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*Geneva Chronicle III: Gender Peripheries of the WSIS Prep Com 3*
- APC WNSP, September 27, 2005 -
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Check out our WSIS section and the updates coming from GenderIT.org team
in Geneva:
- NEW RESOURCES IN THE WSIS SECTION
- GENEVA CHRONICLE: Updates from GenderIT.org writers in the PrepCom3 in
Geneva
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**Discussion paper: Interconnection costs**
This discussion paper prepared by South African Mike Jensen for APC,
covers increasing North-South inequities ($BEQ(Baying both ways”) and
proposed strategies for minimising the disparities in interconnection
rates, accelerating the restructuring of the communications sector,
supporting the establishment of national and international internet
exchange points, and building local demand for national and
international backbones.
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?w=r&x=91681
**WSIS Gender Caucus Statement on Internet Governance to WSIS Prepcom 3
Subcommittee A (27 September,2005)**
The statement submitted by AMARC Africa, FEMNET, and TERRE DES FEMMES on
behalf of the WSIS-Gender Caucus in reaction to the missing reference to
gender in the Chair$BCT(B Draft of Chapter 3 on internet governance.
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?w=r&x=91682
**WSIS Gender Caucus Briefing Statement I for PrepCom-3 (23
September,2005)**
The WSIS GC positions in relation to some points debated at PrepCom-3
such as the key principles, the implementation&way ahead mechanism, and
the issues of financing and internet governance.
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?w=r&x=91683
***WSIS Gender Caucus Position on Internet Governance for Prepcom 3 (19
September, 2005)**
The WSIS GC opening position on the issue of internet governance
distributed at PrepCom-3 in Geneva.
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?w=r&x=91684
Visit the collection of a wide variety of other resources and articles
related to gender & WSIS in the new WSIS section
http://www.genderit.org/en/beginners/wsis.shtml
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**Geneva Chronicle: Gender Peripheries of WSIS Prep Com 3**
Read the updates from GenderIT.org writers Jac sm Kee and Brenda Zulu
from Geneva about the activities of gender advocates, and women's concerns:
*22 September – Quickie on IG (a little late): Sorry for late blog
today. The WSIS Gender Caucus have come up with a draft Briefing Paper
that states its positions on WSIS PrepCom-3 so far, and by the time
Lenka & I worked on inputs and comments to the draft to be submitted to
the caucus, I couldn$BCU(B face Fabala anymore...
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&x=91671
*23 September 2005 – Last Day at Geneva, End of Week 1 (concept of time
no longer exists): Of course! Just when I start to get the hang of
things and feel like I am finally getting a vague idea of what is going
on, it$BCT(B time to go. Brenda Zulu who arrived late last night will be
taking over blogging for the next week while I go home to the land of
good food at reasonable prices (yipee!). It should be exciting. A real
test of the promise of participatory, multi-stakeholder, transparent
processes that WSIS is distinguished for as a global event...
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&x=91673
*23 September 2005 - Gender advocates advised to integrate MDGs: The
joint discussion of the Association for Progressive Communications
Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP), African Women$BCT(B
Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) and the WSIS Gender
Caucus showed that it is important for gender and ICT advocates to
embrace MDGs in order to talk in the same language with the government.
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&x=91675
*23 September 2005 - Gender and internet governance in the African
context: "Is there such a thing as gender aspects of internet governance
(IG) or does it boil down to the technical and political aspects?,"
asked Christine Butengwa from the African Women$BCT(B Development and
Communication Network (FEMNET).
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&x=91677
*23 September 2005 - $B)C(But where are the women?: The Working Group on
Internet Governance (WGIG) report acknowledges that there is the lack of
participation of women, indigenous peoples, civil society and small
enterprises in the ICT decision making processes. However women's
participation is critical to shape just and equal internet use and
evolution.
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&x=91676
...and more at GenderIT.org's Feminist Talk
http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&nocache=1
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Katerina Fialova,
GenderIT.org: Gender and ICT Policy Monitor Coordinator,
Association for Progressive Communications
Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP),
Prague, Czech Republic,
cell: +420-731 265 676
kaca@apcwomen.org
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