Rajyashri S. Waghray
RCCongress 2010 Workshop:
Words Can Move Mountains: Successfully Communicating Advocacy Issues
Rajyashri Waghray (Rajya) was recently Church World Service's (CWS) Director for the Program on Education and Advocacy for International Justice and Human Rights. She served as their Main Representative to the United Nations, where she addressed 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 directed the education and advocacy efforts of ecumenical organization Church World Service and guided global campaigns around access to safe water, climate change, environmental issues, food security and other pressing social concerns.
Resources:
CWS Education and Advocacy resources bring faith based and the most vulnerable people’s perspective to policy analysis, public policy engagement and building the political will. 