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Siyanda September Update: Gender and ICTs and the WSIS Process
http://www.siyanda.org/
Issue No. 14, September 2003
Past issues of the update are available at:
http://www.siyanda.org/archive.htm
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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

**We welcome cross-posting of resources and summaries from this update,
provided that you kindly credit Siyanda**

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: [email protected]
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:
[email protected]
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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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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