

Feature: Communication for peace: a task for faith communities.

Cover photo: WACC General Secretary, Rev. Karin Achtelstetter
speaking at the 5th Commission meeting of the Interfaith Action for
Peace (IFAPA) in Mombasa, Kenya. Photo by WACC Correspondent.

> **Regional News**

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t-region-supports-mass-movements.html

WACC- Middle East region supports mass movements

WACC- Middle East Executive Committee has been following the recent
developments in some countries of the Middle East and especially the
popular movements to enable change and transformation in the
prevailing socio-political situation in these countries. The committee
expresses its support for these mass movements which seek to
strengthen democracy and freedom of expression and put an end to
corruption. Read more...
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region-supports-mass-movements.html

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cerned-by-physical-integrity-of-haitian-journalists.html

WACC-Caribe concerned by intimidation and threats to Haitian
journalists

WACC-Caribe wishes to express its deep concern for the threats made
to journalist and Goupe Medialternatif Coordinator Gotson Pierre when
he was a member of a panel on the presidential debate last March 9
organized by the GIAP (Group of Intervention in Public Affairs, French
acronym). We are well aware of the destruction caused by followers of
some parties in Port-au- Prince and several other cities of the
country last December 8 and 9 who among other acts, harassed
journalist Esther Dorestal of Radio-Métropole. Read more...
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rned-by-physical-integrity-of-haitian-journalists.html

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ls-for-more-reporting-on-peace-and-justice-stories-from-a-gender-perspectiv e-.html

WACC-Africa calls for more reporting on peace and justice stories
from a gender perspective

A Communiqué issued by the WACC-Africa region, 16 March 2011 from
Kigali, Rwanda.

We, the participants at the Media, Gender justice and peace building
seminar organized by the World Association for Christian
Communication, in Kigali, Rwanda from 14th-15th March 2011;

Realizing that media and the church play a crucial role in shaping
the mindset of the people;

Realizing that women participation in peace building has been
under-represented in various media outlets; Read more...
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-for-more-reporting-on-peace-and-justice-stories-from-a-gender-perspective- .html

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WACC-Asia sends message of solidarity and prayers for the people of
Japan

By WACC-Asia Regional Executive Committee, 11 March 2011

Today, a massive earthquake measuring 8.9 struck Sendai in Japan and
set off tsunami and tsunami alerts across the entire Pacific region.
Today more than ever, we see the powerful force of nature and we are
reminded once again of the need to listen and heed the calls of Mother
Nature. The WACC-Asia Region sends its message of solidarity and
prayers to the people of Japan during this difficult time. Read
more...
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rs-for-the-people-of-japan-.html

> **Global News**

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ogue-is-key-to-strengthening-communication-rights-says-wacc-general-secreta ry.html

Faith communities can play a key role in tackling questions of social
justice and peace

> By WACC Correspondent

Faith Communities can play a key role in strengthening the right to
communicate and tackling questions of social justice and peace ,
General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication
(WACC) said on 12 March. Rev. Karin Achtelstetter was speaking at the
5th Commission meeting of the Interfaith Action for Peace (IFAPA) in
Mombasa, Kenya, where representatives of the main faith traditions
have gathered to discuss peace and the issues that threaten it. Read
more...
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ue-is-key-to-strengthening-communication-rights-says-wacc-general-secretary .html

> **Programme update**

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raining-for-human-rights-groups-in-colombia.html?Itemid=158

WACC supports communication training for human rights groups in
Colombia

By Maria Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager, WACC

Some 200 community leaders working in the area of Nariño in south
western Colombia received communication training thanks to a project
implemented by Fundación de Desarrollo y Paz (FUNDEPAZ) with support
from WACCâ??s Communication Rights programme. The training workshops
involved communication officers from human rights organisations in
Ipiales, Tumaco and Pasto. Read more...
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ining-for-human-rights-groups-in-colombia.html?Itemid=158

> **Feature**

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for-peace-a-task-for-faith-communities-.html

Communication for peace: a task for faith communities

A presentation by Rev. Karin Achtelstetter, the General Secretary of
the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) during the
5th Commission meeting of the Interfaith Action for Peace (IFAPA) held
in Mombasa, Kenya, 11th-14th March 2011.

Inspired by Christian faith, members and partners of the World
Association for Christian Communication (WACC) promote communication
for social change, believing communication to be a basic human right.
Where this is denied, human society as a whole is impoverished. Read
more...
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r-peace-a-task-for-faith-communities-.html

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