wfn.org | CWS' Rajyashri Waghray set for RCCongress 2010 Advocacy Workshop

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> Rajyashri S. Waghray

Director, Education and Advocacy, International Justice and Human 
Rights Program, Church World Service

> RCCongress 2010 Workshop:

Words Can Move Mountains: Successfully Communicating Advocacy Issues

Rajyashri Waghray (Rajya) is Church World Service's (CWS) Director 
for the Program on Education and Advocacy for International Justice 
and Human Rights. She serves as their Main Representative to the 
United Nations, where she addresses issues that advance CWS's mission 
of peace with justice. She has extensive experience in both the areas 
of sustainable development and public policy advocacy.

Most recently she has been Project Director at the Harvard 
University's International Council of Women World Leaders; Director, 
Sustainable Development, Women's Environment and Development 
Organization (WEDO); member, Technical Advisors Group, IMF; and 
advisor to NGOs engaged in environment protection and conservation in 
India and abroad.
Words Can Move Mountains: Successfully Communicating Advocacy Issues

This workshop will discuss the importance of communications in 
garnering publicity and support and building the political will for 
advocacy issues. Participants will hear about proven ways of using 
communications to successfully engage people in public policy 
advocacy around important social issues.

Workshop leader Rajya Waghray directs the education and advocacy 
efforts of ecumenical organization Church World Service and guides 
global campaigns around access to safe water, climate change, 
environmental issues, food security and other pressing social concerns.

> Resources:

* Resources for education and advocacy from Church World Service

* Church World Service "Countdown to Copenhagen" climate change campaign

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