PULA NO. 2: AUGUST 2003
A Newsletter on Women and ICTs in Africa

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Newsletter of the Association for Progressive
Communications Africa Women (APC-Africa-Women). Pula
aims to promote and profile the work and activities
of women's ICT initiatives in Africa and to act as a
communicative tool to link women to each other and to
initiatives and opportunities.

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CONTENTS
1. Editorial
2. Who produces Pula?
3. Our Voices: Stories from the field
4. Profile of an ICT Champion
5. Policy Focus
6. News and Events
7. Resources
8. World Corner: Global News

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PULA, N°2 AOÛT 2003
Bulletin d'information sur les femmes et les TIC en
Afrique

Outil de communication et de liaison entre les
femmes, les actions et evènements, l'objectif de Pula
est de rendre visible et de promouvoir le travail et
les initiatives de TIC des femmes en Afrique. Pula
est publiee par le Programme Regional en Afrique de
l'Association pour le Progrès des Communications
(APC-Femmes-Afrique).

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SOMMAIRE:
1. Editorial.
2. L'equipe de redaction
3. Nos voix, temoignages du terrain
4. Virtuoses des TIC
5. Au centre des politiques
6. Nouvelles et evènements
7. Documents
8. Actualites du monde

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1. EDITORIAL
[Version en francais ci-dessous]

Welcome to the second edition of Pula where we explore the concepts of 'access' and 'control' in relation to ICTs. In this edition, we look at the convergence of radio and new media through an initiative in Sierra Leone called 'Development Through Radio'. In our policy section, we are taken through the major challenges that face African women's effective use of ICTs. In 'ICT Champions', Karine M'Bengue talks about an investigation into an ICT capacity development project for women's organisations in Senegal. We present information of interest to African women and ICTs in both our 'News and Events' and 'Resources' and 'World Corner' sections.

EDITORIAL

Bienvenue dans le second numéro de Pula, qui traite des questions d'accès et de contrôle dans le domaine des TIC. Dans ce numéro examine la question de la convergence entre la radio et les nouveaux médias, au travers de l'initiative "Développement par la radio" menée qu Sierra Leone. La rubrique politique s'attache aux principaux défis auxquels les femmes doivent faire face pour pouvoir faire une utilisation efficace des TIC. Karine Mbengue, dans "Virtuoses des TIC" nous parlera de sa recherche sur l'utilisation d'Internet par les organisations militantes des droits des femmes, au Sénégal. "Nouvelles et évènements", "Ressources" et "Actualités du monde" présentent des informations utiles tant pour les femmes d'Afrique que sur les TIC.

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2. WHO PRODUCES PULA?
http://www.apcafricawomen.org

APC-Africa-Women is a network of organisations and individuals that work to empower African women's organisations to access and use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for equality and development. APC-Africa-Women is the Africa regional programme of the Association for Progressive Communication's Women's Networking
Support Programme (APC WNSP).

L'equipe de redaction
http://www.apcafricawomen.org

APC-Femmes-Afrique, reseau d'organisations et de
personnes, oeuvre pour l'utilisation des Technologies
de l'Information et de la Communication TIC) par les
organisations de femmes d'Afrique actives pour
l'egalite et le developpement. APC-Femmes-Afrique est
le programme regional Afrique du Programme d'Appui
aux Reseaux de Femmes (APC WNSP)

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3. Our Voices: Stories from the field

Convergence of Radio and New Media: My Experience
By Mercy Wambui

This is an edited version of an article published on May 17, 2003 that appeared on the Development Gateway website,
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/sdm/docview?docid=551770

As the only African woman accepted for the Digital Visions Fellowship Program at Stanford University, I arrived in September 2002 with a mixed sense of expectation and apprehension. I had a project idea that I had been incubating in my mind for about a year - radio convergence with new media.

I had been involved in community media initiatives as well as civil society ICT and gender issues in East Africa for several years, but never in all my wildest dreams did I imagine that the Development Through Radio (DTR) project in Sierra Leone would consume my every waking moment from that point on.

My sponsors were a little apprehensive about Sierra Leone. Kurt Schork, a Reuters journalist, had been ambushed and killed by rebels while covering the war there. Peace had, however, started to prevail in the country when I started the project, and I was convinced that it was important that something be done to demonstrate support for the DTR's efforts in offering hope to the war's survivors.

