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| Date Added to Site: 22nd October 2005 | ||
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| Title | World Summit on the Information Society: Potential for Addressing the Gender Digital Divide? | |
| Author | Bank, K. | |
| Publication Date | April 2005 | |
| Publisher | APC Women's Networking Support Programme (WNSP) Genderit.org website | |
| Long Summary | Have the WSIS process and first Summit brought
about a more gender equal information society? Did gender advocates
succeed in incorporating their concerns into the WSIS process? What
are the priority issues for gender advocates in the second Summit?
This paper outlines the continuous efforts of gender and ICT advocates
from around the world to mainstream a gender equality perspective
into the WSIS process. It also analyses why gender advocacy was such
a challenge within the whole WSIS I process, and assesses the outcomes,
as well as some of the indirect benefits for gender and ICT advocates.
Positive outcomes so far include increasing awareness of the need
for a more egalitarian information society; creating multi-stakeholder
partnerships and collaborations to lobby around specific gender and
ICT issues; and succeeding in the inclusion of numerous references
to the specific concerns of women and girls in the WSIS Declaration
and Action Plan. The report ends by highlights priority areas for lobbying and advocacy in the second phase of WSIS, namely: - Lobbying for the incorporation of a gender perspective in the development of national level ICT policies and 'e- strategies'. - Developing ICT indicators and targets as tools for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). - Contributing information on best practices with respect to gender and ICT initiatives. - Capacity-building on gender and ICT issues among organizations that represent women's interests. - Enhancing multi-stakeholder processes and gender balanced representation in all aspects of Internet governance. - Analysing implications of Internet governance and financing positions for women and men. - Ensuring that women's needs and concerns are addressed in the discussions, and in any decisions made on Internet governance and financing issues. |
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