WACC's Congress 2008 on the theme 'Communication is peace: Building viable communities' took place in Cape Town, South Africa, 6-10 October. Attended by some 300 people from all over the world, the Congress keynote presentations and related materials are published here in English.

CONTENTS

Opening Address: Celebrating Diversity, by Musimbi Kanyoro, WACC President

Peacemakers to all people, by Archbishop Emertus Desmond Tutu

Communication rights belong to everyone, by Doreen Spence, Cree Elder

Imagine media that promotes gender justice, by Joanne Sandler, UNIFEM

Stories of women survivors of violent conflict, by Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, Isis-WICCE

Gugulethu and Robben Island, by Philip Lee, WACC

Peace education and new technologies, by Marcelo Rezende Guimarães, Educators for Peace

Cartoonist in residence, Bob Haverluck

Congress 2008: Where to from here? by Kristine Greenaway, WACC

Communication for Peace Award: Interview with Amy Goodman

Closing Address: Celebrating WACC, by Randy Naylor, WACC General Secretary

Congress Declaration

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