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Get into the zone

wnspadmin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:23:52 +0100

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.

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Check out Social Source Commons

Erika — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:55:45 +0100

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!

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Paddling in Circles While the Waters Rise: Gender Issues in ICTs and Poverty Reduction

Erika — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:30:04 +0100

Can ICTs help reduce poverty? After so many decades of development theory and practices, why is poverty on the rise?

Violence Against Women and ICTs

Erika — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:48:25 +0100

APC WNSP has seen an increased recognition of the connection between violence against women and ICTs. From the policy arena, to labour issues, to technology development, to access and use, to creation of content and the subsequent representation of gender relations etc., the dominant perspective and participation is still male. In short, there is a persistent presence of unequal gendered power relations, which also lies at the root of violence against women.

About the APC Women's Networking Support Programme

wnspadmin — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:02:02 +0100

Who We Are

We are a global network of women who support women networking for social change and women's empowerment, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

We promote gender equality in the design, development, implementation, access to and use of ICTs and in the policy decisions and frameworks that regulate them.

APC-Africa-Women member Dorcas Muthoni wins Anita Borg Change Agent Award

Erika — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09:07 +0100

Dorcas Muthoni, long-time APC-Africa-Women (AAW) member and trainer, has been recognized as an Anita Borg Change Agent. Muthoni's work in computer training and especially in promoting the use of free and open source software among African women certainly deserves high merits.

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Take Back the Tech wins honorary mention from Prix Ars Electronica 2008

Erika — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:50:43 +0100

The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Programme is proud to announce that Take Back the Tech was awarded an honorary mention by the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica International Competition for Cyber Arts for its innovative, collaborative campaign to end violence against women.

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Welcome to theWSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group webpage

wnspadmin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:54:48 +0100

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.

AWID 2005: How does change happen?

wnspadmin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:41:11 +0100

APC WOMEN @ AWID BLOG

feminist | diversity | technology | solutions
feminist mix with a tech fix

What women have to say

The APC WNSP promoted blogging at AWID - to share APC women's excitement and perspectives on events at this global feminist forum for those who could not attend, but also to encourage the use of different forms of technology among women at the event.

International Women’s Day: Circle of Stories

Erika — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:32:30 +0000

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.

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