La Asociación Mundial para la Comunicación Cristiana (WACC, por sus siglas en inglés) es una organización no gubernamental (ONG) internacional registrada como organización caritativa tanto en Canadá como en el Reino Unido. Es una red mundial de comunicadores cristianos ecuménicos cuya oficina central se encuentra en Toronto. Es una organización que reúne a un total aproximado de 1,500 instituciones e individuos en más de 100 países.

WACC’s vision is a world in which communication is recognised by all as a human right and as the basis for peace and social justice.

Organisations and individuals become members of the global Association, organized for practical purposes in to eight Regional Associations (Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America and Pacific).

Historia

The origins of WACC date back to 1950 when Christian communicators from Europe and North America began seeking guidelines for the future of religious broadcasting. Several organisations, including the World Council of Churches, shared the same concerns and they eventually joined forces to establish the ‘old’ WACC in 1968. Rapid developments in mass media worldwide and a concern to integrate the work of the Agency for Christian Literature Development of the World Council of Churches led to a merger in 1975 that created the present WACC. In 1986 WACC adopted its Christian Principles of Communication as a statement of core values based on Liberation Theology's option for the poor.

Actividades

WACC’s wide-ranging activities include support for communication projects mainly, but not exclusively, in the global south; the promotion of analysis, reflection and action on important topics related to its areas of concern; support for networking within and beyond its membership; and publication and sharing of information. WACC’s project support has traditionally been largely of a responsive nature. WACC's largest single activity is the Global Media Monitoring Project a worldwide longitudinal study (1995, 2000, 2005) on the representation of women in the world’s media.

Over the last 25 years WACC has been instrumental in developing the concept of Communication Rights and their relationship to participatory development communication.

Ligas externas

• WACC Global home page
• World Council of Churches
• Who Makes the News - The home of the Global Media Monitoring Project
• Centre for Communication Rights