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Blogs for African Women Project Gets Nigerian Women Hooked on Technology

Erika — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:20:44 +0100

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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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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ICT and job flexibility: a solution for women's employment?

editor — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:16:05 +0000

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.

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IT and women – can they satisfy one another?

editor — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:10:20 +0000

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?

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Mujeres Empoderadas por la Tecnología: blogs, wikis, mashups - herramientas liberadoras

editor — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:03 +0000

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.

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El tema de género cada vez más presente en WALC 2007

Erika — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:24:19 +0000

"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).

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Omolayo Samuel: Climbing above the stereotypes

editor — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:30:30 +0000

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...

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Taller de Redes Inalambricas TRICALCAR

Erika — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:43:19 +0100

Proyecto 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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Las nuevas tecnologías: una mirada de género

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:46:08 +0100

capacitacion en COLNODO Entre risas y sorpresas las participantes de una capacitación llevada a cabo por Colnodo, miembro de APC en Colombia, intercambiaron visiones, prejuicios y certezas sobre el rol de las mujeres frente a la tecnología.

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Wireless Networking Workshops in Latin America - TRICALCAR

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:53:59 +0100

TRICALCAR 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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