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I. Quick Guide: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
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ICTs can become effective tools for gender equality and women’s empowerment only if a gender-sensitive approach is adopted when developing ICT policies and programmes.

- Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: A Report on Gender and Information and Communication Technologies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Simerska, L., Fialova, K. with Alborough, K., 2004
This report explores the opportunities and challenges faced by women in relation to ICTs in the CEE/CIS region.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/simerskafialova_genderictcee.htm

- The Third Meeting of the International Telecommunication Union Working Group on Gender Issues, ITU, 2004
This workshop brought together practitioners and policy makers to discuss gender mainstreaming in ITU activities, WSIS and the World Telecom Development Conference.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/itu_3rdmeeting.htm

- ICTs, Globalisation and Poverty Reduction: Gender Dimensions of the Knowledge Society, Huyer, S. and Mitter,S., 2003
This paper looks at women's use of ICTs in six development areas and the potential of ICTs to promote gender equality in poverty reduction strategies.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/huyer_mitter_poverty.htm

- Gender Issues in the Information Society, Primo, N., 2003
This paper looks at the potential of ICTs for women's empowerment and explores strategies to overcome gender-based barriers to ICT use.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/primo_genderinfosoc.htm

- The UNESCO/APC Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK), APC, 2003
The MMTK provides trainers in telecentres, community media organisations and the development sector with materials to assist in the use of newer technologies or to train in a new skill area.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unescoapc_mmtk.htm

- Some Thoughts on Gender and Telecommunications/ICT Statistics and Indicators, Hafkin, N., 2003
This paper looks at the types of sex-disaggregated statistics and indicators that are needed to inform national and international ICT and telecommunications policy.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/hafkin_genderstats.htm

- The Interaction of the Alternative Website and Mass Media In China: A Case Study of www.stopdv.org.cn, Bu Wei, 2003
This study explores the process in which an alternative website run by a women's NGO can influence society through its interaction with mainstream media.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/buwei_stopdvchina.htm

Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members.

More Siyanda resources on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be found through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/. Please visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm

Gender and Poverty Reduction will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/

II. Country Focus: Nicaragua
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Access key gender resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=nicaragua
network with, or find consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=nicaragua

Pakistan will be the upcoming country of focus. Users can submit current gender and development publications on this country for possible inclusion in the database here: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/
Users are also invited to enter their profile in the Gender Experts and Consultants Database: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm, if they are based in or come from Pakistan.

III. Useful Websites:
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Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)-India:
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http://www.sewa.org

SEWA is both an organisation and a movement of self-employed workers. Established in 1972, SEWA’s main goals are to organise poor women workers, often working in the informal sector, to ensure that every family obtains full employment and that women can be self-reliant and autonomous, individually and collectively, as well as economically and in terms of their decision-making ability. SEWA has incorporated ICTs as one strategy to promote the organisation’s objectives and now runs programmes which develop women’s abilities in the use of computers, radio, television, video, the telephone, fax machines, mobile phones and satellite communication.

For more information, contact:
Monica Raina,
SEWA Reception Centre,
Opp. Victoria Garden,
Bhadra, Ahmedabad- 380 001.
India
Telephone: 91-79-5506444, 5506477
Fax : 91-79-5506446
Email : mail@sewa.org

Communication, Education and Information on Gender (CEMINA)-Brazil:
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http://www.cemina.org.br/

CEMINA is a Brazilian NGO that was founded in 1998 to promote the exchange of information and communication on gender issues through radio. The NGO is connected to 11 community radio stations through its ICT Community Radio Project "Network Cyberella". The project has so far trained 1500 women from all over Brazil in radio production. After producing the radio show Fala Mulher or "Women Speak Up" for several years, the NGO has now created a radio website: http://www.radiofalamulher.com to share local radio content using the Internet.

For more information, contact:
Silvana Lemos,
CEMINA
Rua Alvaro Alvim,
21/16 Andar-Centro-CEP 20031-010
Rio de Janeiro-RJ-
Brasil
Email:cemina@cemina.org.br
Email:falamulher@cemina.org.br
or visit: http://www.sustainableicts.org/infodev/Cemina.pdf

IV. Experts and Consultants Database: ICTs
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Over 100 Communications experts have joined the Siyanda Experts and Consultants Database. Their work on this topic includes: "NGOs and ICT use in Republic of Congo" (2003) by Ngoueme; "Overcoming the Digital Divide: Understanding ICTs and their Potential for the Empowerment of Women" (2003) by Huyer (co-author); “Rural Indian Women in the Knowledge Society” (2002) by Jayendra; "Networking for Development and Gender Equality: Coming to practical solutions for virtual communities" (2002) by Landschulze;
(You can find the authors by copying and pasting their last name into the Name field in the Experts Search page)

- Review the latest experts and consultants added to Siyanda:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the growing list of experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/

**Have you networked with or hired someone featured in the Siyanda Experts and Consultants database? If so, then let us know! Email us at: siyanda@ids.ac.uk**

V. New! BRIDGE Publication: Gender and ICTs Cutting Edge Pack:
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http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_CEP.html#ICTs

Who benefits from ICTs? What are the gendered implications of ICTs? Dramatic changes brought about by information and communication technologies (ICTs) have created new economic and social opportunities the world over. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations. Amidst this inequality are individuals and organisations that are working tirelessly to use these technologies to further gender equality and social justice.

This pack provides a concise and practical resource consisting of:
- Overview Report by Anita Gurumurthy (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India) with support from Wendy Harcourt (Director of Gender and Development at the Society for International Development (SID).
- Supporting Resources Collection-summaries of key texts, case studies and tools, and key organisations.
- Gender and Development In Brief bulletin.

A limited number of packs will be available free to organisations based in the South. Contact BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK, tel: 44-1273-877747, fax: 44-1273-691647 e-mail: bridge@ids.ac.uk

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Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Information and Networking Coordinator/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
(working remotely from Amman, Jordan)

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