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In this section you can find regional researches concerning women and ICT as well as texts that have analytical approach towards the position of women in information society and beyond.

Feminist Media Coverage of the Social Forums
Christina Haralanova \| 26 November 2007
Alternative’ events focusing on globalisation, such as the European and World Social Forums, and the World Summits on the Information Society generally ignore issues related to women’s rights. This article describes the experience of a team of women - some professional journalists, and others who had never written for publication - which created its own media in order to provide a feminist perspective on several of these events. In so doing, the team aimed to influence the discussion and debate at these events, as well as providing women’s and feminist organisations with a source of information about the global issues under discussion. >>>

Regional GEM Seminar, Sarajevo
Eleonora Delova \| 21 November 2007
Sarajevo hosted the first regional meeting of the Regional GEM (Gender Evaluation Methodology) Seminar, October 19-21, organized by the Foundation OneWorld platform for Southeast Europe. Representatives of women organizations from the region participated in the Seminar. >>>

Resource: "Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders"
26 September 2007
A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders is aimed to help women human rights defenders name the specific risks, violations and constraints they face in their work. It presents a practical discussion of the useful mechanisms developed by the state and also the civil society to provide redress and remedy, and to protect women human rights defenders. It is intended to be used by human rights and other organisations to further a gender perspective in the monitoring and documentation of human rights. >>>

Resource: 20 Key Gender Websites in French
9 November 2006
This paper lists twenty websites in French which provide a variety of information on gender. These include sites from southern and northern based organisations and multilateral organisations who are involved in gender equality work and advocating for women’s rights. >>>

New Report: "Wikis, Webs, and Networks: Creating Connections for Conflict-Prone Setting"
9 November 2006
This report recommends ways to improve connectivity between the various actors working in conflict prone settings. The ultimate goal of enhanced connectivity is to enable local populations to prevent and mitigate conflict and help rebuild their country. This report is intended for civilians as well as the military, the public and private sectors, and Americans as well as international and national actors. >>>

Women’s NGOs and ICTs in Macedonia
Eleonora Delova \| 13 May 2006
WITT has a practice of surveying the general ICT needs of women’s NGOs in a country, as a part of developing a training program for those organizations. >>>

Assessment Of Key ICT Policy Issues And Capacity Building Needs In CEE’s Civil Society
Valentina Pellizzer \| 6 December 2005
The main goal of the assessment is to identify priority Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy issues and Civil Society needs in the context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). >>>

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New Approach: ICTs to Help Violence Against Women
Christina Haralanova | 8 November 2005

Digital Dangers: Information And Communication Technologies And Trafficking In Women
Lenka Simerska | 26 October 2005

Women in Information and Communication Technologies
Lenka Simerska | 6 September 2005

Women in Francophone Africa a Third Less Likely to Benefit from ICTs than Men
Christina Haralanova | 24 August 2005

Gender mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the Millennium Development Goals
Maria Velichkova | 22 June 2005

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