EVENTS: Catholic media association plans world congress on children's rights

*Catholic media association plans world congress on children's rights*

'Children's Rights' will be the focus of the 2009 World Congress of
SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication. The Congress
will highlight issues affecting children and media and encourage
communicators to make children's rights a priority in their work.

At its meeting in Bucharest, Romania, the Board of SIGNIS chose 'Media
for a Culture of Peace ­ Children's Rights, Tomorrow's Promise' as the
theme for the Congress to be held in Asia in November 2009.

The President of SIGNIS, Augustine Loorthusamy commented "This Congress
will bring together around 500 communication professionals from over 130
countries to debate and showcase how the media can help shape a world in
which children's rights are promoted and defended. Children and young
people around the world will make their contribution to the Congress.

SIGNIS adopted the theme of a Culture of Peace at its last Assembly in
Lyon in 2005. Since then Catholic communicators around the world have
been working to realise the aims of the UN international decade for a
culture of peace and non-violence for the children of the world.

As the decade draws to an end in 2010, we hope this Congress will
highlight the continuing need to promote children's rights and a culture
of peace."

SOURCE:
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/chidrt346.html