[Ict4women] Feminist Technology Exchange at AWID Forum in Capetown, South Africa

[Sophia Huyer]

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From: <sharon at femlinkpacific.org.fj>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:23:46 +0000
Subject: [pacwin] More on FTX

A note to Pacific AWID followers and participants - femlinkpacific  
will be
based at the FTX hub as we will be continuing with the audio track/radio
productions; FIRE webcasts from AWID will also be located at the hub;



The following by Erica Smith:

More than 100 women’s rights activists from
46 countries are converging on Cape Town 10 – 12 November to harness the
creative and strategic use of video, audio, social networking platforms,
digital storytelling, mobile phones and community wireless networks for
women’s transformation, activism, advocacy and movement building at the
Feminist Tech Exchange (FTX).



The Feminist Tech Exchange 10-12 November will explore feminist  
practices
and politics of technology and raise awareness on the critical role of
communication rights in the struggle to advance women’s rights  
worldwide.
Recognising the historical and current contributions of women in shaping
technology, the Feminist Tech Exchange grounds technology in women’s
realities and lives. Five simultaneous training tracks led by a  
community of
trainers from all latitudes will offer participants hands-on  
experience in
information and communications technologies (ICT) for activism.

Daily thematic dialogues will examine communication rights issues and  
how
they relate to women’s rights, including violence against women,
participatory governance and women’s ownership of knowledge.  
Participants
can also share the knowledge, skills and capacity they bring to the  
event in
open exchange sessions throughout the three-day exchange.  FTX Hub 14-17
November Immediately following the Feminist Tech Exchange,  
participants will
put new skills and knowledge into practice at the FTX Hub during the
Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) 2008 Forum on  
Movement
Building 14 – 17 November, also to be held in Cape Town with more than  
1500
in attendance.



The FTX hub offers a central meeting place during the AWID Forum for any
Forum participant to find out about the interconnections of technology,
communication rights, and feminism. They can build on their tech skills,
blog, learn how women in different corners of the world use the  
internet for
advocacy, or go on a tech hunt for the online campaign to end violence
against women, Take Back the Tech.(http://takebackthetech.net). The  
Hub will
spotlight the critical role that ICTs can play in movement building. FTX
Online – http://ftx.apcwomen.org Through FTX Online, the FTX community  
will
reach out to wider audiences using their new technology skills –  
emailing,
shooting videos, recording, broadcasting, social networking and sms- 
ing –
moving information onto the internet and out into the world directly  
from
the AWID Forum.

The website will also have resources and useful tools to support  
feminist
practices of technology. Visitors will have the opportunity to see,  
hear,
read and comment on the creative and strategic ways that other  
organisations
have used technology to advance women’s rights around the world.

Who is
behind FTX? FTX is organised by the Association for Progressive
Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) and the
Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), together with  
local
partner Women’sNet.  The FTX community of facilitators, coordinators and
trainers is made up of a team of 20 women from different parts of the  
world,
sharing their skills, experience, knowledge, energy and commitment into
shaping the FTX.

FTX is supported by the International Development Research Centre  
(IDRC),
Global Fund for Women, OXFAM Novib and Abigail Disney. The APC WNSP is a
global network that focuses on strengthening network building within the
women’s movement and advancing women’s rights through the strategic  
use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs). APC WNSP is part of  
the
Association for Progressive Communications, an international network of
civil society associations dedicated to empowering and supporting people
working for peace, gender justice, human rights, development and the
protection of the environment. http://www.apcwomen.org

AWID is an international feminist membership organisation that works to
strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women’s rights advocates,
organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the
rights of women.

To learn more about AWID, go to: http://www.awid.org



Women’sNet is a feminist organisation that works to advance gender  
equality
and justice in South Africa through the use of ICT. We provide  
training and
facilitate content dissemination and creation that supports women,  
girls,
and women’s and gender organisations and networks to take control of  
their
own content and ICT use. http://www.womensnet.org.za



Submitted by
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls
Coordinator - femLINKPACIFIC
+6799244871
(Mobile)
+6793310303 (Office DL)
www.femlinkpacific.org.fj

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