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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.

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

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:33:38 +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

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

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.