WACC has been chosen to host the General Secretariat of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) at WACC’s global headquarters in Toronto. GAMAG was launched by UNESCO in 2013.
The move is in line with WACC’s work on media and gender, including the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), which every five years surveys the representation of women and men in the world’s news media.
“The appointment recognizes the achievement of the GMMP and WACC networks of dedicated and hard-working members and volunteers in their struggle for gender justice worldwide,” commented WACC’s General Secretary the Rev. Dr. Karin Achtelstetter.
GAMAG is a network of media and media development organizations, unions and civil society organizations across the globe whose aim is to harness new opportunities, and address new challenges for gender equality and women’s empowerment in and through media.
Key organizations represented on the International Steering Committee include the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), as well as key players in the global media sector.