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Get into the zone
Get into the GEM zone! Join 40 GEM practitioners as they put GEM to work on ICT4D projects: in rural areas, telecentres, on national policy and localisation projects.
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.
Check out Social Source Commons
If you'd like to find tools that fit your needs, especially from the perspective of a gender and ICT practitioner looking to apply technology strategically in your organisation, Social Source Commons is a good place to check out what other non profit ICT practitioners are using. Social Source Commons "is a place to share lists of software tools that you already use, gain knowledge and support, and discover new tools. It’s a place to meet people with similar needs and interests and answer the question: what tools do they use?" And it just won a Net Squared Innovation Award!
Tools discussed: Gender and ICTs in education and communication
“The use of ICTs encourages and promotes different teaching and learning methods that are proving to be practical, functional, participatory and adaptable”, confirmed Vera Vieira, NGO coordinator.
Annonce du 3e appel à candidatures de GenARDIS
Un fonds de subvention pour traiter les questions de genre dans le domaine des technologies de l’information et de la communication pour l’agriculture et le développement rural en Afrique, dans les Caraïbes et le Pacifique (Pays ACP).
Gender, Agriculture and the Information Society: announcing Round 3 of GenARDIS
The GenARDIS Small Grants Fund to address Gender Issues in Information and Communication Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP Countries) has announced its Call for Applications.
International Women’s Day: Circle of Stories
Share your stories this International Women’s Day. Take Back The Tech invites you to listen, speak, recognise and remember.
To effect change, we need to understand the reality of violence against women.
The prevalence of violence against women means that chances are, all of us have encountered it in some way or another in our lives. Whether it’s our own personal experience, someone we know, a story we heard, or something we read.
8 MARS 2008: Journée internationale de la femme - Cercle d’histoires
Partagez vos histoires lors de cette journée internationale de la femme.
La campagne réapproprie-toi la technologie vous invite à écouter, parler, reconnaître et se souvenir.
Pour effectuer le changement, nous avons besoin de comprendre la réalité de la violence à l’égard des femmes.
Día internacional de las mujeres Círculo de relatos
Comparte tus experiencias y relatos en este día internacional de las mujeres. Dominemos la tecnología te invita a escuchar, hablar, reconocerte y recordar.
Para lograr un cambio necesitamos entender la realidad de la violencia hacia las mujeres.
La contundente realidad de la violencia hacia las mujeres hace que todas nosotras la hayamos encontrado o experimentado en algún momento de nuestras vidas, ya sea a través de nuestra propia experiencia, la de alguien que conocemos o de algo que escuchamos o leímos.
Converting DVD (vob) format to web streaming flash format (swf)
most dvd files are in .vob format, some i think are already in mp4
so if you have a .vob file that you want to stream in web i found the following freeware tools.
the one i found out is a two step process (i'm sure there is a short-cut... i tried ffmpeg for linux but i had too many old headers that it didn't work).
anyways, here are the tools... they are very easy to install
1. vob to mp4 format - mp4 is also ipod video format
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
2. video to flash -
http://www.brothersoft.com/free-video-to-flash-converter-download-62242....
Communication Rights for Women - Why the purse feels empty?
Posted February 22nd, 2008 by ErikaFinancing for women's equitable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Key speakers:
Willie Currie, Association for Progressive Communication, South Africa/USA ; Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, International Women's Tribune Centre, Philippines/USA; Ireen Dubel, HIVOS, Netherlands;
Radhika Lal, UNDP, USA;
Chair: Chat Garcia Ramilo, APC Women's Networking Support Programme, Philippines
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TRICALCAR Workshop - Weaving Community Wireless Networks in the Caribbean and Latin America
Posted February 5th, 2008 by editorThe TRICALCAR Project - Weaving wireless community networks for Latin America and the Caribbean will hold it's third and final workshop in Mexico. APC WNSP has developed a module on gender, community and ICTs
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Adapting GEM: National ICT Policy Processes
Posted February 5th, 2008 by editorSharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office
Some tips on preparing your files for sharing across platform: openoffice and microsoft ofice. Read more at Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office
Adapting GEM: Rural ICT4D Projects and Telecentres Workshop
Posted January 20th, 2008 by editor52nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Posted January 20th, 2008 by editorICT and job flexibility: a solution for women's employment?
