enabling people to be seen and heard

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) advocates for communication rights—including freedom of expression and access to information—as essential for human dignity and the achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). WACC operates through three main pillars: Digital Justice, Climate Justice, and Gender Justice. Its work involves capacity building, research, education, and advocacy to empower marginalized communities, combat digital disinformation and misogyny, and ensure local voices are included in climate debates. Key initiatives include the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) and the Voices of the Amazon project.

• WACC identifies communication rights as indispensable for achieving the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), arguing that marginalized communities are excluded from progress without access to knowledge and media representation. Specifically, it notes that reproductive healthcare (SDG 3) requires women's ability to influence health priorities, reducing corruption (SDG 16) depends on press freedom, and climate action (SDG 13) requires local knowledge to be heard alongside scientific expertise.
• In its Digital Justice program, WACC addresses issues such as disinformation, surveillance, corporate monopolies, and online harassment. The organization promotes digital literacy and advocates for policies ensuring accessibility and accountability, while monitoring social media for misogyny to combat tech-facilitated gender-based violence.
• WACC's Climate Justice work focuses on enabling marginalized communities and women, who are often excluded from decision-making, to participate in climate debates. This is achieved by supporting community media and citizen journalists to report on local impacts and promoting traditional ecological knowledge. The 'Voices of the Amazon' project is cited as an example of how community media can influence national policy.
• To advance gender equality, WACC conducts media monitoring to provide evidence of gender bias and stereotypes in news content. A central initiative is the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), described as the world's largest and longest-running study of gender in the news, which provides data to advocates worldwide.

APA

World Association for Christian Communication (2026). enabling people to be seen and heard. https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WACC-EnablingPeopleToBeSeenAndHeard.pdf

Chicago

World Association for Christian Communication. enabling people to be seen and heard. 2026. https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WACC-EnablingPeopleToBeSeenAndHeard.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldassociationforchristiancommunication2026enabling, author = {{World Association for Christian Communication}}, title = {{enabling people to be seen and heard}}, institution = {World Association for Christian Communication}, year = {2026}, month = feb, url = {https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WACC-EnablingPeopleToBeSeenAndHeard.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }