Picked up from another list--CONGRATS MAVIC!!!
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:32:48 -0500
> From: Jacqueline Kozin <jkozin@DFN.ORG>
> Subject: Food For Thought: State of the Internet in the Asia-Pacific
Region
>
> Food For Thought Breakfast Conversations
> Topic: State of the Internet in the Asia-Pacific Region
>
> Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2003
>
> Time: 9:15 AM - Breakfast & networking begins
> 9:30 - 11 AM - Conversation & networking continues
>
> Location: DFN's Manhattan office: 1372 Broadway, 20th Floor (between 37th
&
> 38th Streets), New York, NY
>
> RSVP: Because space is limited, an RSVP is required by Friday, March 28th,
5
> PM to Jacqueline Kozin, via email: jkozin@dfn.org or telephone:
646.223.1266
>
> The Digital Freedom Network will host another installment of its Food for
> Thought Breakfast Conversations on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 with Mavic
> Cabrera-Balleza, who is the Media and InfoCom Services Program Manager at
> Isis International in Manila, Philippines. The organization is a feminist
> NGO dedicated to women's information and communication needs.
>
> The focus of the conversation will be on Internet use and regulation
> throughout the Asia-Pacific region, included in the discussion will be how
> information and communication technologies are being used by and promoting
> the interests of women in the region and the impact the World Summit on
the
> Information Society (WSIS) will have on the region.
>
> The Asia-Pacific region is a world leader in advanced Internet technology
> and will soon have more Internet users than North America. Yet, the region
> faces a digital divide that prevents millions of people, particularly
women,
> from accessing the Internet.
>
> The goal of the series is to help people network while also providing a
> platform for information exchange on technological uses, needs and trends
> throughout the world.
>
> DFN is a non-profit organization that promotes human rights education and
> activism around the world, primarily through the use of Internet
technology.
>
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