A recent conference on Women's Perspectives in the Labor Market in the Czech Republic touched on a sore nerve: does the job flexibility of ICTs facilitate women working, or does it enable women's exploitation? The panel on Women and IT brought together researchers, representatives from companies, internet and computer trainers, and women information technology (IT) specialists, all with varying views on this debate.
Flexibility
IT and women – can they satisfy one another?
Have you just ended your maternity or parental leave? Have you been out of the labour market for a longer period? Have you just finished your degree? Are you interested in IT or want to try something new? Do you want to find out if IT could be an option?
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.
Take Back the Tech! 16 Days of Reclaiming Technology to End Violence against Women
In Uganda, a SMS campaign called Speak out! Stand Out! is organised by WOUGNET to collect messages against violence against women
In Quebec, feminists and communication rights activists are creating short video clips and comic postcards to protest violence against women
In Malaysia, Burmese refugees are making online audio defending women's rights together with Centre for Independent Journalism
First-hand feminist coverage of the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil
GenderIT.org's Feminist Talk features first-hand coverage of the Internet Governance Forum in Brazil November 12-15, where the Association for Progressive Communications emphasized issues of access, openness, civil society participation and content regulation.
Se formó la Coalición Dinámica sobre Género y Gobernanza de Internet
El tercer día del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet se formó la Coalición Dinámica sobre Género y Gobernanza de Internet, impulsada por el PARM de APC, EMERGE-Centro de Pesquisa e Produção em Comunicação e Emergência of Fluminense Federal University in Brazil y IT for Change.
Este espacio busca asegurar que los principios de la equidad de género no queden al margen de los procesos de gobernanza de internet donde se discuten temas trascendentales para las mujeres tales como privacidad, regulación de contenidos, acceso, libertad de expresión, entre otros.
Cobertura feminista en vivo del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Brasil
Conversaciones Feministas de GenderIT.org ofrece cobertura directa del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en Brasil el 12 al 15 de noviembre, donde la Asociación para el Progreso en las Comunicaciones enfatiza temas de acceso, participación de la sociedad civil, y regulacion de contenido.
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).
Omolayo Samuel: Climbing above the stereotypes
Omolayo Samuel became a role model for women in ICT when she became the first woman to climb a communications tower in northern Nigeria, and quite likely even in the whole country, on August 1 of this year. She is a member of the Fantsuam Foundation's ICT Department.
Read the full article on APC News: http://www.apc.org/en/news/gender/africa/omolayo-samuel-climbing-above-s...
Invitación al debate: contenido dañino en internet - 1 de noviembre del 2007
¿La pornografía e internet van de la mano? Invitamos a una maratón de blogs sobre contenido dañino el 1 de noviembre de 2007.
¿Te preocupa la disponibilidad de materiales pornográficos en internet? ¿Consideras que es dañino? ¿O se trata de una expresión válida de fantasías y de formas de sexualidad alternativas?
¿Has sido agredida por contenido violento o explícitamente sexual a través de las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC)? ¿Cómo has reaccionado en tu uso de las TIC (internet, celular, etc.)?
L’internet est l’endroit pour la porno? kaBLOGUEZ sur le contenu nuisible -- 1 novembre 2007
Êtes-vous préoccupé par des contenus pornographiques sur internet?
Considérez-vous cela comme dommageable?
Ou est-ce une expression légitime de l’imaginaire et le reflet de diverses formes de sexualité?
Avez-vous été nui par du contenu sexuellement explicite et/ou violent véhiculé par des technologies de l’information et de la communication?
Comment avez-vous traité ceci dans votre propre usage de l’internet, du téléphone cellulaire, etc?
Pensez-vous que le gouvernement doit légiférer sur cette question?
