Musimbi Kanyoro, new President of WACC
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Dr Musimbi Kanyoro is General Secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), based in Geneva. For nearly ten years prior to this she was Executive Secretary for Women in Church and Society at the Lutheran World Federation. She has a PhD in linguistics from the University of Texas and in 1999 completed her doctorate in theology at the San Francisco Theology Seminary.
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WACC treasurer Eloy Teckemeier with new honorary life member Ezekiel Makunike look at a recent book by Mr Makunike.
Ezekiel Makunike new Honorary Life Member of WACC
The special investiture service took place in St Anselm’s Church, London, and was attended by the WACC Finance Committee, staff of the WACC London office and Mr Makunike's friends and family. After an acceptance speech in which Mr Makunike spoke of his experiences as a journalist in Asia, Africa and Europe, Albert van den Heuvel paid tribute to Mr Makunike's long and distinguished career and his contribution to WACC over many years.
World Summit for the Information Society, WSIS
WACC was visited by Sally Burch of ALAI on her return from the prepcom in Geneva. Rules of engagement are being decided on which will affect how Civil Society participates in the meetings. Regional meetings, as part of the inter-sessional consultation process (between this prepcom and the next) are being planned now - this is a critical time for NGO’s to get involved in the process. WACC has the secretariat for the Campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society, CRIS, which is the main representation of Civil Society groups in the WSIS.
More info:
www.comunica.org/cris
(this is a multi-lingual site)
World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD
“WSSD, to be held Aug 26th to Sept 4th this year in Johannesburg, is very important for the community radio sector. Resolutions to be taken affect all plans made by governments, NGOs, corporations and the media for the next ten years”, says Peter Matthews of the National Community Radio Forum in South Africa. “The NCRF National Office has been working hard on a comprehensive training and programming plan for WSSD, and now it is time to show that community radio is truly a tool for development.”
Contact Communications Manager Manana Monareng:
NCRF e-mail: info@ncrf.org.za
NCRF website: www.ncrf.org.za/Links
Communicating Faith in a Digital Age
31st Faith & Media Conference
November 18-20, 2002
Ft.. Lauderdale, FL
more info:
http://www.faith-and-media.org/
http://www.nara-wacc.org/
Training in Latin America
1-7 September, Managua, Nicaragua, there will be a training event for Christian Communicators. Contact Secretaría Técnica WACC-AL:
waccal@entelchile.net
New website
The website for Agencia Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Noticias, ALC (the Latin-American and Caribbean News Agency) is now live:
http://www.alcnoticias.org
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