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The WN-GSWG is pleased to announce the structure and corresponding schedule of the NGOwomen@genderit.org discussion, an electronic mailing list that is one of the group's efforts in strategising and organising women's participation in the WSIS process.
NGOwomen@genderit.org aims to build on the current initiatives on gender and ICTs and further enrich discussions for the benefit of all women. Specifically, it will serve as a venue to:
- Share information on the different activities around WSIS including the regional and Preparatory Committee meetings, the 47th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Asian Social Forum, the World Social Forum, the 8th International Congress of the World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) and other discussion spaces on gender and ICT, particularly those pertaining to NGO women's initiatives;
- Develop women's lobbying positions and strategies around WSIS within the civil society formations and bring in the civil society inputs to the WSIS Multi-stakeholder Gender Caucus discussions http://www.wougnet.org/WSIS/wsisgc.html
- Share strategies, resources including documents, researches, and publications as well as regular updates from civil society organisations to ensure effective women's participation in civil society activities and NGO women's participation in the governmental and intergovernmental processes; and
- Create a platform for strategising and organising various forms of women's participation in the different gender and ICT forums.
The structure and schedule of discussion follows:
Week 1: 20-26 January -- introduction /orientation on WSIS
Week 2: 27 Jan - 02 February -- Sharing from the regions
focusing on the specific outcomes of the regional meetings and the positions taken by women's groups in the different regional meetings.
sharing and discussion on other preparatory events including those taking place at the national level
Week 3: 03-16 February -- developing the lobbying positions and strategising for the 2nd Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom II Geneva, Feb 17-28)
Week 4: 17-28 February - reports from the PrepCom II -- reactions, questions, inputs from those who are not physically present at the Prep Com
Week 5: 3-14 March
reports from the 47th Session of the UN CSW and other meetings tackling ICT and gender issues
reactions, questions, inputs from those who are not physically present at the CSW
planning for common/joint actions during the actual summit in December
Subscribing to the list
Self-subscribe: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ngowomen
or write to karenb@apcwomen.org