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MISTICA: Young Women in ICT

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Fri Oct 17 2003 - 07:01:10 AST

>Subject: Dialogue to Action among Young Women in ICT
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:39:23 -0500
>From: "Maja Andjelkovic" <[email protected]>
>
>Talk to Her: A Dialogue to Action among Young Women in ICT
>
>Understanding Challenges, Identifying Needs and Building Communities of
>Learning
>
>For more info and to sign up, please visit:
>http://groups.takingitglobal.org/ycdogender
>
> From October 24 until November 21st 2003, young women from
>across the globe will connect in an electronic forum to
>discuss strategies for the integration of gender dimensions
>and empowerment of young women and girls at all levels of
>the ICT for development field.
>
>
>Their goals will be to identify challenges, prioritize needs
>for support and uncover strategies for building communities
>of learning that will allow young women to begin or advance
>their engagement with ICTs.
>
>
>Background documents and case studies will supplement the
>discussions by summarizing the involvement of young women and
>girls in policy processes such as the World Summit on the
>Information Society, and by examining the existing global and
>regional communities available to young women in ICT for
>development.
>
>*~*~*~*~* Discussion Themes *~*~*~*~*
>� Pre-conference: Introductions (24-31 October)
>Participants will be encouraged to introduce themselves, their
>perspectives on information communication technologies, and
>their experiences in using ICT for development. Participants
>will also be presented during this time with a background on
>the WSIS process and the Action Plan of Youth Creating Digital
>Opportunities.
>
>� Week 1: Supporting young women involved in ICT4D policy-making
> (1 - 7 Nvember)
>Discussions will focus on why/how young women choose to (or not to)
>participate in ICT4D policy processes. Case studies of the WSIS
>and CSW Youth Caucus, as well the CSW, will be used to explore what
>effective participation in decision-making means for young women
>and how it might be fostered.
>
>� Week 2: Supporting young women involved in ICT4D projects
> (8 - 14 November)
>Guided by pointed questions, participants will be encouraged to
>a) share stories of specific ICT4D initiatives led by young women
>and girls, and b) identify strategies for enabling young women
>and girls to act as leaders in ICT4D at the grassroots level.
>This discussion should touch on the design of support mechanisms
>(e.g. internships, mentorships,training, recognition, and
>financing) which take the specific needs of young women into account.
>
>� Week 3: Community and conclusions
> (15 - 21 November)
>While there have been many initiatives to empower young women and
>girls in the field of ICT4D, there has been little visible effort
>on a continuous basis to enable these young women act as a community
>of learning, supporting each other's ideas and encouraging the
>involvement of new girls and young women. This week will help to
>assess how a structured community might emerge within the overall
>YCDO framework, enabling the continuity of young women's work in the
>field.
>
>This online discussion is facilitated by
>Youth Creating Digital Opportunities (YCDO),
>a coalition of organizations committed to
>enabling young people to achieve their full
>potential in the field of information
>communication technologies.
>
>The YCDO Community gathers hundreds of
>young people in a variety of contexts, including
>the online space at www.ycdo.net

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