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From: Senaida Jansen ([email protected])
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 13:00:00 AST

>From: "Faccin, Patricia" <[email protected]>
>To: "tfgiwg6, ITU (MLIST)" <[email protected]>
>Subject: DAW On-line Discussion--Invitation
>Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:58:11 +0200
>
>You are invited to participate in the on-line discussion R20;Information
>and communication technologies (ICT) and their impact on and use as an
>instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women which will run
>from 17 June to 19 July 2002.
>
>If you are not yet registered, please see details at the end of the page.
>If you are already registered, please visit our web page:
>http://esaconf.un.org:80/~ictwomen
...
>Toward that end, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
>will consider ICT and their impact on, and use as an instrument for, the
>advancement and empowerment of women at its forty-seventh session in March
>2003. The outcome of the Commissions deliberations will also be a
>contribution to the forthcoming World Summit on the Information Society.
>
>To support these efforts, the United Nations Division for the Advancement
>of Women (DAW), in collaboration with the International Telecommunications
>Union (ITU), and the UN ICT Task Force Secretariat, is organizing an Expert
>Group Meeting on Information and communication technologies (ICT) and
>their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and
>empowerment of women, which will take place in the Republic of Korea in
>early November 2002.
>
>As part of this dialogue on ICT and gender equality, we invite your
>participation in an on-line discussion focused on ICT as a tool for the
>promotion of gender equality. We intend the discussion to demonstrate good
>practices and case studies of how ICT are indeed a tool for promoting
>gender equality. We want to showcase how ICT can enhance womens economic
>empowerment, increase their educational level, contribute to better health,
>and strengthen womens participation in decision-making and public debate.
>The emphasis is on the positive aspects, uses and applications of ICT that
>contribute to reducing gender-based inequalities and promote womens
>empowerment. We are interested in examples of innovative ICT solutions to
>overcome challenges women face in achieving equality. The role of women as
>key actors in designing national ICT policies, and in benefiting from
>ICT-supported economic growth, social development and participation in
>governance will also be explored.
...
>For additional information, please check our web page:
>http://esaconf.un.org:80/~ictwomen

Senaida Jansen

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