Media Action 308 - April 2011

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In this issue: WACC tackles difficult questions about its future.

> Also in this issue:

WACC calls on communicators to use digital media responsibly and
ethically.

Pluralism in broadcasting throughout the Americas needs guarantees.

WACC Europeâ??s new officers focus on regional profile.

UN Review on AIDS: Is the world moving away from HIV?

> Thinking and communicating outside the box.

Cover photo: Some of the WACC partners at a Roundtable meeting in
Helsinki, Finland, 27-28 April 2011.

> **Global News**

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fficult-questions-about-its-future.html

WACC tackles difficult questions about its future

By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programmes

WACCâ??s Strategic Planning Process is well under way and has been
given a boost by a Roundtable Meeting of WACC partners that took place
in Helsinki, Finland, 27-28 April 2011. Some twenty international
participants addressed the challenges posed by participatory
communication for development. The Roundtable took place during a
meeting of WACCâ??s Officers and was hosted by the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF). Read more...
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icult-questions-about-its-future.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2611:wacc-calls-on-c 
ommunicators-to-use-digital-media-responsibly-and-ethically.html

WACC calls on communicators to use digital media responsibly and
ethically

To mark the World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2011, WACC called on
communicators to use new media responsibly in order to strengthen
press freedom and communication rights worldwide. Open access to the
Internet, social networks, and new-generation digital devices raise
significant concerns related to accountability, privacy, and security,
said WACC. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2611:wacc-calls-on-com 
municators-to-use-digital-media-responsibly-and-ethically.html

<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2609:one-voice-leadi 
ng-to-many-voices-and-change-wacc-easter-message-2011.html

One voice leading to many voices and change: WACC Easter message 2011

> By Amany Latif Ebied - Secretary of WACC

One of my favourite movies is â??Legally Blonde 2: Red, White &
Blondeâ??. In the movie Elle Woods heads to Washington D.C. to pass a
bill on animal cosmetic testing. She took it upon herself to have a
â??voice on behalf of those who couldnâ??t speakâ?? and t o outlaw
animal testing. At the end of the movie she narrates a story which has
lingered in my mind since then and I would like to share it with you
on the occasion of the Easter celebration. Read more...
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-to-many-voices-and-change-wacc-easter-message-2011.html

> **Regional News**

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oadcasting-throughout-the-americas-needs-guarantees.html

Pluralism in broadcasting throughout the Americas needs guarantees

By María Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager

Pluralism and diversity in radio broadcasting and in audiovisual
communication services are necessary to strengthen democratic debate
in Latin American societies. This is a recommendation, among others,
from the 2010 Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur
for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission (IACHR).
Presented on April 15, 2011, by Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur
for Freedom of Expression, the report states that in order to promote
pluralism there is a need to â??Adopt legislation to ensure
transparent, public, and equitable criteria for the allocation of
radio frequencies and the new digital dividend. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2614:pluralism-in-broa 
dcasting-throughout-the-americas-needs-guarantees.html

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w-officers-focus-on-regional-profile.html

WACC Europeâ??s new officers focus on regional profile

By Praxedis Bouwman, new chairperson, WACC-Europe

WACC Europe will reconsider its purpose and opportunities in the
context of communications based on Christian values. Traditionally,
WACC Europe, as part of to the World Association for Christian
Communication, is a strong promoter of religious television via its
TV-festival, organized once every three years in cooperation with its
Roman Catholic counterpart, SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for
Communication. Over the past three years a further initiative was
started to network Church communication and media professionals at the
decision-making level. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2604:wacc-europes-new- 
officers-focus-on-regional-profile.html

> **Features**

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ds-is-the-world-moving-away-from-hiv.html

UN Review on AIDS: Is the world moving away from HIV?

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), Press Release, 11 April 2011

UNITED NATIONS -- Representatives of faith-based advocacy and
humanitarian groups participating in an 8 April hearing at the United
Nations (UN) on the HIV pandemic said the meeting highlighted progress
that had been made but also revealed serious challenges ahead. Efforts
by faith groups and others will have to be particularly focused and
intense in the weeks leading up to a high-level 8-10 June meeting at
the UN that will assess progress and set new targets in the global
response to HIV and AIDS. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2605:un-review-on-aids 
-is-the-world-moving-away-from-hiv.html

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g-and-communicating-outside-the-box.html

Thinking and communicating outside the box (Religion Communicators
Council (RCC) 2011)

By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy-Director of Programmes

The National Convention of the Religion Communicators Council took
place in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, 31 March to 2 April 2011 on the
theme â??Communicating Outside the Boxâ??. As a curtain-raiser  to the
Convention, WACC Global and WACC North America joined forces to screen
The Garden at the End of the World, a documentary by Australian
film-maker Gary Caganoff and winner of the WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights
Award 2010. The film portrays the lives of those hardest hit by the
consequences of war in Afghanistan ­ widows and orphans, who number
tens of thousands. Read more...
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2598:rcc2011-thinking- 
and-communicating-outside-the-box.html

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