Subject: [fem-women2000 747] Women's GlobalNet #181: ICT Training for Women
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IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #181
Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide
By Anne S. Walker, Vicki J. Semler and Jennifer Sly

November 30, 2001

TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION 
TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) 

1. INTERNET TRAINING MODULE FOR WOMEN: An AMARC (Association mondiale 
des radiodiffuseurs communautaires) Women Online project has developed a 
training kit for women on how to use the Internet. The module includes: 
1) a trainer's guide; 2) an introduction to the Internet and women's 
networking experiences on the Internet; 3) how to use e-mail based on 
the programme Eudora; 4) the World Wide Web (WWW) and how to find 
Information on the Internet; 5) the creation of web pages; 6) FTP (File 
Transfer Protocol) and newsgroups; 7) an explanation of newsgroups and 
how to use the newsgroups software of Netscape; 8) digital editing; 9) 
radio on the internet and; 10) a glossary of Internet terms. You can 
download the module at: <http://www.amarc.org/wol/English/intro-en.htm> 

2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) WORKSHOPS FOR ARAB WOMEN: AWC (Arab Women 
Connect) has held a series of IT training workshops for women (NGO and 
government) in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Yemen. This pioneering 
project aims to explore the potentials and applications of new 
information and communication technologies for Arab women's empowerment. 
It also aims at providing greater access to information, analyses and 
resources on Arab women to policy-makers, researchers, donors, UN 
agencies and Arab women's organizations through the use of e-mail and 
the Internet. For more detailed information, contact: UNIFEM Arab States 
Regional Office, P. O. Box 830896, Amman 11183 Jordan. Tel: (962-6) 
567-8586/7. Fax: (962-6) 567-8594. E-mail: info@arabwomenconnect.org. 
Web:  <http://www.arabwomenconnect.org>

3. JOINT PARENTING' WEBSITE LAUNCHED: On 31 July, 2001, in celebration 
of African Women's Day, ENDA Third World launched this website in Dakar, 
Senegal. Supported by the International Development Research Centre 
(IDRC) Acacia Project,  the project aims to get women's organizations to 
use modern communication tools in support of their agenda and to foster 
public awareness on the need to remove notions such as "marital power" 
and "paternal power" from national family laws and to replace them with 
concepts of "joint parenting" and "joint responsibility for the family". 
Activities to date include content development and research and 
information documentation (in French, Wolof and English) and training 
partnering organizations in computer and internet use.  The new website 
is a link off the famafrique portal created two years ago, the first 
ever virtual space for resources, data, and activities on sustainable 
development for francophone African women.  For more information, 
contact: enda-synfev, b. p. 3370, Dakar, Senegal. Tel: (221) 823-4542. 
Fax: (221) 822-2695. Email: <synfev@enda.sn>.
Web: <http://www.famafrique.org/parenteconjointe/accueil.html>

4. CISCO SYSTEMS GENDER INITIATIVE TO INCREASE WOMEN'S ENROLLMENT IN 
NETWORKING ACADEMY PROGRAMME: CISCO Systems, a technology company that 
sponsors Networking Academies in 130 countries, offers women a 
comprehensive 10 course e-learning programme in math, science, 
problem-solving, reading and writing as well as essential internet 
technology skills.  As part of its Gender Initiative, Cisco has recently 
partnered with UNIFEM to launch a Gender Networking Academy in Jordan.  
The first step is the training of instructors from nine Jordanian 
educational institutions including community colleges, public girls high 
schools, a YWCA secretarial school and an information community centre. 
The project seeks to enable female students to build upon their current 
technological knowledge with demand driven networking skills to increase 
their competitiveness in the labour market.  For more information 
contact: Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM Arab 
States Regional Office, 18 Abdeen Street, near Tyche Hotel, P.O. Box 830 
896 Amman 11183 Jordan. Tel:  (962-6) 567-8586/7. Fax: (962-6) 567-8594. 
E-mail:  <amman@unifem.org.jo>. 
Web site: <http://www.unifem.org.jo>

5. NIGERIAN WOMAN PEACE ACTIVIST BRINGS ICTs TO VILLAGE WOMEN. HER 
EFFORTS ARE RECOGNIZED WITH FIRST APC HAFKIN PRIZE: Kazanka Comfort is a 
Nigerian peace activist. Her work at village level made her realize that 
fast communication among rural women could mean the difference between 
life and death. The recognition that ICT access at village level could 
have a significant impact in meeting basic needs and save lives in times 
of emergency and communal strife was recognized by Ms. Comfort, her 
employer -the Fantsuam Foundation,- as well as the villagers, and 
eventually led to the establishment of community learning centres in 
eight villages offering women basic computer literacy classes. On August 
1, 2001, Ms. Comfort was recognized with the 2001 APC Africa Hafkin 
Prize, an annual award in recognition of outstanding and creative use of 
information and communication technologies. For information on the 
Fantsuam Foundation, see their website at: 
<http://www.kabissa.org/links/detailed/158.html>. For information on the 
APC Hafkin Prize, go to: http://www.apc.org/english/hafkin/index.htm. 

