Women's Electronic Network Training
Breaking with tradition, African women dare to denounce violence through digital storytelling
Violence against women was the theme of a recent digital storytelling workshop organised by APC-Africa-Women and Women’sNet, held in Durban, South Africa from 25 to 29 August 2007. APC-Africa-Women is the African regional programme of the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP), an international network of women who support women’s networking for social change and women’s empowerment through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Radio in Gambia alerts to the seriousness of violence against women
Fatoumata Drammeh is a Gambian journalist who attended the Women’s Electronic Network Training (WENT Africa) in August, 2007 organised by APC-Africa-Women and Women’sNet. At the training workshop, women learned how to make digital stories on violence against women.
WENT Africa Training in Digital Storytelling to End Violence Against Women
“I never knew technology could be so useful to transform ones life until after the 5 day workshop on ‘Digital Story Telling’. Seriously there was more to this than just telling a story.” - Participant WENT 2007
Women came with their stories from Zimbabwe, Congo, Mali, Gambia, Kenya, Uganda, Brazil, and South Africa.
APC Africa Women in partnership with Women’sNet hosted this year’s Women’s Electronic Networking Training for women who document – as content developers, librarians, archivists, journalists, mediators, translators, information activists – the lives of women affected by violence in Africa.
Women developed short videos reflecting their experiences as women documenters. The group examined the power dimensions of story telling and how to retain authenticity of voice – one’s own and those of the people whose stories are being documented, preserved or disseminated.
WENT Africa - Women's Electronic Network Training
Posted Mayo 23rd, 2007 by jenny
Training for women – the second WENT Africa!
In 2005 we hosted the second Women’s Electronic Network Training (WENT) workshop in Africa in Kampala, Uganda. The focus of WENT Africa was on two things – one track focused on technical training for women using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the second was on Technology Planning for women’s organisations. 22 women participants from 12 African countries, 4 participants and 1 facilitator – that’s the mix for WENT Africa 2005 were from countries such as Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, Zambia, Sudan, Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Senegal. Read more on our participants blog.
Watch this space for news on WENT Africa 2007!
WENT Africa 2007 – Women's Electronic Network Training
Posted Mayo 7th, 2007 by jennyWENT Africa 2007 will focus on digital storytelling and women in situations of armed conflict. The content will be developed by women, for women and will add to the pool of women who can train in digital storytelling.
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