WACC Pacific calls for the restoration of inclusive dialogue processes with the leadership of the Methodist Church in Fiji

Suva, Fiji Islands, September 4, 2011

		Pacific Members of the World Association for Christian Communications (WACC) based in Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Tahiti, Tonga, Vanuatu, committed to the development, production and distribution of communications tools grounded in the commitment to social and gender justice and communication rights, call for the restoration of inclusive dialogue processes with the leadership of the Methodist Church in Fiji.
President of the WACC Pacific Executive Committee, Rev. Akuila Yabaki

Pacific faith-based communicators call for ecological justice.

By Teresia Mutuku, Communication Officer and Web Manager, WACC

WACC-Pacific members have called on church leaders to foster communication on climate change and ecological justice among the Pacific islands communities. In a Declaration issued at the end of their general assembly held in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, July 25 – 30, 2011, the members also called for climate justice issues to be incorporated in general education curriculum and theological formation. Read more...

Fasi, Nukualofa, Tonga, 6 April 2011

Community radio is the bridge from the mat to the policy makers said FemLINKPACIFIC’s Community Radio Adviser, Shirley Tagi. She was speaking in the session “Claiming the Power of Radio” at the first women-led community radio consultation hosted by Ma’afafine moe Famili in Tonga today: “Community radio is an opportunity to talk about taboo issues. It is for the community and by the community,” she stressed to the 20 participants from government departments, civil society and women’s groups, highlighting that community radio is an opportunity to talk about issues without the limitations of the public service and commercial formats.