6. USING ICTs IN LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR WOMEN: The Women's Learning 
Partnership (WLP) has two aims: 1) To empower women through enhancing 
their leadership skills and: 2) To bridge the digital divide. In a new 
programme, they are undertaking a multimedia leadership training packet 
in three phases: 1) a prototype leadership training handbook: 2) 
field-testing of the handbook through workshops, presentations and 
reviews by experts: 3) Development of web pages, CD-ROMs, radio and 
video programmes and customized handbooks. This programme was a finalist 
in the Equality category for the Tech Museum of Innovation Awards 
"Technology Benefiting Humanity." For more information on this 
programme, contact: Women's Learning Partnership, 4343 Montgomery 
Avenue, Bethesda MD 20814, USA. Tel: (1-301) 654-2774. Fax: (1-301) 
654-2775. E-mail: <wlp@learningpartnership.org> 
Web: <http://www.learningpartnership.org>

RESOURCES:

7. NEW CD-ROM OFFERS RELEVANT CONTENT IN LOCAL LANGUAGES FOR AFRICAN 
RURAL WOMEN FARMERS WITH ACCESS TO COMPUTERS.  Where is the content 
material to use on-line once rural women have access to computers? A new 
CD-ROM entitled "Rural Women in Africa: Ideas for Earning Money" tries 
to meet this demand. Designed as a visual "computer book," it allows the 
user to easily navigate using only a click of the "mouse."  Developed by 
the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) in partnership with a 
technical team in Uganda and the International Development Research 
Centre (IDRC) East and Southern Africa Office in Nairobi, it is intended 
for use by women with minimal education and only local language fluency. 
Available in English and Luganda, plans call for the addition of other 
language tracks in the near future. To order, or for more information, 
contact: IWTC/Women, Ink, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, 
USA. Fax: (1-212) 661-2704.
E-mail: <wink@womenink.org> 
Web: <http://www.womenink.org>

8. NEW CD ROM LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT WOMEN LEADERS WORKING FOR CHANGE:  
This inter-active leadership training CD-ROM, arising out of Winrock 
International's programme for African Women Leaders in Agriculture and 
the Environment (AWLAE), addresses the status of women, leadership 
challenges, professional women's issues, tools for change, grants and 
budgets, communications, and networking.  Available in French or 
English, it is adaptable to facilitated electronic discussions. Please 
contact: Pamela Woodard, Winrock International, AWLAE Program, 1621 
North Kent Street, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 22209. 
Tel: (1-703) 525-9430. Email: <pwoodard@winrock.org> 

9. ASIAN WOMEN IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: POLICIES FOR PARTICIPATION: Dr. 
Swasti Mitter, UNDP, April 2001. This new monograph on women and ICTs, 
the second in a series produced by UNDP, highlights the threats and 
opportunities that ICTs present to women. It emphasizes the importance 
of participation of all three stakeholders: the state, the private 
sector and NGOs. Copies can be obtained from: UNDP, WISMA UN, Block C, 
Damasara Offices Complex, Jalan Dungun, Damasara Heights, 50490 Kuala 
Lumpur, Malaysia 
Tel: (60-3) 355-9122. Fax: (60-3) 255-2870. 
E-mail: <registry.my@undp.org>
You can download this publication at: 
<http://www.undp.org.my/partnership/undppublications.htm>

10. GENDER, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN 
ANALYTICAL STUDY: Nancy Hafkin and Nancy Taggart, Academy for 
Educational Development (AED), June 2001.  This comprehensive new 
publication offers a "state of the art" assessment of the current 
situation of women and ICTs.  It includes obstacles to access, impact of 
ICTs on women's work, opportunities for women's economic empowerment 
through ICTs, political empowerment of women through ICTs, and ensuring 
women's ability to take advantage of ICT opportunities. Excellent 
charts, statistical profiles, web resources and ICT indicators make this 
an invaluable resource.  Available from: LearnLink project-AED, 1825 
Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC 20009. Fax: (1-202) 884-8979. 
E-mail: <learnlink@aed.org> 
Web: <http://www.aed.org/learnlink>

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