The DTR concept has been used on the African continent for close to 10 years. Formerly known as radio listening clubs, the concept has evolved from people merely listening to educational programs into a more complex interaction between rural women and policy makers. The objective is to give women a voice through access to radio and to engage with relevant actors in community development through weekly broadcasts.

In Sierra Leone, the DTR comprises of survivors of the decade-long civil war in which tens of thousands lost their lives or endured the kind of trauma only war can bring. Over the years DTR members had increased from 3 to 30 and plans had been made for me to visit as many of them as possible in order to figure out what was feasible within the given ICT infrastructure.

Armed with as much information as I could find on the bloody civil war, its impact, and the reconstruction challenges facing Sierra Leone, I knew that attempting a radio/Internet convergence would be a long-shot. The ICT infrastructure in Sierra Leone is far from ideal. Radio, however, is widely available. The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service enjoys national coverage, and there are more than eight independent and private radio stations, including community radio. As in many African countries, access to the Internet is limited, and the country finds itself struggling to provide access through the services of only one Internet Service Provider (ISP) -- Sierratel. This limited access, available mainly in telecenters, is both slow and costly to the majority of interested users.

I found the meetings with the 13 DTR women's groups both humbling and engaging. The women recounted their struggles during the war and articulated their concerns about the reconstruction phase. They also talked about how instrumental the DTR project has been to them. Hearing their own voices on radio gives them a sense of empowerment - they feel heard. They also reported a number of interventions that have been made to address their concerns.

I spent some time with the "War-Affected Girls and Adults" (WAGA), a group that is a member of the DTR project. WAGA has a rudimentary set-up that takes in former sex-slaves and offers counselling and training skills such as tie-dyeing, soap making, and sewing. I listened to similar stories of hardship and resilience and the search for a future that would provide these women with the skills needed to make enough money to take their children to school and put food on the table.

The stories were heart-wrenching and not easy to deal with emotionally. A couple of times into the trip, I learned that some of the women had travelled for three days on foot to attend the meetings we held with them. It was during those moments that I seriously doubted that I had what it takes to make a contribution.

I'm honoured to have spent my fellowship working on something that is so meaningful and that has the potential for many spin-offs, including a future e-commerce possibility to support the WAGA income-generating aspirations. DTR is a work in progress built through regular consultations. Some of the women leaders have had a look at the Web site that will host their broadcasts and testimonies to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and they are pleased with the results. After all, they did tell me that they want to be heard far and wide -- by the whole world.

The site is dedicated to the victims of the war, and honours the life of Reuters journalist, Kurt Schork who was killed in an ambush while covering the war in Sierra Leone.

Visit http:///www.dtronline.org for more information.

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4. Virtuoses des TIC

LES ORGANISATIONS DE FEMMES AU SÉNÉGAL ET INTERNET : UN CHEMIN VERS LE RENFORCEMENT DU POUVOIR Par Karine M'Bengue, BA en Sciences politiques, d'origine Ivoirienne, candidate à la Maîtrise en Communication (MA) de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Email: Karinembengue@hotmail.com

Les TIC sont et doivent être des outils au service de la stratégie globale de communication des organisations. De plus en plus d'organisations en Afrique de l'ouest francophone, ayant pour mission le renforcement du pouvoir des femmes, se connectent à Internet et ont accès à des formations leur permettant d'utiliser ce nouveau media. Si le renforcement du pouvoir (l'empowerment) féminin se définie par un processus de prise de conscience et d'augmentation de la participation des femmes se traduisant par un plus grand poids dans la prise de décision, alors l'Internet pourrait offrir un large éventail de possibilités.
En effet, l'Internet peut constituer un formidable lieu de mise en réseau, de mobilisation, de prévention et d'action ; il représente un outil de plus dans les moyens de revendication et de luttes. Mais tout le potentiel de cet outil est loin d'être mis à profit dans un contexte où la majorité de ces organisations, lorsqu'elles sont connectées réduisent leur usage au courrier électronique et la recherche d'information.

De nombreuses études ont été menées pour comprendre la sous-utilisation d'Internet en contexte associatif en Afrique. Les principales conclusions résident dans les coûts élevés de connection, la formation, la langue, la culture organisationnelle, la sous-estimation de l'outil lui-même et/ou le manque de planification stratégique des communications . Mais peu de recherches se sont questionnées sur la manière dont les organisations de femmes veulent et peuvent utiliser cette technologie qui vient de loin. Peu d'entre elles ont mesuré l'impact des initiatives déjà entreprises afin de les rendre plus adaptées aux besoins de ces organisations.

