“Any discussion about an alternative financial architecture must take into account the design, role and ownership as well as the powers that control information and communication structures,” says Rev. Dr Karin Achtelstetter, General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC). Speaking at the Global Ecumenical Conference on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture taking place 29 September [...]

“Communication for All: Sharing WACC’s Principles” affirms that communication is a spiritual exercise, builds and shapes community, enhances participation, promotes freedom and demands accountability, celebrates cultural diversity, builds connectedness, affirms justice and challenges injustice. In 2009 the Executive Committee of WACC (The World Association for Christian Communication) mandated the President, Dr. Dennis Smith, to convene a small group of people [...]

On World Press Freedom Day 3 May 2012, WACC President Dr Dennis Smith and General Secretary Dr. Rev Karin Achtelstetter invite members and partners to work towards an international code of ethics for citizen journalism. WACC is celebrating the importance of press freedom and remembering journalists whose lives are threatened in the course of their profession.

WACC calls on its members and partners to celebrate and support World Radio Day 2012. In today’s hi-tech era of digital communication platforms, radio – especially community radio – remains vitally important to many people worldwide. Such a practical expression of communication rights guarantees spaces for ordinary people to have a public voice and to be heard by decision-makers at [...]

As communities around the globe mark World AIDS Day on 1 December, there is a new emphasis on “Getting to Zero”: achieving zero deaths, zero new infections and zero discrimination by 2015. These goals, set by UNAIDS, set the targets for the treatment, prevention, care and support needed to overcome the HIV pandemic. Reducing stigma, saving lives The World Association [...]

WACC’s vision of communication rights combined with its Christian values is highlighted in a Stakeholder Report released October 11th. WACC stakeholders – members, affiliates, regional associations, executive committees, directors, project partners, funding partners and staff – were consulted as part of a year-long process of strategic planning. The results were discussed on October 11 by WACC’s Board of Directors prior [...]

They include Africa’s first female president, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, peace activist Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, and democracy activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen – the first Arab woman to win the prize. WACC General Secretary, Rev. Karin Achtelstetter, said, “We are excited to learn that the three African women who have selflessly struggled to fight for women’s rights and [...]

WCC International Day of Prayer for Peace. Img: WCC. On International Day of Peace, 21 September 2011, the President and General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) call on people of faith to communicate greater understanding, mutual respect, and peaceful coexistence in keeping with the UN’s chosen theme of “Make Your Voice Heard”. In Fiji the military [...]