WNSP and ICT Training
A large majority of APC WNSP, as ICT practitioners, are trainers in their local contexts. If not trainers, frequently they are the women in their organisations who get asked technical and support questions and make any piece of paper or computer a learning opportunity. Sharing skills has been an intrinsic part of the APC WNSP since its inception as a peer support network in 1993. Individually or as part of their organisations, APC WNSP members train in use of content management systems, word processing, digital storytelling, F/LOSS tools, tech planning or offer virtual seminars on gender and ICTs. The list is quite extensive.
APC WNSP believes in working with ICT tools as they are relevant to women's realities, issues and specific contexts. We believe that the creative and appropriate use of technology has the potential to maximise women's voices towards achieving women's empowerment and gender equality.
The APC WNSP also takes advantage of events and regional proximity to bring together a broad mix of women and men for training. Examples include WENT, Women's Electronic Networking Training, a process and methodology initiatied by trainers in the Asia Pacific region in the 1990's and continued annually in Africa by APC Africa Women, each year with a different technology and issue focus, such as free and open source software management and digital storytelling.
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!