Notre projet de recherche, financé par l'Agence Canadienne de Développement International et appuyé par ENDA Tiers-monde à Dakar, vise principalement trois objectifs. Premièrement, nous comptons étudier l'intégration actuelle de l'Internet dans les activités et stratégies de communication des organisations, au Sénégal, témoignant dans leur mission un intérêt particulier pour le renforcement du pouvoir des femmes. Deuxièmement, nous tenterons d'évaluer les possibilités et les obstacles que rencontre l'appropriation de l'Internet au service de la mission de ces organisations.
Et enfin nous proposerons d'élaborer un guide pratique des communications permettant à ces associations de femmes de maximiser le potentiel d'Internet comme outil de communication et moyen d'action à l'échelle nationale, régionale et internationale.

Méthodologiquement, nous privilégions la combinaison de trois modes d'investigations. D'une part des entretiens semi dirigés auprès d'une dizaine d'organisations, branchées à Internet. D'autre part, nous associerons à cela une analyse de contenu des différents supports de communications émis par ces organisations. Enfin, pour l'élaboration du guide pratique, nous tenterons de concrétiser une " recherche-Action " où les organisations elles-mêmes définiront les priorités, objectifs, et publics cibles à atteindre. Ainsi nous espérons produire une étude visant un public académique (mémoire de Maîtrise) et par la même occasion une réalisation finale distincte destinée aux organisations de femmes qui désirent mettre Internet au service du renforcement du pouvoir des femmes (guide pratique des communications). Notre guide proposera un plan stratégique concret, composé d'actions et de tactiques à entreprendre, tant au niveau interne qu'externe.

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5. Policy Focus: Access and control

In this section of PULA, Alice Munyua of the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) looks at the major issues facing African women and their effective use of ICTs. In forthcoming editions of PULA, Alice will explore a different policy issue and present recommendations for action. In this edition she explores the issues of access and control.

Developing our own definition of ICTs

Participants at the Women's Electronic Network Workshop held in April this year dealt with the need for women to understand and define ICTs. Attended mostly by individuals working in the field of women's empowerment, the workshop acknowledged that we have a different approach to the understanding and use of ICTs than those who use ICTs for profit. The participants defined ICTs and identified concerns around ICT and gender policy issues in Africa.

The key words that emerged were:

* Access (enable more people to have access to the new technologies)
* Appropriateness (ensure that the information is relevant to women's lives)
* Sustainability (ensure that the introduction of ICTs looks at sustainability as a key concept)
* Integration (enable convergence and integration of "old" and "new" technologies)

The major policy challenges that were identified included:

Women's right to communicate, access and control, educational training and skills development, industry and labour, content and language, power and decision making, privacy and security, trafficking and pornography, technology and telecommunication regulation, ICTs and globalisation.

Access and Control

The world conference on women held in Beijing in 1995 was the first international conference to debate issues relating to women and ICTs. There have been further efforts to review policies governing the flow of information, communication technology and related applications, but African and gender perspectives have consistently been ignored. African women have specific concerns relating to the issues that limit and prevent their access to use and benefit from ICTs that need to be addressed. Throughout Africa, women face serious challenges that are not only social, but also economic and cultural - all limiting their access to, use of and benefits from ICTs. Increased understanding and awareness of the challenges and opportunities that ICTs provide to African women, as well as the increased effective participation of women and gender advocates in all aspects of policy and decision-making are all important steps in narrowing the digital divide.

The UN places lack of access to information as the third most important issue facing women globally, after poverty and violence. Access is the opportunity to make use of ICTs, not only in terms of the technology itself, but more importantly, in order to gain the benefits of information and knowledge. Control refers to the power to decide how ICTs are used and who has access to them.

African women's access to ICTs is dependent on many factors. Women are particularly affected by portrayals in the media that generally reinforces, rather than challenges, common stereotypes. Women also have to try and break into decision-making positions that have traditionally been occupied by men. A small, powerful, male elite, currently uses its dominant position in the communication industry to centralise social and cultural control over new media. For most African women, the exercise of the fundamental freedoms of expression and information is doubly constrained by patriarchal laws and practice. Economic and political conflicts, affecting African women most critically, are also a major challenge.

