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SA elected President of the International UCIP

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Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Media Release Immediate Pretoria Monday, 11 June 2007 South African elected President of the International Union of the Catholic Press (UCIP)> Else Strivens, veteran South African journalist, Magazine publisher, Media researcher and trainer has been elected president of the International Union of the Catholic Press (UCIP) at the Union’s General Assembly in Sherbrooke, Canada. UCIP celebrates 80 years of support and networking among catholic journalists and media workers. The Union aims to provide opportunities for interaction and education between the world’s catholic media practitioners and media houses. This year’s congress and General assembly has been attended by representatives from countries around the world from Nepal to the Caribbean. (see www.ucip.ch) Paying tribute to the outgoing President Ismar Soares from Brazil, Mrs Strivens hoped that her term as president would be as successful as that of Prof. Soares, an edu-communication expert from Sao Paolo University. Mrs. Strivens said that she was aware that the Union was in need of strategic re-thinking in areas of funding and membership in order to fulfill its mandate to strengthen Catholic Media. Mrs. Strivens is married to Tony, is a mother of 5, grandmother of 4 and publisher and Editor of the Trefoil Magazine. She is the Catholic representative on the Religious Broadcasting Panel of the South African Broadcasting Corporation and past Chairperson of Independent Forum for Religious Broadcasting – an interfaith advocacy and training group. She was part of the South African NGO team that participated in the UN Women’s Summit in Beijing. She is also a member of the International Association of University Women. She is also on the Academic Board of St Augustine’s College, South Africa’s first Catholic University. Mrs Strivens can be contacted by email before the beginning of July 2007 This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Issued By: Fr Chris Townsend Information Officer Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Website: www.sacbc.org.za
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