[huridocs-tech] INSTRAW Virtual Seminar Series on Gender and ICTs

See below for message from the INSTRAW Officer-in-Charge, Ms Tatjana
Sikoska.

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to inform you that INSTRAW has launched its research and
networking project on "Gender and ICTs". A special website, containing
searchable database of resources, news and events, relevant links and
information on the seminar series has been prepared to serve as a portal
to this project. See
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/research/gender_and_ict/index.html

I would like to invite you to participate in the "Virtual Seminar
Series" on Gender and ICTs which are meant to be forums for exchange of
research-based knowledge and information through discussions and
background materials. They aim at highlighting good practices and
lessons learned, identification of research and policy gaps, and
outlining policy options and recommendations. The Virtual Seminars will
result in Synthesis Paper, plus weekly summaries of discussions. The
guest moderator to the seminar series is Sophia Huyer, Executive
Director of Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT) and
Executive Director of the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations
Commission on Science and Technology for Development.

Following is the schedule for the virtual seminar series. Background
papers prepared by experts from different regions of the world will
serve to stimulate the discussions:

1. Are ICTs Gender Neutral?
Date: 1 - 12 July 2002
Backrgound paper: "Is ICT gender-neutral? A gender analysis of six case
studies of multi-donor ICT projects" by Nancy Hafkin

2. Women and ICTs: Enabling and Disabling Environments
Date: 15 - 26 July 2002
Background paper: "Cyberfeminist technological practices: Exploring
possibilities for a women-centered design of technological environments"
by Radhika Gajala

3. Engendering Management and Regulation of ICTs
Date: 29 July - 9 August 2002
Background paper: "Engendering Management and Regulation of ICTs" by
Anita Anand and Apesh Uppal.

4. Empowering Women using ICTs
Date: 12 - 23 August 2002
Background paper: "Empowering Women for Public Policy Advocacy: Looking
Behind the Internet to Enable Citizen Information Systems" by Juliana
MartĚnez and Katherine Reilly

5. Bridging the Gender Digital Divide
Date: 26 August - 6 September 2002
Background paper: "The Use of Information and Communication Technologies
as a Tool to Bridge the Gender Digital Gap: A Case on the Use of a
Locally-developed CD-Rom by Rural Women in Uganda" by Rita Mijumbi

To subscribe to the ICTNet, the listserv through which the Virtual
Seminar Series will be held, please fill out the registration form
available at
http://server778.dnslive.net/mailman/listinfo/ictnet_un-instraw.org

I look forward to your participation in these discussions and your
contribution to our understanding of the obstacles and opportunities
that ICTs have for women worldwide.

Tatjana Sikoska, Officer-in-Charge
United Nations INSTRAW
Tel: (809) 685-2111
Fax: (809) 685-2117
www.un-instraw.org



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