The internet is for porn? kaBLOG on harmful content - 1 November 2007
Are you troubled by pornographic materials on the internet? Do you consider it damaging? Or is it a valid expression of fantasy or of diverse forms of sexualities? Have you been harmed by sexually explicit and/or violent content through information and communications technologies? How have you dealt with this in your own use of the internet, mobile phone etc.?
Gender Centred: Women's Health & ICT Policies from GenderIT.org
GenderIT.org approaches the problematic issue of women´s health and its interconnection with information and communication technologies (ICTs) policies.
ICTs have an enormous strategic potential to locate women at the centre of health initiatives. There are many examples of ICTs’ transformative potential on gender relations and roles, such as health clinics equipped with information technologies in low-income communities offer women information on available services.
GEM SEE Workshop
Posted October 14th, 2007 by editororganized by OneWorldSEE
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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).
Taller de Redes Inalambricas TRICALCAR
Posted October 5th, 2007 by ErikaProyecto TRICALCAR – Tejiendo redes inalámbricas comunitarias para América Latina y el Caribe / Región Conosur y Región México, Centroamérica y Caribe Hispano. El segundo taller de tres en la regi[on se ofrece para personas de Chile, Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay. APC PARM ha desarrollado un modulo sobre género, comunidad y las TIC para el taller, y las mujeres están especialmente invitadas a concursar.
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International Governance Forum
Posted October 4th, 2007 by AnonymousThe APC WNSP will hold a panel on Openness at the second round of the IGF, debating solutions for balancing openness and security|safety concerns in the context of content regulation. In particular, it seeks to enhance engagement of intended beneficiaries & 'vulnerable groups' in negotiations concerning what constitutes illegal/harmful content, for whom, who should intervene at what type/level of harmful content and how. Central to this debate is the role of government and recognition that States have a duty to protect the rights of all to freedom of expression & information.
Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
Posted October 4th, 2007 by AnonymousA Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender,
Development and Information Society Policies will be held on October
5-7, 2007 in Bangalore, India. The workshop is being co-organized by IT
for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications, the
International Women’s Tribune Centre, ISIS International-Manila, and
Gloria Bonder, the General Coordinator of the Regional UNESCO Chair
Women, Science and Technology in Latin America.The goal of the meeting
will be to a) conduct a gender analysis of the policy ecology of the
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Talleres GEM en el Estado Español
Posted October 3rd, 2007 by ErikaEl PARM de APC ofrecerá un taller sobre su Metodología de Evaluación desde una perspectiva de Género para iniciativas en internet con el apoyo de la Fundación Ciudadana, el Instituto de Mujeres y otras organizaciones. De parte del PARM de APC, Dafne Sabanes Plou, Coordinadora Regional en América Latina, junta con Assumpcio Guasch de Pangea y Espai de Dones darán el taller a funcionarios públicos y operadores de telecentros en la región.
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GEM workshops in Spain
Posted October 3rd, 2007 by ErikaThe APC WNSP will offer a Gender Evaluation Methodology Workshop in Spain with the support of Fundación Ciudadana, the Women's Institute and other organisations. APC WNSP's Dafne Sabanes Plou together with Assumpcio Guasch from APC-member Pangea and Espai de Dones will offer the workshop to government officers and telecentre projects in the region.
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Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
Posted October 3rd, 2007 by ErikaThe workshop is being co-organized by IT for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications, the International Women’s Tribune Centre, ISIS International-Manila, and Gloria Bonder, the General Coordinator of the Regional UNESCO Chair Women, Science and Technology in Latin America.
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APC PARM en el evento GK3
Posted September 30th, 2007 by AnonymousAPC PARM participará en multiples eventos en relación con el Evento sobre el Futuro de GKP este año, incluyendo los pre-eventos sobre género y la sociedad de información, el cierre de la Campaña ¡Dominemos a la Tecnología! para el 2007 y aportes en paneles. Además ofrecerá varios talleres, sobre evaluación de iniciativas en internet desde una perspectiva de género, con la herramienta GEM, capacitación técnica en herramientas de redes virales y políticas TIC.
