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WORLD SUMMIT OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY. DECEMBER 2003, GENEVA. PUTTING GENDER ON THE AGENDA. PARTNERS IN THE PREPARATORY PROCESS. GOVT/UN and UN AGENCIES. CIVIL SOCIETY. PRIVATE SECTOR. PUTTING GENDER ON THE AGENDA. UN, CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRIVATE SECTOR - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WORLD SUMMIT OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
DECEMBER 2003, GENEVA
GOVT/UN and UN
AGENCIESCIVIL
SOCIETY
PRIVATE SECTOR
UN, CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRIVATE SECTOR PREPARATORY PROCESSES FOR WSIS
WORLD SUMMIT ON THE
INFORMATIONSOCIETY
Dec. 10-12 2003
CIVILSOCIETY
CIVILSOCIETY
CIVILSOCIETY
PREPCOMI
PREPCOMII
PREPCOMIII
July 1-5, 2002 Feb. 17-28, 2003 Sep.15-26, 2003
PARALLEL AND SHARED PLANNING MEETINGS
A. PREPCOMS
WSIS GENDER CAUCUS
NGO GENDER STRATEGIES WORKING GROUP
MIDDLE EAST
GOVTS
N.AMERICAAND EUROPE
GOVTS
ASIA/PACIFICGOVTS
L.AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
GOVTS
AFRICANGOVTS
REGIONAL MEETINGS
B. REGIONAL MTGS
BAMAKO, MALI, MAY 25-30, 2002
WSIS GENDER CAUCUS FORMED
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, NOVEMBER
7-9, 2002
TOKYO, JAPAN, JAN. 12-14, 2003
BAVARO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
JAN. 29-31, 2003
BEIRUT, LEBANON, FEB. 4-6, 2003
WSIS GENDER ADVOCATES
WSIS GENDER
ADVOCATES
WSIS GENDER
ADVOCATES
WSIS GENDER
ADVOCATES
WSIS GENDER CAUCUS -MULTI-STAKEHOLDER-
THE WSIS GENDER CAUCUS INCLUDES MEN AND WOMEN FROM NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, NGOS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE UN SYSTEM.
THIS CAUCUS WAS FORMED DURING THE AFRICAN REGIONAL PREPARATORY CONFERENCE IN BAMAKO, MALI, MAY 2002.
THE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WSIS GENDER CAUCUS AFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT FOR WSIS AND COMMITS ITS WORK TOWARDS THE GOALS OF WSIS BY SHARING INFORMATION AND IDEAS ON STRATEGIES FOR INCLUDING GENDER EQUALITY GOALS AND ENSURING WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE WSIS PROCESS.
NGO GENDER STRATEGIES WORKING GROUP
THIS IS A FORMATION OF WOMEN’S INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR GENDER ADVOCACY WITHIN THE WSIS CONTEXT AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES. THIS GROUP IS DISTINCT FROM, THOUGH ALIGNED WITH, THE WSIS GENDER CAUCUS.
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER GENDER CAUCUS
NGO GENDER STRATEGIES WG
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO GET GENDER ON THE
WSIS AGENDA
THIS GROUP IS SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN:
ENSURING THAT ALL NGO DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS INCLUDE GENDER CONCERNS AND A GENDER PERSPECTIVE THROUGHOUT
RAISING THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT WOMEN’S NGOs MIGHT HAVE IN RELATION TO CIVIL SOCIETY PROCESSES AND AVENUES FOR PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATING IN BOTH CIVIL SOCIETY PLENARY AND WSIS GENDER CAUCUS IN THEIR LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS
RAISING AWARENESS WITHIN THE WIDER WOMEN’S MOVEMENT CONTEXT ABOUT WSIS AND THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CONCERNS THAT SHOULD BE ADVOCATED FOR BY WOMEN’S MOVEMENT ACTORS.
NGO GENDER STRATEGIES WORKING GROUP
ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT (AWID), INTERNATIONAL FORUM, GUADELAJARA, MEXICO, OCT. 3-6, 2002
UN EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON GENDER AND ICTS, SEOUL, KOREA, NOVEMBER 11-15, 2002
FEMINIST ENCUENTRO, COSTA RICA, DECEMBER, 2002
UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, MAJOR THEME: GENDER AND ICTS, MARCH 3-14, 2003
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES CONGRESS, MONTREAL, CANADA, OCTOBER 7-14, 2002
UN EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON WOMEN AND MEDIA,BEIRUT, LEBANON, NOVEMBER 12-16, 2002
NGO GENDER STRATEGIESIN AN EFFORT TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION OF IDEAS AND STRATEGIES AROUND GENDER AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY, WORKSHOPS AND/OR PANELS HAVE TAKEN, OR WILL TAKE PLACE AT:
AT PREPCOM 1, JULY 2002, THERE WERE NO DECISIONS TAKEN ON THE THEMES OF THE SUMMIT. HOWEVER, 4 CORE ISSUES EMERGED…..
E-LEARNING, ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.
E-GOVERNMENT, GOVERNANCE ISSUES: HOW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE USED BY GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS TO SECURE TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE, ACCESS TO COMMUNITY INFORMATION, IMPROVE CITIZEN’ PARTICIPATION AND DIMINISH BUREACRACY.
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E-INCLUSION, BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION FOR ALL ISSUES: APPLICATIONS OF ICTS IN DAILY LIFE, WORK AND E-HEALTH. FUNDAMENTAL IN THIS REGARD ARE GENDER ISSUES, AFFORDABILITY OF ICTS SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE CONTENT.
ICTs AND NETWORK SECURITY ISSUES: ESTABLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY SYSTEMS AND COLLABORATION AMONG COUNTRIES ON NETWORK SECURITY. ELECTRONIC SECURITY. FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION.
