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WACC Media Action September 2010
From Worldwide Faith News <wfn@igc.org>Date Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:47:44 -0700
WACC Media Action September 2010
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2387:wacc-president-an d-general-secretary-awarded-honorary-doctorates-.html In this issue: GMMP 2010 report to be launched on 29 September. Research for the 4th GMMP was carried out on 10 November 2009. 1,281 newspapers, television stations, and radio stations were monitored. 17,795 news items were coded...
Also in this issue:
WACC President and General Secretary conferred Doctor of Divinity. WACC North America sponsors GMMP Roundtable in New York City. Challenges and opportunities for women in the media in Bangladesh. ICTs training brings luster to the lives of marginalised women and girls.
Political power, technology and mass media.
Cover photo: WACC President, Dennis Smith (right) and WACC-Asia Chair, Dr. Sam Meshack, during the convocation ceremony.
**Global News**
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2403:gmmp-2010-repor t-to-be-launched-on-29-september.html GMMP 2010 report to be launched on 29 September The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) report will be launched on 29 September 2010. The GMMP is the worldâ??s largest and longest running research and advocacy initiative on gender in the world news media. The research or media monitoring with a gender lens has taken place every y five years since 1995. Research for the 4th GMMP was carried out on 10 November 2009 by volunteer organisations, groups and individuals in 108 countries around the world. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2403:gmmp-2010-report- to-be-launched-on-29-september.html <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2387:wacc-president- and-general-secretary-awarded-honorary-doctorates-.html WACC President and General Secretary awarded Honorary Doctorates By Dr. Samuel W. Meshack, Chair WACC-Asia & Principal, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College WACC President, Dennis Smith and General Secretary, Randy Naylor, were among six leaders conferred Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration during its 22nd Convocation ceremony held at Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute, 6 August 2010. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2387:wacc-president-an d-general-secretary-awarded-honorary-doctorates-.html <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2381:indigenous-peop le-worldwide-are-forging-new-agendas-with-the-help-of-communication.html Indigenous people worldwide are forging new agendas with the help of communication WACC Statement on International Day of the Worldâ??s Indigenous People, 9, August 2010 Half way through the second International Decade of the Worldâ??s Indigenous Peoples, launched in 2004 by United Nationsâ?? General Assembly, there have been significant gains among the Indigenous peoples of the world. In regions such as Latin America, indigenous peoples are creating national and regional alliances and in some countries, such as Bolivia, they have an increased presence in the setting of national agendas as well as in public life. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2381:indigenous-people -worldwide-are-forging-new-agendas-with-the-help-of-communication.html <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2386:new-wine-in-old -bottles.html
New wine in old bottles
By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programs The 7th International Conference on Media, Religion, and Culture took place at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 9-13 August 2010. This series of events was initiated in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1994, followed by an international public meeting in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Past conferences have brought to the fore research into both very old and very new mediums of communication, with traditions ranging from ancient indigenous practice to the most recent cyber-ritual, from settings in the global North and South. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2386:new-wine-in-old-b ottles.html
**Regional News**
<http://north-america.waccglobal.org/News/wacc-north-america-sponsors-gmm p-roundtable-in-new-york-city.html WACC North America sponsors GMMP Roundtable in New York City To coincide with the release of the final report of the WACC Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC North America is sponsoring a roundtable with journalists, journalism school deans and students on September 20, 2010, 6 - 8 p.m. at St. John's University 's Manhattan campus, 101 Murray St. Admission to the roundtable, entitled "Who Makes the News" is free and open to all. Read more... <http://north-america.waccglobal.org/News/wacc-north-america-sponsors-gmmp- roundtable-in-new-york-city.html <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2382:formation-des-f emmes-en-plaidoyer-pour-la-prevention-des-conflits.html Formation des femmes en plaidoyer pour la prévention des conflits Par Mathilde Kpalla, Membre du Comité Executif de la WACC, Régi on Afrique Du 02 au 06 aout 2010, sâ??est tenu à lâ??hôtel Saint Thomas, à Lomé, au Togo, un séminaire atelier sur les techniques de plaidoy er pour les femmes activistes de paix dâ??origine africaine dont le thème est : « formation des femmes en plaidoyer pour la prév ention et la résolution des conflits et la consolidation de la paix » Re ad more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2382:formation-des-fem mes-en-plaidoyer-pour-la-prevention-des-conflits.html
**Programme updates**
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2379:icts-training-b rings-luster-to-the-lives-of-marginalised-women-and-girls.html?Itemid=158 ICTs training brings luster to the lives of marginalised women and girls By the Creative Centre for Communication and Development, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe â??I have read stories in magazines about how computers can make communication easy but I had never imagined that a day will come when I could sit in front of a computer and learn about its mysterious operations. I only thought that computers were for big businesses such as banks and chain storesâ??. Lindiwe Dube, 48, had always believed that information and communication technologies are for those leading a sophisticated life. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2379:icts-training-bri ngs-luster-to-the-lives-of-marginalised-women-and-girls.html?Itemid=158 <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2374:radio-bue-xhizd a-gives-expression-to-indigenous-communication-rights-in-southern-mexico.ht ml?Itemid=158 Radio â??Bue Xhizdaâ?? gives expression to indigenous communi cation rights in Southern Mexico Introduction by MarÃa Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager Indigenous people from the 25 communities which make up the El Rincón de la Sierra Norte region in Oaxaca, México, want to participate in the radio â??because they feel it is theirsâ??. With these words, the Zapotec women and men who work in Radio XHIDZA (Zapotec Air) describe what members of the communities feel about the station. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2374:radio-bue-xhizda- gives-expression-to-indigenous-communication-rights-in-southern-mexico.html ?Itemid=158
**Features**
<http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2383:women-in-media- in-bangladesh.html
Women in media in Bangladesh
By Pervez Bubul, for The Daily Star (Bangladesh) Women have been doing noteworthy work as journalists in Bangladesh as well as elsewhere during the last decade. But their number in both print and electronic media in our country is less than expected. We need to recognize the challenges and explore the opportunities for women to encourage them. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2383:women-in-media-in -bangladesh.html <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2364:political-power -technology-and-mass-media.html
Political power, technology and mass media
What role for New Information and Communication Technologies? Introduction by MarÃa Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager, WACC A great deal of emphasis has been put into convincing the world that new information and communication technologies represent a great step towards a more equal world. These new technologies, we are told, will democratise societies and improve the lives of millions. In the following article (in Spanish), Rev Carlos Valle, former General Secretary of WACC (1986-2001), looks at the relation between political power, technology and mass media. Read more... <http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/2364:political-power-t echnology-and-mass-media.html **Follow WACC on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/WACC-Global/139482639700?ref=ts :** ** <http://www.facebook.com/pages/WACC-Global/139482639700?ref=ts **
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