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Voices from digital spaces: Technology related violence against women
Voices from digital spaces: Technology related violence against women
“It’s like I’m getting raped every day”, said a victim/survivor of rape in Malaysia, after a new round of intimate photos of her were posted online.
Burkina Faso: Radio becomes eye opener for villagers on gender
Women in the village of Gomboussougou, some 160 km south east of Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, have decided to attend municipal meetings when they wish, a situation that was until recently unthink
ICT for Governance in Africa - Danida conference materials
On April 12th Danida convened a one-day conference on "ICT as a key driver for governance in sub-Saharan Africa -Strategies for using the transformative p
Video, Agriculture and Food Security: Innovations that link
The use of video in agriculture and rural development is not new. Anyone with any interest in the sector would have seen some fine productions shot on film or VHS.
Anita Borg Change Agent Awards
The Anita Borg Change Agent Awards celebrate the accomplishments of three technical women from, and who work in, developing countries. These three awards are designed to recognize
Educational games for rural schools
Just found this old post from Anne Schanz concerning the making of education
Call box in rural area, Burkina Faso
La femme qui voulait son téléphone portable Floby
C’est une histoire vraie. Dans un village du Burkina arrosé par les GSM , la fièvre des portables chauffe les corps et les esprits.
What are the consequences of new technologies on the environment, and how can we act responsibly, starting now?
Although this post from the EduTech Debate website is from Sept 2011, I just re-read it and I think it has valid guidelines for things to consider during ICT4D project proposal development stages, dur
L’appropriation de la radio rurale par les femmes
La radio rurale de l’Association Pag La Yiri située à Zabré se donne pour cette année 2012 le défi majeur d’intégrer plus de femmes dans le foncti

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Critically absent: Women in internet governance. A policy advocacy toolkit

Personal and social communication have changed substantially with the use of ICTs, social networks and text messages.

Voices from digital spaces: Technology related violence against women

“It’s like I’m getting raped every day”, said a victim/survivor of rape in Malaysia, after a new round of intimate photos of her were posted online.

Burkina Faso: Radio becomes eye opener for villagers on gender

Women in the village of Gomboussougou, some 160 km south east of Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, have decided to attend municipal meetings when they wish, a situation that was until...

ICT for Governance in Africa - Danida conference materials

On April 12th Danida convened a one-day conference on "ICT as a key driver for governance in sub-Saharan Africa -Strategies for using the transformative p

Video, Agriculture and Food Security: Innovations that link

The use of video in agriculture and rural development is not new. Anyone with any interest in the sector would have seen some fine productions shot on film or VHS.
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Educational games for rural schools

Just found this old post from Anne Schanz concerning the making of education

Computer based training delivery framework - any suggestions?

Do you happen to know a free and open source framework to be used in computer based training, with some of the following functionalities? - Both online or offline usage.

How can ICT effectively incoperate the traditional communication channels.

Traditional communication channels have over the years proved very effective and sustainable among the local populations of Eastern and Southern Africa.
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This space is for collaborative knowledge management on all topics related to ICT-for-Gender.
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You Can Acquire Open Source Companies, But You Can't Buy Open Source Community

You Can Acquire Open Source Companies, But You Can't Buy Open Source Community

Change Management Workshop for Educational Workers in Ghana

A one day workshop on Change Management has been organised by Savana Signatures for educational workers in the Tamale and th

ICT Innovation | call for articles

  ICT Update - issue 67 | ICT Innovation | call for articles  
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The State of Mobile Money in Zambia and Beyond

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Presentation
On Thursday 16 February 2012, BongoHive hosted a meetup on "The State of Mobile Money in Zambia and beyond"  

A Practical Approach to ICT for Development. Perspectives from the SAFIPA Programme

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Publication
The SAFIPA final publication,  marking the conclusion of the SAFIPA programme,

ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook (InfoDev)

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Manual
The ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook is intended to offer agriculture and other development practitioners a set of tested solutions, good practices, and methodologies, along with promising applicati

Mobile Phone Technology improving Health Care

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This bibliography covers information from a wide variety of sources on the topic of mHealth, including websites, journal articles, newspaper reports, books and videos.

Savana Signatures Trains Headteachers in Basic ICT

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This video resource is about a three weeks ICT capacity building that was organsied for some selected heateachers/ basic school administrators in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.
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