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4.
4 KEY ISSUES (continued)
A POSSIBLE FIFTH THEME? GENDER IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
(From the Beijing Platform for Action: Section J)Strategic Objective J.1:
Increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through the media and new technologies of communication.
Support women’s education, training and employment to promote and ensure women’s equal access to all areas and levels of the media
Promote women’s full and equal participation in the media, including management, programming, education, training and research
Encourage the participation of women in the development of professional guidelines and codes of conduct or other appropriate self-regulatory mechanisms to promote balanced and non-stereotyped portrayals of women by the media.
Encourage and recognize women’s media networks, including electronic networks and other new technologies of communication, as a means for the dissemination of infor-mation and the exchange of views…
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Gender in the Information Society
GENDERINPUT
GENDERINPUTGENDER
INPUT
GENDERINPUT
TO SUMMARIZE: WOMEN WANT GENDER INPUT INTEGRATED INTO ALL PARTS OF THE WSIS
POLICY DOCUMENT
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GENDERINPUT
GENDERINPUT
GENDERINPUT
GENDERINPUT
THIS WILL INEVITABLY CHANGE THE SHAPE OFTHE DOCUMENT….
Gender in the Information Society4
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IN SEPTEMBER 16-18 2002, AN
INFORMAL SESSION ON CONTENT
AND THEMES WAS HELD
A CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT WAS PREPARED
AND DELIVERED TO THE INFORMAL SESSION.
KEY AMONGST THE POINTS IN THE STATEMENT WERE
KEY POINTS IN WSIS
CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MUST BE THE BASIS FOR WSIS.
THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SOCIETY MUST NECESSARILY HAVE PEOPLE AT ITS CENTER.
CROSS-CUTTING THEMES IN THE
CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENTINCLUDED
1. BRIDGING DIVIDES AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SOCIETY
AND
2. GENDER PERSPECTIVES:IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MILLENNIUM DECLARATION, THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DESCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ADOPTED BY THE UN, THE WSIS MUST ADDRESS GENDER PERSPECTIVES WITHIN THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SOCIETY IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE AGENDA.
FOCUSED ON THE BROAD THEMES OF REDUCING
GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND IMPROVING
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION SOCIETY, CAPACITY BUILDING AND
TRAINING FOR WOMEN, AND THE USE OF ICTS TO
IMPROVE THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF WOMEN
WORLDWIDE.
GENDER PERSPECTIVES
SUPPORTING WIDE PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN ICT SPECIALISTS IN POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING AT ALL LEVELS IN THE ICT SECTOR;
SUPPORTING WOMEN’S GREATER ACCESS AND CONTROL OVER RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR THEIR EMPOWERMENT;
ENCOURAGING WOMEN TO EXPLORE THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE TECHNOLOGIES CURRENTL AVAILABLE;
SPECIFIC THEMES INCLUDE:
GENDER PERSPECTIVES
ENHANCING THE POSSIBILITIES OF WOMEN AT ALL LEVELS UTILIZING ICT TOOLS TO TRANSFORM GENDER HEIRARCHIES IN SOCIETY AND TO CHALLENGE STEREOTYPED ROLES THAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FULFILL;
USING NEW AND ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ICTS TO COUNTER THE NEGATIVE PORTRAYALS OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA, EXAMINING AND ADDRESSING OLD AND NEW FORMS OF EXPLOITATION AND VILENCE AGIANST WOMEN IN THE INFORATION AND COMMUNICATION SOCIETY.
GENDER PERSPECTIVES
AT PREPCOM 2, FEB. 17-28, 2003, CIVIL SOCIETY SUDDENLY FOUND THAT THEY WERE BEING SHUT OUT
A FEW COUNTRIES DECIDED THAT THE VOICE OF CIVIL SOCIETY WAS NOT TO HAVE INPUT INTO OFFICIAL
DOCUMENTS.
ALSO
FINAL DRAFTS OF THE PLAN OF ACTION DID NOT CONTAIN A SINGLE REFERENCE TO GENDER EQUITY, GENDER ISSUES
AND/OR GENDER CONCERNS.
A GROUP OF GENDER ADVOCATES FROM EVERY WORLD REGION, MET INFORMALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PREPCOM, MR ADAMA SAMASSEKOU (MALI), TO SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT THE ABSENCE OF GENDER IN THE LATEST DRAFT DOCUMENTS, AND TO RESPOND TO HIS “OPEN LETTER” DELIVERED TO DELEGATES IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE PREPCOM.
THEY RECEIVED A SYMPATHETIC HEARING AND AN ASSURANCE THAT HE WOULD TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SITUATION.
INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP
JULY, UNESCO/PARIS
PREPCOM 3
SEPTEMBER 15-26, 2003,
GENEVA
GENDERINPUT
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GENDERINPUT
?
TRAINING/EDUCATION
RIGHT TOCOMMUNICATEOWNERSHIP
AND CONTROL
ACCESS
BY REGION BY ISSUE
WOMEN WORLDWIDE HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO DISCUSS GENDER INPUT INTO THE WSIS
POLICY DOCUMENTS…….
* e-governance
* distance learning
* telecommunications
* e-commerce
….IN FULL RECOGNITION THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ARE BROAD AND MULTI-FACETED, INCLUDING
SUCH AREAS AS:
* e-empowerment!
A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IS THEREFOREIMPERATIVE AT ALL LEVELS AND IN ALL
ISSUES AND THEMES
THIS PRESENTATION WAS PREPARED BY:
Anne S.Walker, International Women’s Tribune Centre,
For the NGO Gender Strategies Working Group
UPDATED FEBRUARY 2003