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Take Back the Tech! video in South Africa
Women’sNet, with partner, Artists Say No to Violence Against Women and Children, held an event in Soweto, Johannesburg. They used the occasion of International Human Rights Day, which marks the last day of the 16 Days of Activism to draw attention to the role that new media has to play both as a tool for abuse and as a tool for protest.
Keep your chats exactly that! New campaign raises awareness on ICT safety for girls
“Keep your chats exactly that!” is a youth campaign run by Girls’Net, a daughter project of Women’sNet, to raise awareness among young people about the safe use of mobile phones, chats, and other social networking tools.
APC-Africa-Women member Dorcas Muthoni wins Anita Borg Change Agent Award
Dorcas Muthoni, long-time APC-Africa-Women (AAW) member and trainer, has been recognized as an Anita Borg Change Agent. Muthoni’s work in computer training and especially in promoting the use of free and open source software among African women certainly deserves high merits.
Des jeunes féministes réclament la liberté d’expression pour les femmes en République Démocratique du Congo – Entrevue avec une
Françoise Mukuku Mwamba Malale est coordonnatrice nationale de l’association Si Jeunesse Savait, basée à Kinshasa en République Démocratique du Congo. Au cours de cette entrevue, elle relève les actions menées par les jeunes féministes de République Démocratique du Congo dans le domaine des TIC.
Mujeres Empoderadas por la Tecnología: blogs, wikis, mashups - herramientas liberadoras
Al igual que en América Latina y el Caribe, en México se vive un clima generalizado de violencia contra el género femenino, donde seis de cada diez mujeres son víctimas de algún tipo de violencia física, sexual, económica, psicológica, o verbal.
El tema de género cada vez más presente en WALC 2007
“Existe la creencia de que las mujeres tenemos una relación lejana con la tecnología, pero ahora hay muchas iniciativas que están buscando la inclusión de la mujer en los proyectos que implican el uso de TICs”, comentó Patricia Peña, co-instructora en el Track sobre Producción de Contenidos para el Desarrollo en el Taller de Tecnologías de Redes Internet para América Latina y El Caribe (WALC).
Interview with an AAW member
Challenges of content within the blogosphere in Africa
The issue of content production and representativeness is important within African news production. In her presentation at the 2007 Digital Citizen Indaba conference in Grahamstown on Sunday, the chairperson of LinuxChix in South Africa, Anna Badimo, highlighted the need for new approaches in African news production. APC Africa-Women co-coordinator Sylvie Niombo explained that content in the mainstream media ignores lived realities of women.
