Welcome to theWSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group webpage

With nearly all of the planned regional preparatory meetings for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) completed and the Second Preparatory Committee meeting fast approaching, the WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group (WN-GSWG)* considers this a most opportune time for women to begin sharing and discussing our lobbying points and strategies for the Summit.

Online discussion happening now! - (Jan 20th - March 31st 2003)
With only 4 weeks to go before the Second PrepCom, we aim to use this space to share information, develop women's lobbying positions, share strategies and resources, and create a platform for various forms of women's participation in the different gender and ICT forums in the coming months.

Overview of the WSIS process
Anne Walker (IWTC) has developed a powerpoint presentation which walks you through the various stages of the WSIS process, including an overview of the 'multi-stakeholders' taking part in the process (UN Agencies, Governments, Civil Society and the Private Sector), regional meetings, and the roles of the WSIS Gender Caucus, the NGO Gender Strategies working group and the Civil Society plenary.

Download Powerpoint presentations below (right click, select 'save as')

IWTC Womens'S Globalnet gives regular WSIS gender updates
The IWTC Globalnets have focussed on gender advocacies within the WSIS process, since the first prepcom, July 2002. They provide useful background information, map out the different spaces for gender and ICT advocacy, and highlight some of the work of gender and ICT advocates throughout the process.

Gender and ICT advocacies throughout the process
Table linking events and the various documents (position papers, statements etc) produced by various gender and ICT advocates throughout the process by Karen Banks (APC WNSP)

About the WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group
The WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group was formed at the first WSIS PrepCom Meeting in Geneva in July 2002 as one of the sub-committees of the Civil Society Coordinating Group (CSCG). The groups involved in this effort are: the African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET), Agencia Latino Americana de Informacion, Association for Progressive Communication-Women's Networking Support Programme, International Women's Tribune Centre, and Isis International-Manila.

For further information, please write to Mavic Balleza (ISIS International Manila) or Karen Banks (APC WNSP) who are co-faciliating the online meeting.

Partners:
International Women's Tribune Center
The African's Womens Development and Communication Center
Agencia Latinoamericana de Informacion
Isis International Manila