Current Issues

Cinderella or Cyberella? How to Support Women’s ICT Sufficiency in Africa

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 20/05/2009 - 11:04

Publisher:

e-Learning Africa

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http://www.elearning-africa.com/

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

What role can ICT play in women's aspirations? How can ICT advance their hopes for equal opportunity in societies in developing countries? This is a topic Dr Nancy Hafkin has been devoted to for over 30 years. The well-known scholar is not only a pioneer in the field of ICT for Development. Her work with the Association for Progressive Communication, for example, helped bring e-mail connectivity to nations that had no Internet connection. She is also a strong advocate of gender equity in technology usage. Nancy Hafkin will bring a broad perspective to the plenary discussion on Thursday, May 28th.

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Cinderella or Cyberella? How to Support Women’s ICT Sufficiency in Africa

Lithuania First Woman President

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Tue, 19/05/2009 - 11:43

Publisher:

BBC

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

Dalia Grybauskaite has been elected Lithuania's first female president, according to official results.

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Lithuania First Woman President

MXit: How to Encourage and Facilitate Communication Among Students

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Thu, 14/05/2009 - 12:48

Publisher:

e-learning Africa

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http://www.elearning-africa.com/

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

How can distance learning become more student-centred? Dr Mpine Elizabeth Makoe, University of South Africa (UNISA), has been preoccupied with this question for several years. In a long-term study she conducted, she found that isolated students have a need for informal support that is often neglected in distance education. This has led her to investigate on how MXit, a popular South African instant messaging system, can help to fill the gap and drive collaborative eLearning in an attractive, age appropriate manner.

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Lethal Link Between Gender Violence and AIDS

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Thu, 14/05/2009 - 11:54

Publisher:

IPS News

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http://www.ipsnews.net/

Author:

Valeria Vilardo

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reported that women now make up half of the population living with HIV in the Caribbean, compared to just 30 percent of the total in 1999. But among the 15-24 age group, women represent 62 percent of those living with HIV.

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Lethal Link Between Gender Violence and AIDS

African Women Worst Affected by Global Economic Crisis

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Thu, 14/05/2009 - 10:10

Publisher:

IPS News

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http://www.ipsnews.net/

Author:

Kudzai Makombe

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

The global financial crisis is on everyone's lips. With first hand reports of job losses, house foreclosures and citizens living on credit card debt, the impact of the crisis on the individual worker in the developed world is clear. In Africa, there have been threats of closures and retrenchments in the Zambian copper mines and Botswana's diamond mines, amongst others. But the impact on the individual citizen and African women in particular, given the existing gender inequalities, has not been well documented.

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African Women Worst Affected by Global Economic Crisis

Cyberellas are IT! The Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Thu, 07/05/2009 - 11:28

Publisher:

Europe's Information Society

Publisher / Organization Main page URL:

http://ec.europa.eu/

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

In the present economic environment encouraging women to choose a scientific career will not only benefit them but also the economy in general and act as a multiplying growth factor. There is a big pool of unused potential out there!

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Cyberellas are IT! The Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT

Women’s Group Sues Govt Over Abortion Rights

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 06/05/2009 - 09:55

Publisher:

IPS

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http://www.ipsnews.net/

Author:

Pilirani Semu-Banda

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

An influential women rights organisation in Malawi, Women in Law in Southern Africa-Malawi (WILSA-Malawi), is suing the government of Malawi for preventing women from accessing safe abortion.

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Women’s Group Sues Govt Over Abortion Rights

Thousands Of South Africans Sign Up To Campaign For Cheaper Broadband

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:58

Publisher:

Association for Progressive Communication

Publisher / Organization Main page URL:

http://www.apc.org/

Author:

KAH

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

South Africa is on the eve of a major broadband infrastructure roll-out. Affordable broadband can have a significant impact on the country's socio-economic, political, cultural and educational development; but broadband penetration in South Africa lags behind countries with a similar level of development such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Turkey.

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Thousands Of South Africans Sign Up To Campaign For Cheaper

'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 15/04/2009 - 09:51

Publisher:

IPS

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http://www.ipsnews.net/

Author:

Mel Frykberg

Published Date:

2009

Abstract:

As a man in a patriarchal society, an outspoken advocate of women's rights and a harsh critic of the way Palestinian women are treated, Mashoor Basissy, MOWA's director in the West Bank, brings a fresh male perspective to the growing problem of domestic violence against Palestinian women.

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'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'