The Drum Beat 102 - Critical Voices

CRITICAL VOICES are essential to effective international development. Continuing the centenary series of 4 Drum Beats we wish to focus on those Voices. Of course, critical has several meanings - most often 'crucial' or 'criticising'. We use the word with both of these meanings in mind. The most important critical voices are from those who are most affected by an issue: people living with HIV/AIDS, children on children's rights, the poor on poverty, and many others. Other critical voices are from those at the front-line of the development action. In our field, those engaged in communication for change initiatives. Their perspectives and insights are vital to development thinking, strategies and funding decisions. Drawing from recent subscribers to The Drum Beat, and representative of everyone's actions, here are 22 critical voices. Contact them to obtain their perspectives.


1. Marcelo Castrillo - [email protected] - Guatemala
Country Representative - The Population Council - reproductive and child health. Operations research, technical assistance, strengthening the technical capacity of indigenous organizations to deliver quality reproductive & child health services.

2. Carol Luyimbazi - [email protected] - Kampala - Uganda
Freelance Journalist - worked as a journalist for the past 5 yrs.

3. Antonio Lino Pinto Júnior - [email protected] - São Paulo - Brazil
Director - Instituto MarCo 3 - develop and apply communication knowledge to amplify the critical conscience and promote people´s participation in their social context. Working with communities, organizations and social networks.

4. Joan Sakalas, Ph.D. - [email protected] - New York City - USA
Executive Director - Mothers Together, Inc. - Ph.D. in Ethics. Works towards economic empowerment of women who receive welfare, live in shelters or have a very low income through training.

5. Vandana Nair - [email protected] - Patna - India
HIV/AIDS Counselor - Kurji Holy Family Hospital - has also worked in the areas of water and sanitation, and reproductive and child health.

 

6. Finn Goddard - [email protected] - Durres - Albania
Project Manager - Catholic Relief Services - 6 yrs in the Balkans.

7. Melissa Butcher - [email protected] - South Penrith - Australia
GENERATE, a project of the Institute for Cultural Research (ICR) - working with youth from Middle Eastern and Asian communities in Australia to construct and express their identities through popular culture.

8. Vince Sanabria - [email protected] - Oakland - California - USA
Acting Executive Director - National Native American AIDS Prevention Center.

9. Monica Canafoglia - [email protected] - Torino - Italy 
Human Rights Officer - United Nations Staff College - International Trade Lawyer by background.

 

10. Kuhu Maitra - [email protected] - New Delhi - India
Project Director - The Population Council - working in fields of children, family planning and health.

11. Faustin Yao - [email protected] - Dakar - Senegal
Regional Adviser - UNFPA/Country Support Team.

12. Wilma Lynn - [email protected] - Maryland - USA
Communications Specialist - over 18 yrs experience in some 20 developing countries in inter-sectoral planning and development, community involvement, health, HIV/AIDS, population, education and tourism.

13. Lawrence Gikaru - [email protected] - Nairobi - Kenya
Apex Communications Ltd - Communication Consultant/Director - over 13 yrs in communication programming for public health in Eastern and Southern Africa.

14. Irene Banda - [email protected] - Lusaka - Zambia
Health Sector Coordinator - CARE International in Zambia.

15. Alain Boutet - [email protected] - Montreal - Canada
University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) - responsible for cooperation with the Americas. Over 15 yrs experience in planning and management of international development projects.

16. Rosalie Spencer - [email protected] - North Queensland - Australia
Communications Officer - Queensland Health - developing communications plans for about 20 major public health issues in Queensland, chiefly communicable diseases.

17. Timothy Ross - [email protected] - Bogotá, Cartagena & Barranquilla - Colombia
Counselor - Fundación Renacer, an NGO working in rehabilitation of juvenile prostitution and sexual exploitation - work in street outreach, drug & HIV/STD prevention counseling, and social reintegration support.

18. Sultan Ismail - [email protected] - Chennai - India
Director - Institute of Research in Soil Biology & Biotechnology, The New College - focus on composting to maintain soil health for sustainable agriculture.

 

19. Jesús Alejandro Hernández Ramírez - [email protected] - Mexico
Social Researcher - Centro de Investigación en Comunicación, Escuela de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la UASLP - focusing on social communication, youth and sexuality in Mexico.

20. Diane Wilson - [email protected] - New Zealand
Nurse Practitioner - currently at the National Screening Unit which coordinates the national breast and cervical screening programmes. 18 yrs as a nurse, educator, trainer and resource developer in the New Zealand Family Planning Association.

21. Wayne Farmer - [email protected] - Washington DC - USA
Director of Development - World Links - linking students and teachers around the world via the Internet for collaborative projects and integration of technology into learning.

22. Max Tello - [email protected] - Lima - Peru
Director - Centro para la Comunicación y Promoción - over 18 yrs of experience in research, planning, direction, management and evaluation of development programmes, IEC programmes in Perú, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Angola and Mozambique.

 

CORRECTION - In TDB #101, we printed that CyberVoice was the "first" web magasine in Bangladesh. This was incorrect. We are not certain which web magasine in Bangladesh was the "first". Our apologies for any confusion this has caused.

 

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