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Your support will go a long way towards giving 'voice' to
people from the grassroots. A key component of WACC's global strategy is
to explore and debate current international communication issues of
concern to global and local development. WACC's mission is to promote
communication for social change based on the belief that communication
is a basic human right that defines people's common humanity.
WACC's priority groups (women, youth, indigenous people,
and people living with disabilities and HIV/AIDS) advance peace
initiatives at all levels of civil society. Thus, WACC wishes to ensure
that communicators from these priority groups are able to attend
Congress 2008, which offers them a platform to share their vision of
conditions that lead to sustainable peace in their communities. Donate now and help send participants from one of the following priority groups to Congress 2008.
The following are examples of priority groups working at the grassroots level. Efforts like these will be strengthened with your contribution to support their participation at Congress 2008.
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Indian student network studies media literacy
Students in India who attended a media education workshop in Bangalore
have learned that images of women in the media reinforce a preference
for male children. Now they want those images to change and are
organizing themselves to make that happen.
Young people who attended the workshop in Bangalore, co-sponsored by
WACC in partnership with the Student Christian Movement of India, were
inspired to launch a network of Media Watch Groups with the objective
of advocating for fair portrayal of gender in film, newspapers and
electronic media. Their objective is to train eight hundred students
in media watch skills through groups which will be set up in colleges
throughout the country. Media Watch Group members will analyze images
of girls and women in the media and use them for training and advocacy
for change.
Young people attending Congress 2008 will have the option of enrolling
to earn ‘continuing education credits’ in a workshop series entitled
‘Media and Gender Justice’. Workshop leader, Patricia Made from
Zimbabwe, will introduce key issues central to advocacy for gender
justice through the media. One more important element in the
development of a new generation of gender-sensitive leaders and one
more step towards redressing prejudices against women and girls.
Your contribution to support the participation of youth and students
at Congress, will provide the necessary foundation to address everyday
issues of gender and peace resolution. The benefits of their
experiences will be felt in their home communities for years to come.
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Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is a UK
Registered Charity (number 296073) and a Company registered
in England and Wales (number 2082273) with its Registered
Office at 36 Causton Street, London SW1P4ST. It is
incorporated in Canada as a not-for-profit ogranisation with
its head office at 308 Main Street, Toronto ON, M4C
4X7.
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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.
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