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Congress 2008 Sightseeing |
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 Information about day trips in and around Cape Town is now available! Plan to arrive a few days before Congress 2008 begins or stay afterwards to take advantage of the chance to visit this beautiful and fascinating region of South Africa. Visit www.yizani.com for a complete information about day tours and half/day tours. WACC is delighted that the staff at Yizani Tours is handling all arrangements for these trips. Please make all enquiries about tours directly through their site.
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WACC to honour three leading communicators at Congress 2008 |
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WACC will confer honorary life membership on three highly-respected international communicators at its global communication conference, Congress 2008, scheduled to be held in Cape Town, South Africa in October.
In announcing the 2008 honorees on behalf of the Board of Directors, the General Secretary, Randy Naylor said, “Each of these three individuals has made an outstanding contribution to the cause of communication rights in careers of service to the church, academia, and international institutions. WACC has benefited greatly from their contributions to its mission of advocating for communication that contributes to peace, justice and democracy.“
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Congress keynote speaker condemns violence against women |
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 As the world commemorates International Women’s day, March 8, Joanne Sandler, ad interim Executive Director of UNIFEM, a keynote speaker at Congress 2008, has stressed the urgent need to end violence against women in all its forms.
Sandler, in her statement, says that UNIFEM has set an ambitious goal of raising US$100 million a year by 2015 to expand its advocacy against sexual and gender-based violence. “We are also promoting a way for people everywhere to speak out and demand an end to violence against women”, she said.
At congress, she will speak on ‘Media and gender justice’
Full statement…
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