ICT for development

Blogs for African Women Project Gets Nigerian Women Hooked on Technology

Erika — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:20:44 +0000

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.

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

Erika — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:30:04 +0000

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

Challenges of content within the blogosphere in Africa

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:47:21 +0000

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.

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Media and ICT Caucus Statement at the Asia-Pacific High-Level Meeting on Beijing + 10

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:02:31 +0000

Media and ICT Caucus, APNGO Forum] - The Media and ICT Caucus wish to state from the outset our reaffirmation of the commitments of the BPFA and the Cairo Programme of Action, and their Plus 5 documents.

Women's infocom groups form Media and ICT Caucus, reaffirm Beijing Platform

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:54:43 +0000

The following is a report from the Asia-Pacific Women's Watch onsite report of the B+10 Intergovernmental High Level Meeting organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific. Daily reports from the HLM will be available through the APWW-mailing list, and will also be made available from the APNGO-Forum website at http://ap-ngo-forum.isiswomen.org

Women's infocom groups form Media and ICT Caucus, reaffirm Beijing Platform

A Gender-responsive Information Society: A Priority in the Asia-Pacific Beijing +10 Agenda

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:33:38 +0000

A Gender-responsive Information Society: A Priority in the Asia-Pacific Beijing +10 Agenda

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: A Regional Report on Gender and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Central

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:18:05 +0000

Commissioned by UNDP, this report represents a joint effort of UNDP and UNIFEM to deepen knowledge about gender dimensions within ICT for Development (ICTD) and to strengthen integration of gender within the work of UNDP and others working to promote ICTD in the region. The report highlights the need for increased action to address imbalances between women’s and men’s access to and participation in ICTs in the CEE/CIS region. It also emphasizes the powerful potential of ICTs as a vehicle for advancing gender equality.

This report is the first of its kind to compile a substantial inventory of gender equality projects and resources for the information society in the CEE/CIS region, including references to other resources, relevant websites and contacts. Equally important, regional specificities are addressed. Similarities and differences for the region in terms of the gender agenda both historic and current are discussed in the context of ICTD approaches.

UNDP and UNIFEM encourage regional and national ICT policymakers, ICT and development specialists, as well as gender equality experts and advocates, to draw on this report as a practical tool and resource. It is hoped that the examples of good practice showcased in the report will inspire greater action and innovation across the region, which will further contribute to bridging the gender digital divide in the CEE/CIS.

The publication is an output of the joined initiative of UNDP Bratislava Regional Center and UNIFEM Central and Eastern Europe in cooperation with APC Women's Networking Support Programme. The APC WNSP hopes this report will help initiate a discussion about women, gender, and equal opportunities of women and men in relation to ICTs. The APC WNSP is working towards mainstreaming the ICT issues into the work of women's organisations in the CEE countries and into ongoing processes such as Beijing+10 and WSIS.

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide is now available in English for download.

Gender and ICT Policy Advocacy: implications for the women's movement

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:04:27 +0000

Achievements: The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 is generally regarded as a watershed in understanding of information technology as a powerful tool that women could use for mobilization, information exchange, and empowerment. Beijing was also the first international conference at which substantive issues relating to women, information and communication technology were debated, albeit somewhat on the margins of the core agenda.

Capacitación del Proyecto TRICALCAR – Tejiendo redes inalámbricas comunitarias para América Latina y el Caribe / Región An

Erika — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:59:10 +0000

El primero de tres talleres en América Latina se llevará a cabo en valle de Chancay-Huaral, Perú del 16 al 21 de Julio de 2007.

GEM Global Training Exchange

Erika — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:33:46 +0000

GEM Facilitators Workshop, 23 to 24 July 2007
GEM facilitators training workshop. Criteria for
identification of participants to this workshop, are: