30.03.2003
In 1999, the Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network secured funding to establish an internet cafe to provide email and Internet skills to those women who would otherwise not be able to get 'hooked up.'
30.03.2003
The United Nations will host a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva this December, writes Tawana Kupe in Johannesburg. The preparatory committees started last year and Africa held one in Bamako, Mali. But why should we take any notice?
12.03.2003
Uganda is preparing for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in December, consulting with the civil society and others for its inputs. It has created a National WSIS Taskforce that will continue through with preparations for the second WSIS summit in 2005.
04.03.2003
The absence of women's voices and perspectives in the information society indicates that 'new' information and communication technologies reflect many of the gender patterns -- power, values and exclusion -- that have been evident for decades in 'old' media.
02.03.2003
The civil society claimed an important victory at the conclusion of the second meeting of the WSIS preparatory committee (Prepcom2) in Geneva, with the creation of the Civil Society Bureau. NGOs will now participate in the WSIS process on equal footing with governments and business.
We have compiled this backgrounder to give you a complete picture of the WSIS from the perspective of the civil society. Explains academic concepts and issues related to knowledge society, notes activities and concerns of the civil society, and lists actors and organisations involved in the WSIS process as well as links to related Websites.
