[huridocs-tech] WSIS: NGO Gender Strategies Working Group launches e-mailing list

IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #220
Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide

By Anne S. Walker and Karen Banks
January 25, 2003
WSIS NGO GENDER STRATEGIES WORKING GROUP (WN-GSWG*) LAUNCHES E-MAILING
LIST

With nearly all of the planned regional preparatory meetings for the
World Summit on the Information Society completed and the Second Preparatory
Committee meeting fast approaching, the WSIS NGO Gender Strategies
Working Group (WN-GSWG)* considers this a most opportune time to begin
sharing and discussing our lobbying points and strategies for the
Summit.

The WN-GSWG is pleased to announce the structure and corresponding
schedule of the <NGOwomen@genderit.org> discussion, an electronic
mailing list that is one of the group's efforts in strategizing and
organizing women's participation in the WSIS process.

<NGOwomen@genderit.org> aims to build on the current initiatives on
gender and ICTs and further enrich discussions for the benefit of all
women. Specifically, it will serve as a venue to:
* Share information on the different activities around WSIS including
the regional and Preparatory Committee meetings, the 47th session of the UN
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Asian Social Forum, the
World Social Forum, the 8th International Congress of the World
Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) and other discussion
spaces on gender and ICT, particularly those pertaining to NGO women's
initiatives;
* Develop women's lobbying positions and strategies around WSIS within
the civil society formations and bring in the civil society inputs to
the WSIS Multi-stakeholder Gender Caucus discussions
(www.wougnet.org/wsis)
* Share strategies, resources including documents, researches, and
publications as well as regular updates from civil society organizations
to ensure effective women's participation in civil society activities
and NGO women's participation in the governmental and intergovernmental
processes; and
* Create a platform for strategizing and organizing various forms of
women's participation in the different gender and ICT forums.
The structure and schedule of discussion follows:

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20-26 January -- introduction /orientation on WSIS

27 Jan - 02 February -- Sharing from the regions
-- focusing on the specific outcomes of the regional meetings and the
positions taken by women's groups in the different regional meetings.
-- sharing and discussion on other preparatory events including those
taking place at the national level

03-16 February -- developing the lobbying positions and strategizing for
the 2nd Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom II Geneva, Feb 17-28)

17-28 February - reports from the PrepCom II -- reactions, questions,
inputs from those who are not physically present at the Prep Com

3-14 March - reports from the 47th Session of the UN CSW and other
meetings tackling ICT and gender issues -- reactions, questions, inputs
from those who are not physically present at the CSW
--planning for common/joint actions during the actual summit in December

15-30 March -- Wrap up
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To subscribe to the list:
You can visit the following URL to subscribe:
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ngowomen
or write to <karenb@apcwomen.org>

For further inquiries, please write to the facilitators:
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza <mavic@isiswomen.org> (Isis International-Manila)
Or Karen Banks <karenb@apcwomen.org> (Association for Progressive
Communication-Women's Networking Support Programme)
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* The WSIS NGO Gender Strategies Working Group was formed at the first
WSIS PrepCom Meeting in Geneva in July 2002 as one of the sub-committees
of the Civil Society Coordinating Group (CSCG). The groups currently
involved in this effort are: the African Women's Development and
Communications Network (FEMNET), Agencia Latino Americana de
Informacion, Association for Progressive Communication-Women's
Networking Support Programme, International Women's Tribune Centre, and
Isis International-Manila. The Working Group is open to all NGOs and
individuals interested in gender issues and the information society.

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