Wireless Technologies

Feminist Tech Exchange

Erika — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:49:43 +0100

Are you passionate about building capacity of women in technology? Do you think that there are important connections between the human rights of women, women's empowerment and ICT (information and communications technologies)? Have you ever wondered if there was a feminist practice of technology?

APC WNSP is organising the Feminist Tech Exchange together with AWID (Association of Women In Development) and local South African partner Women'sNet this November 10 - 12 in Cape Town.

What is the FTX?

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TRICALCAR Workshop - Weaving Community Wireless Networks in the Caribbean and Latin America

editor — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:34:04 +0000

The TRICALCAR Project - Weaving wireless community networks for Latin America and the Caribbean will hold it's third and final workshop in Mexico. APC WNSP has developed a module on gender, community and ICTs

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

Erika — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:59:10 +0100

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.

Proyecto TRICALCAR: mujeres tejiendo redes inalámbricas comunitarias en América Latina y el Caribe

Erika — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:53:37 +0100

Entre las actividades del proyecto se encuentra la realización de tres talleres, uno en Perú en julio de este año, otro en Argentina al finalizar el 2007 y finalmente otro en México a principios d

APC Africa Women Member Researches Women, Empowerment and ICTs in Africa

Erika — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:31:14 +0100

Kutoma Wakumuna, who is currently undertaking a PhD in Gender and Information Communication Technologies at Coventry University, is interviewed by Sylvie Niombo, APC Africa Women Co-coordinator.

Kutoma Wakumuna is a Zambian woman researching women and ICTs. She recently joined the APC Africa Women (AAW) network. She has published several research papers on gender and ICTs and also contributed to a case study for the “Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development" project coordinated by the University of Manchester's Institute for Development Policy and Management.

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