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Blogs for African Women Project Gets Nigerian Women Hooked on Technology
APC Africa Women Member Wins Harambee Prize
Blogs for African Women (BAWo) has taken hold of the Nigerian blogging spirit to strengthen women’s activism. Oreoluwa Somolu, BAWo’s founder, sees blogging as a way to get women “hooked on technology”, and gain important skills for community and NGO leadership at the same time. Networking for Success, BAWo’s second initiative getting women into the blogosphere, has just been awarded an Harambee Small Grant to increase BAWo’s collaboration capacity.
Strategic E-Campaigning
Posted Junio 9th, 2010 by editorCapacity-Building of ‘Women Living Under Muslim Law’ on Strategic E-Campaigning led by APC Africa Women members
The goal of this training project is to enhance the effectiveness of local partners’ advocacy and communication strategy in their contexts. Their local campaigns will attract, reach and mobilize the support of a wider range of audiences through their application of learned communication skills and tools in their respective advocacy projects. The specific objectives of this project are:
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Feminist Tech Exchange Pakistan - Digital Storytelling Train the Trainers
Posted Junio 7th, 2010 by editorFrom June 7 – 11, South Asian APC member Bytes for All will unite fellow APC members and women activists alike for a joint event, funded by the APC’s Member Exchange Fund. Representatives from several APC organisations will meet in Islamabad to attend a workshop on digital storytelling and learn how to Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women. This Feminist Tech Exchange will unite 12 – 15 activist women so they can be trained to further train others in the Asian region.
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Feminist Tech Exchange Mexico
Posted Junio 1st, 2010 by editorLaneta and Modemmujer are hosting a three-day Feminist Tech Exchange as national country coordinators of the MDG3 Project “Take Back the Tech!” to end violence against women.
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A Feminist Tech Exchange in Congo
For four days from March 31, fifteen women gathered at the Feminist Tech Exchange in the Brazzaville (Congo) Digital Campus. Participants and trainers alike came from human and women’s rights organisations, the media and politics to learn more about how to use technology to end violence against women and girls. APC member Azur Développement was involved in putting on the event which talked about the hows and whys of blogging, using video, audio and mobile phones, as well as social networking. The FTX is a part of the APC’s Take Back the Tech!
Feminist Tech Exchange Brazil - Internet and domestic violence: making and taking action
Posted Mayo 15th, 2010 by editor“Warrior Women who represent various regions of Brazil and who are taking control of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and social networks as tools to combat violence.” Evento organised by Vera Vieira, national coordinator for the MDG3 Project “Take Back the Tech!” to end violence against women.
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Using ICTs to combat violence against women
Girls and women from Brazzaville, Pointe Noire and Kinkala participated in a Feminist Tech Exchange training on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to combat violence against women and girls 31 March – 3 April. Sylvie Niombo of AZUR Development, country coordinator of the MDG3 project Take back the Tech! to end violence against women commented in the Congolese Women on the Web blog: “During the three days, participants exchanged views on relevant issues such as judicial procedures to follow for women and girls victims of violence, the presence of Congolese women in the blogosphere and also the use of citizen media for women citizens’ rights activists.
Feminist Tech Exchange Congo
Posted Abril 11th, 2010 by editorFeminist Tech Exchange hosted by Azur Développement, national country partner in the MDG3 Project “Take Back the Tech!” to end violence against women.
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LAC: se fortalece la capacitación en tecnología con perspectiva feminista
Del 18 al 21 de marzo se realiza en Bogotá, Colombia, una nueva instancia del Intercambio Tecnológico Feminista (ITF) que en esta oportunidad reúne a mujeres colombianas y de la zona Andina para la capacitación en tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) con perspectiva feminista.
Relanzamiento del sitio web del Intercambio Tecnológico Feminista
En celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer, el Intercambio Tecnológico Feminista (ITF, FTX por sus siglas en inglés) está lanzando su nuevo sitio web:
