Feminist Practice of Technolgy

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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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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Feminist Tech Exchange: Call for Trainers-Facilitators

wnspadmin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:14:21 +0100

10-12 November, 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline for submission: 2 July 2008

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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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.

Flexibility

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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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Breaking with tradition, African women dare to denounce violence through digital storytelling

editor — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:58:29 +0100

Violence against women was the theme of a recent digital storytelling workshop organised by APC-Africa-Women and Women’sNet, held in Durban, South Africa from 25 to 29 August 2007. APC-Africa-Women is the African regional programme of the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP), an international network of women who support women’s networking for social change and women’s empowerment through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

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Radio in Gambia alerts to the seriousness of violence against women

Sylvie75 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:08:23 +0100

Fatoumata Drammeh is a Gambian journalist who attended the Women’s Electronic Network Training (WENT Africa) in August, 2007 organised by APC-Africa-Women and Women’sNet. At the training workshop, women learned how to make digital stories on violence against women.