African women's groups working in the field of communication and ICTs have been addressing and tackling the major barriers such as illiteracy and language, as well as gender and cultural barriers to women's access to communication technology. Some of the proposals presented by the African women's movement to challenge these barriers have included: women's active participation in drawing up regulatory frameworks for the telecommunications sector, ensuring that the media respect principals of gender equality, urging the media's respect for principles of gender equality and equity by taking measures to promote equal representation, and encouraging the promotion of community and alternative media.

Recommendations for Actions by Women's NGOs
Commit to mainstreaming ICT advocacy issues within women's human rights programmes, projects and activities;
* Participate in ICT policy processes at all levels in order to reflect women's concerns and integrate gender analysis into all policy formulation;
* Use ICTs as a tool in information dissemination and campaigning, including national, sub-regional and global policy issues;
* Use ICTs as a strategic tool for action;
* Investigate mechanisms for improving our effectiveness in civil society participation in policy conceptualisation and implementation;
* Commit to horizontal coalitions on issues relating to the information society;
* Get involved in gender advocacy groups working to impact on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process. (See below)

Gender Advocacy initiatives in the WSIS process
There are two gender advocacy groups in the WSIS process: the WSIS Gender Caucus and the WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Group.

WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Group (WNGSG)
http://www.genderit.org

Formed as part of the Civil Society Co-ordinating Group during the First PrepCom in Geneva in July 2002, the NGO Gender Strategies Group is a formation of women's information and communication organisations that have come together to develop strategies for gender advocacy within the WSIS context. This group is distinct from, though aligned to, the WSIS Gender Caucus.

The WNGSG's tasks are: to raise awareness around the issues and processes at the WSIS, to encourage women's participation at all levels of WSIS discussions, to conduct capacity-building training, and to conduct a process of network-building in order to ensure links between national, sub-regional, regional and international WSIS initiatives.
For further information email: karenb@apcwomen.org

WSIS Gender Caucus (WSIS GC)
http://www.genderwsis.org/

Formed during the African Regional meeting in Bamako in May 2002, the focus of the WSIS Gender Caucus is to develop women's position on the Information Society and to lobby in the WSIS process.

The WSIS gender caucus is a multi-stakeholder group consisting of women and men from national governments, civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, the private sector and the United Nations system. The strategic objective of the caucus is to ensure that gender equality and women's rights are integrated into WSIS and its outcome processes.
For further information email: coordinator@genderwsis.org

Both these groups also aim to underscore the fact that women's involvement in ICT issues goes beyond the WSIS process and recognise the need for continued advocacy at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels. They also believe that women should be able to participate in all decision-making spaces around ICT and gender issues.

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6. News and Events

6.1. Award Announcement - The APC WNSP and GKP Gender and ICT Awards
Recognizing Innovative and Effective Efforts
http://www.apcwomen.org/award/index.html
[English]

The Gender and ICT Awards aim to honour and bring international recognition to the innovative and effective projects by women to use ICTs for the promotion of gender equality and/or women's empowerment.
The Gender and ICT Awards will be launched, and winners will be showcased and celebrated, at a special event and venue parallel to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 10-12, 2003. A prize of US$8,000 will be awarded to one winner in each of four categories. One representative from each of the 4 winning initiatives will be flown to Geneva for the awards celebrations in December.

Applications will be accepted from July 15 to September 10, 2003.
Winners will be selected and announced by November 1, 2003.
For further information
email: awards-apply@apcwomen.org.awards-apply@apcwomen.org

6.2. Workshop Report - Women's Electronic Network Training - WENT Africa 2003
http://www.apcafricawomen.org/went_report.htm
[English]

WENT Africa 2003 was organised and hosted by APC-Africa-Women and held in Cape Town, South Africa from 29th March to 4th April 2003. 14 women were selected as participants and were trained by a team of 8 experienced women ICT trainers. The WENT Africa 2003 training workshop aimed to build the capacities of women and their organisations to utilise new Information and Communication Technologies in social development work and policy advocacy. Plans are underway for hosting WENT Africa 2004.
For further information email: Africa@apcwomen.org

6.3.Conference Announcement - Highway Africa 2003
http://www.highwayafrica.org.za
[English]

