Accessibility of ICTs requires adequate equipment, information, financing, organization, training and time. As more and more of today's development work and money is channelled into projects that employ ICTs, it's becoming more important to evaluate the differentiated impacts it has on men, women, girls and boys. To understand GEM better, thirty-six ICT-for-development practitioners came together in the land of the pyramids - Cairo, Egypt.

The Land Center for Human Rights (LCHR) is calling for a 'New Egypt' where everyone carries the responsibility - and should prioritise - the protection of children rights and their future. The aim of this workshop is to raise awareness on children's rights, particularly in Egypt . For more information, please e-mail: [email protected] or see www.lchr-eg.org

A top leader of the banned Egyptian opposition Muslim Brotherhood has been arrested along with a number of other members, the group has said. Mahmud Ezzat, who police say is the organisation's fourth-highest official, was arrested at home in Cairo at dawn on Sunday, a group spokesman said. He said authorities wanted to stifle opposition to planned electoral reform, which the group says is cosmetic.

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is a regional specialized human rights organization. It was established in 1994. The CIHRS enjoys a special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It also has an observatory status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The CIHRS is also a member to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX).

The African Commission on Human and People?s Rights (ACHPR) which is currently meeting in Banjul (The Gambia) will review Egypt?s third State report. On that occasion, the FIDH publishes a report on the death penalty in Egypt in order to draw the attention of the African Commission on the violations of international and regional standards taking place in that framework. The report is the result of an international fact-finding mission which was conducted in November 2004 in Egypt.