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Digital Citizen Indaba and Highway Africa
Posted September 30th, 2007 by Sylvie75APC and APC Africa Women will be at Highway Africa 2007 this year with digital storytelling workshops, presentations on content, gender and ICTs, and the Take Back the Tech! Campaign.
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APC WNSP @ GK3
Posted September 30th, 2007 by AnonymousAPC WNSP will be participating in a myriad of events at GK3, the Global Knowledge Partnership's Event on the Future this year, including the International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (ITF), the closing of this year's Take Back the Tech! Campaign, workshops on ICT policy and GEM, as well as participating in GK3 panels. Keep an eye out for further details!
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Women in the African Newsroom
Kristin Palitza of Agenda Magazine was the chair of a discussion panel on gender and the media today, September 11 2007, in Grahamstown, South Africa. Unlike most of the other panels at Highway Africa, this one lined up three women and no man. A mistake, by some participants’ standards but certainly a colourful and rather critical one in an event where only 15 out of 55 speakers are women.
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.
Las nuevas tecnologías: una mirada de género
Making a good thing better: Adapting GEM to software localisation
The Gender Evaluation Methodology for internet and ICTs (GEM) changes the way development projects look at gender, project planning and achievements. Sana Gul, from the PAN Localization Project says GEM "transformed our entire concept of when and where gender should be taken into consideration."
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.
Talleres GEM en la República Dominicana
Posted September 3rd, 2007 by ErikaDafne Sabanes Plou, Coordinadora regional en América Latina para el PARM de APC, ofrecerá dos talleres GEM en colaboración con Magaly Pineda de CIPAF y Amparo Arango de la Unidad Técnica de la Comisión Nacional sobre la Sociedad de la Información y la Comunicación. El primer taller es para funcionarios/as y el segundo para miembros de ONGs, movimientos sociales, grupos involucrados en proyectos de TIC, etc.
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GEM Workshops in the Dominican Republic
Posted September 3rd, 2007 by AnonymousDafne Sabanes Plou, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coordinator for the APC WNSP, will offer two workshops on GEM in collaboration with Magaly Pineda of CIPAF and Amparo Arango from the National Commission on the Information and Communication Society. Together with co-trainer Giovanna Tipan of the APC WNSP and Nuevared.org, Ecuador, Dafne will address gender and ICT issues in local development projects and for public officers, as well as provide training in the GEM Tool. See blogs in the GEM Zone.
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Wireless Networking Workshops in Latin America - TRICALCAR
Posted August 31st, 2007 by AnonymousTRICALCAR Project - Weaving wireless community networks for development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The second community wireless workshop will be held in conjunction with APC-member Nodo Tau in Rosario, Argentina. This workshop will train technicians from Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. A third workshop will be held in 2008 for the Central America and Mexico. The APC WNSP has developed a module on Gender, Communities and ICTs for the workshop, and women technicians were especially encouraged to apply.
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Interview with Malgorzata (Gosia) Tarasiewicz from NEWW - Polska
APC WNSP member Malgorzata (Gosia) Tarasiewicz from The Network of East-West-Women/ NEWW - Polska shares how she got involved with ICTs and the internet reality for women in Central Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, from her perspective as Executive Director of NEWW-Polska.
“Women should not only be users of ICT but really have an impact on the way they operate so that it is not women who adapt to the ICTs but the way ICTs are used is adapted to the needs of women.”
Entrevista: el compromiso de ser ingeniera
Con motivo del día internacional de la Mujer, el equipo de comunicaciones de Colnodo realizó una entrevista a Lilian Chamorro, desarrolladora de proyectos web de la organización. Lilian es la única mujer que hace parte del equipo técnico de la organización. Es ingeniera en electrónica y telecomunicaciones y pertenece al Programa de Apoyo a las Redes de Mujeres de APC. Se ha destacado por ser capacitadora en herramientas de software libre en talleres nacionales y latinoamericanos.