The Highway Africa conference is a major continental event centred on new media issues for journalists. The 2003 conference theme, "Mainstreaming Media in the Information Society" aims to bring African media into the centre of debates about the Global Information Society.
The seventh year of this annual meeting of the African journalism community is organised by the Rhodes University Department of Journalism and Media Studies in Grahamstown, South Africa and is co-hosted by the SABC. The conference will be held from the 8th to 10th of September 2003.
For further information email highwayafrica@ru.ac.zahighwayafrica@ru.ac.za

6.4. Conference Report - ICTs in African schools: A workshop for education practitioners and policy makers
http://www.schoolnetafrica.net/IAS2003
[English]

Gaborone, the capital of Botswana was the site of the first historical meeting of 200 education policy-makers, practitioners and development agencies from 28 African countries. In total, there were participants from 35 countries internationally. Speakers representing these countries and agencies focused on various aspects of using ICT in the African education system. Key topics in this workshop included: the potential and challenges of ICTs in African education, integrating ICT use into the curriculum, content and capacity building, and appropriate educational technologies in Africa, achieving affordability and sustainability and Pan African initiatives for the future.

6.5. Premier test de la Méthodologie d'Evaluation en Genre (MEG, APCWNSP) sur un projet de gouvernance locale au Sénégal
http://www.cresp.sn
French]

A la demande du CRDI, la Méthodologie d'Evaluation en Genre (MEG) des Initiatives de TIC, développée par le Programme d'Appui aux Réseaux de Femmes de APC (Association for Progressive Communication) est en cours d'utilisation dans le cadre de la recherche sur la contribution du Projet SIP à la gouvernance locale et au développement humain durable au Sénégal. Une première session de formation, s'appuyant sur les outils développés en anglais par l'équipe de MEG a permis de sensibiliser les enquèteurs de terrain à l'analyse de genre et à la prise en compte du genre dans les processus d'évaluation.

Informations : synfev@enda.sn

6.6. Sénégal, dans le cadre de la Journée Internationale de la Femme (8 mars 2003) et de la Fête de l'Internet (22 mars 2003)
http://www.famafrique.org/regentic/accueil.html
[French]

L'atelier "Logiciels libres : quels enjeux pour les femmes africaines ?", a permis à de dégager les enjeux des logiciels libres et les apports du mouvement du libre, en termes de démocratie du point de vue des femmes. La rencontre sur "Le service universel : hypothèses et mise en œuvre au Sénégal" visait à mener un premier échange de vues entre les acteurs concernés, sur le contenu de la notion de service universel et les dispositions que pourrait prévoir le Décret sur le Service Universel en cours de préparation, notamment en termes de réduction des disparités de genre.
Contact: synfev@enda.snsynfev@enda.sn

6.7. Mailing list - ICTs for Rural Women

Women in Global Science and Technology would like to announce a new list. ICTsforRuralWomen is an information and announcement list that circulates information on resources, events and organisations working on issues related to how women can use ICTs to support their grassroots productive enterprises.

To subscribe to the list, send a message to
majordomo@matrix1.matrixlinks.ca with the following command in the body of your message:
subscribe ictforruralwomen your email address.

6.8. Projet de création d'une fédération des utilisateurs de logiciels
libres (FULL) au Sénégal
AS3L : http://www.as3l.org/
Texte de l'appel : http://www.osiris.sn/article529.html
[French]

Dans un communiqué diffusé le 13 juin 2003, un comité d'initiative a
appelé à la création d'une fédération des utilisateurs de logiciels libres au Sénégal (FULL-Sénégal). L'assemblée générale constitutive de cette fédération devrait avoir lieu en juillet 2003 et d'ici là les initiateurs demandent aux personnes intéressées de se manifester auprès de Mamadou Camara (mcamara@initiatives.sn) et annoncent la création d'une liste de discussion. Pour mémoire, il faut rappeler que deux associations d'utilisateurs de logiciels libres existent déjà à savoir l'Association sénégalaise des utilisateurs de Linux (ASUL) et l'Association sénégalaise pour Linux et les logiciels libres (AS3L). Le Réseau Genre et TIC (REGENTIC) est egalement active dans la promotion des logiciels libres au Sénégal.

