Subscribers to the Huridocs-tech list may be interested in the OneWorld Internet Monthly Newsletter. Free subscription details are at the end of this sample newsletter. This is a one-off posting to this list about this resource for anyone interested in keeping informed on internet issues as seen from civil society/NGO perspectives within the human rights and development field. Many thanks, Glen Tarman, Publicity Manager, OneWorld, mailto:media@oneworld.net http://www.oneworld.net OneWorld Internet Monthly Newsletter - October ==================================== OneWorld, www.oneworld.net, brings together over 900 partner organisations working for human rights and sustainable development worldwide. Please feel free to forward this email newsletter to your friends and colleagues. Low-cost e-mail solution for rural India http://www.bytesforall.org A small Indian company has launched a device, patented in India, that can be used to send and receive local language e-mail over a telephone line for very much less than the cost of a personal computer. Called an "iStation", the device looks like a laptop, has an embedded modem and a backup battery. An e-mail service in southern India is being offered to iStation users for 100 rupees (US$2.20) a month, and is aimed at the country's huge rural population. from BytesForAll , featured 28 September --------------------------------- Community, Culture, Technology in a Bedouin Village http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org/html/hope_in_the_middle_east.html This story of Arab-Israeli collaboration to help a Bedouin village located in Israel to grow and learn through technology offers an antidote to the hopelessness that often dominates thinking about the Middle East. from Teachers Without Borders , featured 28 September --------------------------------- Gender, Information Technology and Developing Countries http://www.aed.org/learnlink/Publications/Gender_Book/Home.htm This new study examines the current state of gender and IT, in terms of the opportunities and obstacles women encounter. It also makes important recommendations for planners, policymakers, and educators. You can download a pdf copy of the executive summary or the full publication for free. from Academy for Educational Development , featured 25 September --------------------------------- Technological leapfrogging http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/db092001.html The poor state of the technological infrastructure in US Native communities means it is often better to deploy next-generation communication technologies rather than trying to improve the state of technologies currently in place. from Communications Policy - Benton Foundation , featured 23 September --------------------------------- Internet: the big challenge http://www.acceso.or.cr/publica/grandesafio.shtml As per this investigation performed by Fundación Acceso in Costa Rica, the analysis and design of actions regarding the Internet should be done in three dimensions: its access, its use and its social appropriation. Related to these concepts, there appear to be three types of challenges that organizations need to confront: the adoption challenge, the organizational challenge and the challenge of using this technological tool as an instrument for the new knowledge generation from Fundacion Acceso , featured 18 September --------------------------------- Internet Playing Key Role in the Emergency http://www.benton.org/News/ What role has the Internet played since the attacks on key U.S. sites? This report compiled by the Benton Foundation point to the best and worst potential of the net. from Benton Foundation , featured 13 September --------------------------------- Recommendation on multilingualism and universal access to cyberspace http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mul_recom/ As cyberspace knows no borders, the development of international regulatory frameworks and action plans is of vital interest to all countries. UNESCO is working on international recommendations for the development of a multicultural information society and calls for discussion. from UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector , featured 10 September --------------------------------- Into or out of the digital divide? http://www.panos.org.zm/Into%20the%20Void.htm A set of perspectives on ICTs and Development in Southern Africa, looking at key issues in the communication technology and development debate and case studies from seven countries of the Southern African Development Community region. from Panos , featured 10 September --------------------------------- Infocentres bring internet to the people http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/aug01/17_58_052.html In an attempt to narrow the technological divide between rich and poor in Venezuela, the government of Hugo Chávez has opened Infocentres offering the public free access to the Internet, which critics say are a good idea but aimed at giving the government a propaganda boost. from Inter Press Service , featured 10 September --------------------------------- Technology Resources for NGOs http://www.advocacynet.org/resource_9.html Links and resources for those doing technology work with NGOs, news on how technology is changing how NGOs work, links to foundations supporting technological innovation amongst NGOs. from The Advocacy Project , featured 07 September --------------------------------- Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa http://www.kabissa.org Strengthening human rights and advocacy organisations by enabling them to exploit the full potential of the Internet and its resources. Sign up your organisation today and get free web space, mailboxes and automated mailing lists. Low-cost Internet domain hosting also available. from Kabissa , featured 07 September --------------------------------- Chinese online bulletin board closed http://dfn.org/focus/china/baiyun.htm Chinese authorities have shut down an outspoken Internet bulletin board after students posted messages about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. from Digital Freedom Network , featured 07 September --------------------------------- Net benefits http://www.redpepper.org.uk/natarch/xnet.html 'The Internet is here to stay,' says Rodney Bickerstaffe of Unison; 'if we do not use it, it'll be used against us'. David Jones looks at the potential of the internet. from Red Pepper , featured 06 September --------------------------------- Honest hacks http://www.redpepper.org.uk/intarch/xhack.html Electronic direct action could challenge the most powerful organisations in the world, say Fiona Osler and Diane Lock of Red Pepper. from Red Pepper , featured 06 September --------------------------------- Earth Summit 2002 online debate http://nt.oneworld.org/cfdocs/tve_extranet/er/templates/lifeonline/debate/pa ges/debate_intro.cfm Debate: 3 - 30 September Ten years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, the world's nations gather again next September to review progress and plan for the future. Share your ideas, knowledge and perspectives in a debate on some of the priority issues, which will then inform the next preparatory meeting for the Earth Summit. from UNED-UK , featured 06 September --------------------------------- Free-trade blueprint exposes rifts http://www.oneworld.net/ips2/july01/01_50_004.html The wide gulf separating 34 countries negotiating a free trade area to span the Americas was on graphic display last week after a copy of the draft text was posted on a publicly accessible web site. from Inter Press Service , featured 04 September --------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | OneWorld.net http://www.oneworld.net | | | | The World's Leading Portal for | | Human Rights and Sustainable Development | | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | If you received this email from listmanager@oneworld.net you | | can unsubscribe yourself from this mailing list by sending an | | email to: | | mailto:majordomo@oneworld.net | | With the following text in the body of the message: | | unsubscribe newsletter_internet | | | | If you received this email from a source other than | | listmanager@oneworld.net you can subscribe yourself directly to | | this mailing list by sending an email to: | | mailto:majordomo@oneworld.net | | With the following text in the body of the message: | | subscribe newsletter_internet | |------------------------------------------------------------------| ========== HURIDOCS-Tech listserv ========== Send mail intended for the list to <huridocs-tech@hrea.org>. 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