Siyanda September Update: Gender and ICTs and the WSIS Process
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Issue No. 14, September 2003
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INDEX:
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I. Database Highlights: Gender and ICTs and the WSIS Process
II. Websites of Interest: WSIS NGO GWSG, WSIS Gender Caucus, Center for Women
and Information Technology and Feminist International Radio Endeavour
III. Announcements: ICT Stories Competition 2003, Gender and ICT Awards and
Women's Electronic Network Training (WENT) 2003 (Asia-Pacific region)
I. Database Highlights:
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- Overcoming the Gender Digital Divide: Understanding ICTs and their Potential
for the Empowerment of Women, Huyer, S. and Sikoska, T., 2003
A report synthesizing the major research findings contained in five background
papers commissioned by INSTRAW.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/huyer_sikoska_icts.htm
- Putting Gender on the Agenda of the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), Walker, A., 2003
A Power Point presentation providing an overview of the WSIS and how gender
issues will be integrated into the Summit process.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/walker_icts.htm
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their Impact on and
use as an Instrument for the Advancement and Empowerment of Women, Marcelle,
G., 2002
This report highlights successful case studies from many countries on the use
of ICTs as a tool for women's empowerment.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/marcelle_icts.htm
- Gender, ICTs and Agriculture: A Situation Analysis for the 5th Consultative
Expert Meeting of CTA’s ICT Observatory meeting on Gender and Agriculture
in the Information Society, Hafkin, N. and Odame, H., 2002
This paper analyses the situation of gender, ICTs and agriculture in Africa,
the Caribbean and the Pacific nations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/hafkin_odame_ict.htm
- The Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a Tool to
Bridge the Gender Digital Gap: A Case on the Use of a Locally-Developed CD-ROM
by Rural Women in Uganda
The report assesses an innovative project that involved developing a CD-ROM
for rural women by the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/mijumbi_icts.htm
- Gender Issues in ICT Policy in Developing Countries: An Overview, Hafkin,
N., 2002
This paper provides a comprehensive table of specific measures that can be incorporated
into ICT policy in developing countries to facilitate gender equality.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/hafkin_icts.htm
- Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM ), The Association for Progressive Communications
Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP), 2002
GEM is a toolkit for incorporating a gender analysis into evaluations of ICT
projects.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/apc_icts.htm
- I on the Mouse, ICTs for Women's Advocacies and Networking in Asia and the
Pacific, Scott, T., Singh, D. and Wanasundera, L., 2001
This study assesses how and for what purpose ICTs are used by women's groups
in the region.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/scott_icts.htm
- Gender Perspectives on Telecenters, Jorge, S., 2000
Paper suggesting strategies to facilitate use of community Telecenters by women
and girls.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/jorge_icts.htm
Summaries written by Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi. More Siyanda resources on Gender and ICTs can be found at: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=icts
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II. Websites of Interest:
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- APC's WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group (GSWG)
The GSWG was formed at the first WSIS PrepCom Meeting in Geneva in July 2002
by a group of women's information and communication NGOs. The website contains
a section exploring linkages between the Beijing PFA and the WSIS process; comments
on the WSIS Action plan; WSIS-related lobbying and advocacy materials; and reports
from regional caucuses and thematic working groups on priorities for civil society.
To join the GSWG WSIS discussion list, write to: karenb@apcwomen.org
http://www.genderit.org/
- WSIS Gender Caucus
The multi-stakeholder Caucus was formed during the African regional preparatory
conference (Bamako 2002). The website contains links to the Gender Caucus guide
to creating a national gender programme in preparation for WSIS; key Gender
Caucus recommendations and statements; and links to the latest WSIS events including
the Caucus's Orientation Session on "Skills for Effective Lobbying and
Advocacy with a Focus on Change and Gender Equality" scheduled to take
place during PrepCom III. To join the WSIS Gender Caucus discussion list, write
to: secretariat@genderwsis.org
http://www.genderwsis.org/
- The Centre for Women and Information Technology
A comprehensive on-line resource on women and technology based at the University
of Maryland, US. The website contains extensive links to girl-related resources;
books about women and information technology; curricular resources on gender
and technology; and a list of frequently asked questions on the topic.
http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/
- Feminist International Radio Endeavour:
The first women's Internet radio project. The website contains numerous radio
materials on rape, disabled women's issues, conflict situations and globalization,
among others.
http://www.fire.or.cr/indexeng.htm
III. Announcements:
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ICT Stories Competition 2003 - Tony Zeitoun Award
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Global Knowledge Partnership (GDP) , Information for Development Program of
the World Bank (InfoDev) and International Institute for Communication and Development
(IICD)
http://www.iicd.org/stories/
This competition provides an opportunity for those working on projects that use ICTs as a tool for advancing development to share their experiences with the world. The award is based on a set of criteria through which three winning stories will be selected by a renowned jury. The writers of these stories will be given the opportunity to travel to Switzerland to present their findings at the ICT4D platform at the WSIS in December 2003. The deadline for submissions is September 26, 2003. For more information, email: stories@iicd.org
Gender and ICT Awards
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Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme
(APC WNSP) and Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP
http://www.genderawards.net/
The awards aim to honour and bring international recognition to the innovative and effective projects by women to use ICTs for the promotion of gender equality and/or women's empowerment. Winners in four categories will receive US$8,000 each and will be recognized at a special event parallel to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva from December 10-12, 2003. The categories are: for Outstanding Multi-stakeholder Initiatives (1. Global/regional and 2. National/local), and for Outstanding Individual or Community-Based Initiative (3. Advocacy/Networking and 4. Capacity building). The deadline for accepting applications is September 10, 2003. For more information, email: awards-apply@apcwomen.org
Women's Electronic Network Training (WENT) 2003-Asia-Pacific region
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Jointly managed by the Association for Progressive Communications-Women's Networking
Support Programme (APC WNSP) and the Asian-Pacific Women's Information Network
Centre (APWINC) and supported by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
http://www.i-went.net/
ICT Training by Women, for Women
The WENT workshop invites women advocates, entrepreneurs, and trainers in the
Asia-Pacific region who are interested in learning more about developing online
content, e-commerce, or ICT training with a gender perspective to send in their
applications to participate in this year's workshop.
Although the deadline is for today September 3rd, WENT organizers will still accept applications. However, those that arrive after GMT+0800 will be considered as late applications. They may be short listed for selection only after the organizers have perused applications that met the deadline.
You can download the application form from the website.
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