May 6, 2013
- Competition focuses on journalism that covers human rights and development. Germany's international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, is accepting entries for the German Development Media Awards competition. The contest is open to journalists from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Germany. Entries can include stories in all journalistic formats in print, radio, TV and online. The stories should focus clearly on human rights and development. The entries must have...
- Competition focuses on journalism that covers human rights and development. Germany's international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, is accepting entries for the German Development Media Awards competition. The contest is open to journalists from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Germany. Entries can include stories in all journalistic formats in print, radio, TV and online. The stories should focus clearly on human rights and development. The entries must have...
May 3, 2013
- WACC supports May 3 commemoration. The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. How can WACC members and partners help bring about such a world? At the beginning of 2013 WACC joined with its partner SIGNIS to give its Human Rights Award 2012 to the documentary film “Forbidden Voices” directed by Barbara Miller. It explores the risky business of blogging in three countries where freedom of expression is severely restricted....
- WACC supports May 3 commemoration. The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 is “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. How can WACC members and partners help bring about such a world? At the beginning of 2013 WACC joined with its partner SIGNIS to give its Human Rights Award 2012 to the documentary film “Forbidden Voices” directed by Barbara Miller. It explores the risky business of blogging in three countries where freedom of expression is severely restricted....
May 2, 2013
- Tenth Assembly scheduled for 30 October to 8 November in Busan, South Korea. The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), where the theme will be “God of life, lead us to justice and peace,” will take place in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 30 October to 8 November 2013. The rich offering of events at the Assembly is intended to maximize sharing among participants – to deepen their experience of fellowship, to increase their knowledge of the ecumenical movement and to provide...
- Tenth Assembly scheduled for 30 October to 8 November in Busan, South Korea. The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), where the theme will be “God of life, lead us to justice and peace,” will take place in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 30 October to 8 November 2013. The rich offering of events at the Assembly is intended to maximize sharing among participants – to deepen their experience of fellowship, to increase their knowledge of the ecumenical movement and to provide...
April 25, 2013
- Plaza de Mayo grandmothers ask pontiff to open Vatican Archives to trace victims of Argentine dictatorship. Estela de Carlotto -- subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award -- on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives covering the period from 1976 to 1983 in order to trace victims of Argentina's military rule. De Carlotto leads a group called Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (referring to a protest site in Buenos Aires) and they say...
- Plaza de Mayo grandmothers ask pontiff to open Vatican Archives to trace victims of Argentine dictatorship. Estela de Carlotto -- subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award -- on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives covering the period from 1976 to 1983 in order to trace victims of Argentina's military rule. De Carlotto leads a group called Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (referring to a protest site in Buenos Aires) and they say...
April 15, 2013
- ECIC theme: Tradition and Innovation: The Tensions of A Maturing Internet. The 18th European Christian Internet Conference (http://www.ecic.org/) is set to take place in Dublin, Ireland, 4-7 June 2013. The theme will be "Tradition and innovation: the tensions of a maturing Internet." It will present an opportunity to consider whether the Internet is, in fact, like ECIC, coming of age and how experiences of being religious and human are enriched or challenged by experience of the virtual...
- ECIC theme: Tradition and Innovation: The Tensions of A Maturing Internet. The 18th European Christian Internet Conference (http://www.ecic.org/) is set to take place in Dublin, Ireland, 4-7 June 2013. The theme will be "Tradition and innovation: the tensions of a maturing Internet." It will present an opportunity to consider whether the Internet is, in fact, like ECIC, coming of age and how experiences of being religious and human are enriched or challenged by experience of the virtual...