Information and Communication Technologies
- Mon Aug 21 2006
Project development for expanding women’s digital opportunities
IT for Change presented a paper titled "Project Development for Expanding Women’s Digital Opportunities" at the Policy and Strategy for Digital Opportunities from the Gender Perspectives organised by Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC) in Seoul, South Korea in July 2006.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Mon Aug 14 2006
If copyright won't work, try copyleft
Copyleft is a play on the word copyright and is the practice of using copyright law to remove restrictions on the distribution of copies and modified versions of a work for others and require the same freedoms be preserved in modified versions.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Tue Aug 08 2006
E-government: An opportunity for citizen participation in the era of digital development
ICTs and e-government initiatives do not automatically imply participation. It is first necessary to ensure democratic participation mechanisms in the real life, which will later be strengthened in the virtual realm. No e-government initiative will be as successful as expected in a democratically deficient environment.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Thu Aug 03 2006
Will women really benefit from the digital revolution?
Interview to Marie-Helene Mottin-Sylla, author of the book "The Gender Digital Divide in Francophone Africa, a Harsh Reality".
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Mon Jul 24 2006
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) at the United Nations
This article looks at how various UN agencies use FOSS to meet the goal of putting technology at the service of people around the world.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Fri Jul 21 2006
UN creates Information Society Group (UNGIS)
UNGIS will serve as an interagency coordinating mechanism within the UN system to implement the outcomes of WSIS.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Thu Jul 20 2006
APDIP releases publication on open standards
The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP) launches publication that introduces readers to what open standards are and why they are important.
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Media
/Information and Communication Technologies
- Wed Jul 19 2006
UNESCO: WSIS implementation meetings
UNESCO is organizing four consultation meetings on WSIS Action Lines C3, C7, C9 and C10 from 16 to 19 October 2006 at its Headquarters in Paris. Governments, civil society and private sector are invited.
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Media
/Information and Communication Technologies
- Thu Jun 15 2006
IAMCR Conference: Knowledge societies for all
IAMCR 2006 Conference on Media & Communication Strategies will be held in Cairo, Egypt, July 23-28, 2006. The aim of ths conference is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on both theoretical and applied areas of IT.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Wed Jun 14 2006
Take a stand on Internet Governance!
The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is focusing public attention on the Bush administration's controversial and divisive assertion of unilateral control over the DNS root. IGP is urging Internet users everywhere to respond to the US government request for comments.
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