Dear all,
Sending here the announcement on the New Gender and ICT Online Discussion.
Sorry to digress a little bit from the actual preparations for the regional=
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meeting but this also one of the long-term preparatory processes to the=20
WSIS. Please disseminate this information widely.
Many thanks and Happy New Year everyone!
Mavic
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NEW GENDER AND ICT ONLINE DISCUSSION LIST CREATED BY WOMEN'S GROUPS
With barely two months to go before the Second Preparatory Committee=20
Meeting for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in February=
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2003, more strategies are utilised by women's organisations to further hone=
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the objectives and goals in relation to the upcoming World Summit on the=20
Information Society (WSIS).
The latest of these efforts is the new electronic mailing list called the=20
<Ngowomen@genderit.org>, created by the WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Group,=20
one of the groups strategising and organising their active participation in=
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the WSIS process.
The WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Group was formed at the first WSIS PrepCom=20
Meeting in Geneva in July 2002 as one of the sub-committees of the Civil=20
Society Coordinating Group (CSCG). The groups involved in this effort are:=
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the African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET),=20
Agencia Latino Americana de Informacion, Association for Progressive=20
Communication-Women's Networking Support Programme, International Women's=20
Tribune Centre, and Isis International-Manila.
To build on the current initiatives on gender and ICTs and further enrich=20
discussions for the benefit of all women, the mailing list will serve as a=
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venue to:
=B7 Share information on the different activities around WSIS (including the=
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regional and Preparatory Committee meetings, the 47th session of the UN=20
Commission on the Status of Women, the Asian Social Forum, the World Social=
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Forum, the 8th International Congress of the World Association of Community=
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Broadcasters (AMARC) and other discussion spaces on gender and ICT,=20
particularly those pertaining to NGO women's initiatives
=B7 Develop women's lobbying positions and strategies around WSIS within the=
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civil society formations and bring in the civil society inputs to the=20
Gender Caucus discussions.
=B7 Share strategies, resources including documents, researches, and=20
publications as well as regular updates from civil society organisations to=
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ensure effective women's participation in civil society activities and NGO=
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women's participation in the governmental and intergovernmental processes.
=B7 Create a platform for strategising and organising various forms of=20
women's participation in the different gender and ICT forums.
For further information, please contact:
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
Isis International-Manila
3 Marunong St. Barangay Central,
Quezon City, Philippines 1100
Tel: (63-2) 435 3405
Fax: (63-2) 924 1065
E-mail: <mavic@isiswomen.org>
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