The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) invites you to focus on GENDER and WOMEN's RIGHTs in the information society through these activities during WSIS. Please come and join us.
Gender Evaluation Methodology for Internet and ICTs (GEM) Book Launch ===================================================================== November 15 14h00-15h00 BCO ICT4D Village KramExpo-WSIS Exhibition Hall. The Gender Evaluation Methodology for Internet and ICTs (GEM) is a step by step innovative gender analysis tool produced by APC's Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) for practitioners who share a commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment in ICTs. Field-testing and refining GEM with about 25 projects got underway in a series of regional activities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. This manual draws from these experiences to provide guidelines, questions, activities, worksheets and examples that help evaluate how ICT interventions are addressing gender issues and inequalities. The GEM tool is useful for beginners who want to know how to conduct gender evaluations; it is also a reference book for those who have more experience in evaluation and in gender analysis and are looking to apply these in ICT initiatives. The publication and CD are in English. Spanish and French translation will be available by end of 2005. http://www.apcwomen.org/gem The Gender and ICT Awards - Making a Difference =============================================== APC WNSP/Global Knowledge Partnership November 16 13h00-13h45 KRAM/GKP Pavilion The 2005 Gender and ICT Awards focused on information and communication technology initiatives which promote women's economic empowerment and development in Asia Pacific. Hear the stories of the 2005 winning projects: * Pallitathya Help-line (Call Centre for the Poor and Underprivileged), D. Net - Development Research Network, Bangladesh * Putting ICTs in the Hands of the Poor, Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust, India * EHomemakers, eHomemakers, Malaysia http://www.genderawards.net/ Gender Peripheries of WSIS Summit in Tunis ========================================== The second phase of World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is taking place from November 16-18 in Tunis. The GenderIT.org team is participating again to keep you informed about the activities of gender advocates, and women's concerns regarding key issues on the agenda. In FEMNIST TALK <http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f%3Fe--1>, you can follow reflective and informal chronicles of GenderIT.org writer Jac sm Kee on gender related events, discussions and issues that emerge from the Tunis summit. To stay informed about events and new resources that address gender and ICT issues, check out our WSIS section <http://www.genderit.org/en/beginners/wsis.shtml>, where we are collecting a wide variety of information linked to gender and WSIS. In addition, our GenderIT.org team will produce a series of analytical writings on the gender aspects of 'critical issues' that will be discussed during the Summit, including internet governance and financing. The coverage will be available in English, and Spanish, and will be published via <http://www.genderit.org/> and special e-mail editions. For more information, visit the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) at the (BCO) Building Communications Opportunities ICT4D Souk Village, Pavilion #2201- Development and Solidarity Area - ICT4D Exhibition Centre, Kram Expo. ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