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7. Resources

7.1. Le Réseau Genre et TIC, a organisé deux ateliers de sensibilisation à Dakar, Publication en ligne du Plan d'action 2003-2005 du Réseau genre et TIC une initiative conjointe ENDA-OSIRIS-ART pour promouvoir l'égalité de genre dans la société de l'information
http://www.famafrique.org/regentic/planaction.html
[French]

Il est organisé en six composantes, qui seront mises en œuvre en synergie avec les initiatives similaires : publication d'un argumentaire de plaidoyer sur la prise en compte du genre dans les politiques de TIC et actions de sensibilisation ; recherche, publication, formation et mise en réseau de chercheurs sur les données et indicateurs de la fracture numérique de genre en Afrique francophone, programme de mentorat de formation à l'intention de jeunes professionnels de la communication d'Afrique francophone, formation et recherche sur la dimension de genre des logiciels libres en Afrique ; concertation sous-régionale en vue du Sommet Mondial de la Société de l'Information, action exploratoire pour la mise en place de mécanismes institutionnels pour l'accès des femmes au secteur des TIC.
Contact : synfev@enda.sn

7.2. Training Tool - A Structured Multimedia Training Kit
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/english/multimedia.shtml
[English/French]

The UNESCO/APC Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK) provides trainers in
telecentres, community media organisations, and the development sector with a structured set of materials to help make that jump between new and traditional media or train in a new skill area.

The materials cover a range of multimedia areas like "presenting on
radio" and "writing for the web" as well as topics such as "cooperative problem solving". The MMTK is a growing collection, and new topics will be added in the months to come. Materials follow a standard format and so can be used as interchangeable building blocks from which trainers can build up face-to-face training appropriate for their different contexts. So, a trainer running a workshop on information skills for a women's organisation could choose components from the "Searching the Internet" unit and the "Violence Against Women" module and combine them into a single workshop kit. Individuals can also use many of the materials for self-instruction.

All MMTK materials are released under a Creative Commons license, which allows their free use and distribution for non-commercial use.
Contact: mmtk@apc.org

7.3. Report - Progress of the World's Women 2002: Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals.
http://www.unifem.org/www/resources/progressv2/index.html
[English]

What has been the progress for the world's women in 2002? There has been progress in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment around the world - but the pace is too slow in many regions. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest levels of achievement, primarily because of a devastating combination of national poverty, conflict and the effects of HIV/AIDS. These are among the findings of Progress of the World's Women 2002, the groundbreaking report on women's empowerment produced by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

7.4. Book - The One to Watch Radio. New ICTs and Interactivity.
http://comunica.org/1-2-watch/
[English]
The chapters in this book show that the injection of the Internet's "digital DNA" is changing the nature of radio. The cases considered here are indicative of the first few steps in this transformation. They offer insight into what the next generation of radio might be like and underscore the significant potential of the combination of radio and new ICTs.

7.5. Resource Guide - Mobilising Communities to Prevent Domestic Violence: A Resource Guide for Organisations in East and Southern Africa
http://raisingvoices.org
[English]

Developed by 'Raising Voices' in collaboration with UNIFEM and Action Aid-Uganda, this guide sheds new light on how community-based organisations can design and implement a participatory project to prevent domestic violence. The resource guide describes a conceptual framework for preventing domestic violence and provides extensive strategy and activity suggestions for organisations interested in working systematically to affect individual and social change within their communities. Special features in the resource guide include: rights-based program ideas and activities; full color examples of learning materials such as posters, games, murals and booklets; a comprehensive community activism course; and, simple, ready-to-use documentation and monitoring tools.
Email info@raisingvoices.org

7.7. Newsletter - AMANITARE Voices dedicated to the African Women's Sexual & Reproductive Health
http://www.amanitare.org/newsletter.html
[English]

AMANITARE Voices, the bi-annual newsletter of AMANITARE, the
African Partnership for the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls, offers articles and analyses on key issues around sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as news regarding AMANITARE activities. AMANITARE is an initiative of RAINBO, an African led International NGO working to protect and promote African Women s and Girls rights to sexual and reproductive health. The partnership currently comprises 43 partners in 16 African countries. For further information on the partnership or the work of RAINBO, contact Karen Efford, Communications Officer at kefford@rainbo.org

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8.World Corner

8.1. Conference - International Conference on Women in the Digital Era
http://www.auwit.org
[English]

The International Conference Women in the Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities will be held 10-13 December 2003 at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India. The world's leading technologists, sociologist, policy makers, social activists, academicians, demographers and historians are expected to come together and deliberate on issues relevant to women and ICTs. E-mail: au_suriya@rediffmail.com

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