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iConnect Gender

iConnect-Online Gender aims to connect and support the information needs of practitioners working on gender issues related to ICT4D programmes, providing a platform to share experiences, challenges and interests. Topics include: gender equity and women's participation, using ICT to address gender violence, female leadership, empowerment and ICT,  capacity building, lobby and advocacy, and more.
Integrating ICT in Education: Connect4Change Programme in Ghana
Video Link: http://www.ginks.blogspot.com/2012/02/c4c-initiative-improving-teaching-and.html
Gendering of Technology or the technology of gendering?
Sweden's SPIDER organised a seminar/webinar on ICT,  Gender and farming, for which the video is available here:
Food security, gender, Post harvest, women, agriculture
Food Security and the little farmers
The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”.
Gender, youth and digital democratic processes in East Africa
The Arab Spring has demonstrated a couple of things namely the power and importance of social media, the ability for technology to unite crowds of people in the shortest amount of time no matter th
Experiences of a Business woman on ICT Training and ICT Use
In this video, Mrs. Rita Dampson, a shea butter processor tells her story on her experiences of learning ICTs

Group Discussions

Formation of Female ICT Teachers' Association - Please share your experiences
Sunday, 17th April, 2011
Dear all, … 23
Rural and Slum women and ICT. Opportunities and challeges.
Friday, 4th November, 2011
The topic of gender and ICT for development is critical to understand so that opportunities open to women to improve on their welbeing and subsquently achieve sustainable development and lifts women t … 0
How can ICT effectively incoperate the traditional communication channels.
Tuesday, 15th November, 2011
Traditional communication channels have over the years proved very effective and sustainable among the local populations of Eastern and Southern Africa. … 0

Latest Blog Posts

Integrating ICT in Education: Connect4Change Programme in Ghana

By GINKS on Tue, Feb 14th, 2012
Video Link: http://www.ginks.blogspot.com/2012/02/c4c-initiative-improving-teaching-and.html

Gendering of Technology or the technology of gendering?

By Saskia Harmsen on Thu, Dec 22th, 2011
Sweden's SPIDER organised a seminar/webinar on ICT,  Gender and farming, for which the video is available here:

Food Security and the little farmers

By Janet C. Achora on Tue, Nov 8th, 2011
The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life...

Gender, youth and digital democratic processes in East Africa

By Saskia Harmsen on Mon, Oct 31th, 2011
The Arab Spring has demonstrated a couple of things namely the power and importance of social media, the ability for technology to unite crowds of people in the shortest amount of time no...

Demonstration in extension and rural advisory services

By Raymond Erick Zva... on Wed, Sep 14th, 2011
Key message The article offers practitioners the recommendation to revisit demonstration in extension and rural advisory service delivery.

Recent Comments

ICT and Dehumanization of Women.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 15:25
HARRY EKIMIA ERIMA

The future of the Female child

Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 09:53
ACHEAMPONG SAMUEL...

Gender as a Cross-Cutting Issue

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 15:57
Saskia Harmsen

Great

Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 11:54
Abdul - Rashid Imoro

“ Better Life in Rural communities with ICTs”

Monday, April 25, 2011 - 18:07
Maureen Agena

Latest Wiki Pages

iConnect Gender general wiki

By Anne Schanz on Mon, Jan 24th, 2011
This space is for collaborative knowledge management on all topics related to ICT-for-Gender.

Latest News

Recherche d'experts pour participer au forum électronique sur les TIC et le genre du 9 AU 31 Mai 2011

By Klara Pigmans on Fri, Apr 22th, 2011
e-Agriculture est une communauté de pratique, mondiale, dans laquelle des personnes du monde entier échangent des informations, des idées et des ressources lié

WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

By Agbenyo John Stephen on Mon, Mar 14th, 2011
The President of the Tamale based Female ICT Teachers Association (FICTTA), Miss Angela Serwaa Boateng has called on all women in the field of Science and Technology to make themselves more visible to

Materials from the ICTD2010 conference

By Hassan Hamadu on Sun, Feb 20th, 2011
Materials from the ICTD2010 conference:

Upcoming Events

2nd ANNUAL ICT WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT

Agbenyo John Stephen
Wednesday, 28th September, 2011 - Friday, 30th September, 2011
The 2nd annual three-day summit on “ICT Women Empowerment Africa Summit” w
South Africa

ICTD2010 London

Anne Schanz
Monday, 13th December, 2010 - Thursday, 16th December, 2010
The conference is the latest in the series of highly successful international ICTD conferences held in Doha (2009),
United Kingdom

Recent Resources

Experiences of a Business woman on ICT Training and ICT Use

By Steve on Mon, Jul 18th, 2011
Video Resource
In this video, Mrs. Rita Dampson, a shea butter processor tells her story on her experiences of learning ICTs

Women Participation in ICTs - Experiences of FICTTA Members

By Steve on Mon, Jul 18th, 2011
Video Resource
An interaction between old FICTTA members and new FICTTA members. New FICTTA members share their experiences and excitement

Convergence of Radio and Mobile Telephony – Any Effects on Rural Access, Habits and Development?

By kenkubuga on Tue, May 3th, 2011
File Resource
Publication
Deliberations and summary of 3 separate focus group discussions involving 76 women from organised women 's groups in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Youths in Africa in Web 2.0 and Social Media

By zvavanyanger3 on Mon, Apr 18th, 2011
File Resource
Report
Last month during March 7-11, 2011, I participated in a youth training and exchange workshop in Ghana on Web 2.0 and social media for Development in Agriculture and Rural Development.

Video on public Launch of FICTTA

By Steve on Sun, Apr 17th, 2011
Video Resource
 This is a video on the public launch of the Female ICT Teachers Association (FICTTA) on the 14th o April 2011 in Tamale, Ghana.