From shuyer at wigsat.org Tue Oct 5 09:35:50 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:35:50 -0400 Subject: [Ict4women] APC Job advert: Consulting Services Coordinator Message-ID: APC CONSULTING SERVICES COORDINATOR The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is looking for a creative and results-driven individual to lead, develop and manage its consulting services. APC is a global network of civil society organizations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability. www.apc.org APC is building its capacity to provide fee-for-service consulting as part of its overall resource mobilisation and sustainability strategy. APC will provide consultancy services in its strategic areas of competencies which are: capacity building in gender evaluation, capacity building in strategic use of information and communication technologies, policy development and research, network building, and advocacy. The Consulting Services Coordinator will be responsible for developing and managing consultancy services that will contribute to implementing APC's strategic plan and delivering its mission. The area of consulting services which APC would like to develop first is capacity building in gender evaluation. Application deadline: 31 October 2010 Start date: Immediate APC's has varying strategic and operational capacities in delivering consultancies. In the last 10 years, APC has gained experience and built its competency in gender evaluation and developed the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) for the Internet and ICT Initiatives. Based on this expertise, APC is ready to implement a three-year GEM strategic business plan that will help organisations understand and show how their initiatives are transforming women's lives and contributing to achieving gender equality. APC's GEM services will focus on developing capacity of organisations in gender evaluation. APC is also known for its excellent work in building capacity of diverse organisations including civil society, communicators, policymakers and private sector in ICT policy advocacy and strategic ICT use. Much of APC's work in these areas has emerged from relationships formed through implementing projects, advocacy work and through APC's extensive international network. In the next six months, the focus of APC's business development will be in developing its GEM services and establishing systems and processes for all APC's consultancy services. The Consulting Services Coordinator will report to the Women's Networking Support Programme Manager and will be responsible for: ? Review and implementation of the GEM?s business plan; ? Design and development of a suite of products for GEM consulting services; ? Design and implementation of a marketing strategy to promote GEM consulting products and services; ? Securing GEM consultancies and managing relationships with GEM clients; ? Financial planning and management of GEM consulting services; ? Managing GEM consultancy staff and sub-contractors. ? Building and maintaining strategic relationships with potential clients and actively embarking on outreach programmes; ? Establishing systems and processes for all APC consultancies working with APC?s finance and administration team; ? Managing and monitoring the implementation of APC?s consulting service delivery; The person we are looking for will have: ? Experience in project/programme management (at least five years); ? Experience in business development (including fundraising) and marketing ? Experience and background in civil society networking; ? Enthusiasm for networking and inclusive network building; ? Experience in managing people; ? Experience in the design and development of business systems and processes; ? Sound financial skills and understanding of business management principles; ? The ability to plan and think strategically; ? Sound academic qualifications in a related area. Other requirements ? Excellent computer and internet skills and experience in working in an online environment; ? Good writing skills and experience in writing reports; ? Excellent English writing and oral communication skills, including public speaking experience; ? Able to work in a team and under pressure; ? Able to work independently and to manage people mainly via online communications; ? Able to travel. Advantages: ? Ability to communicate in Spanish and/or French Organisational relationships: The successful applicant will report to the Programme Manager: Women?s Networking Support Programme and work closely with APC's Executive Director. They will be responsible for building and managing the GEM consulting service team. Remuneration and duration of contract: This is a full time contract for an initial six-month period (renewable depending on performance and availability of funding). Remuneration is based on APC's salary scale for the position. Short-listed candidates will receive specific information on the salary range on request. Location: The incumbent can work from anywhere in the world provided they have excellent internet access. APC provides an equipment allowance but require staff to use their own computers. Some international and regional travel will be required. APC is a truly virtual organisation and does not have a physical headquarters. We do our work online. For this position we want to particularly encourage candidates from the global South to apply. How to apply: Please send a CV and a covering letter IN ENGLISH that illustrate your interest in the position. You should include the following information: ? Description of your interest in working with the APC ? Your background/interest in dealing with issues around gender equality ? Your background in the design and development of income generating entities ? Description of your background in project management and team coordination, specifically in an international and/or online context ? Description of your computer skills ? Where you live ? Languages you speak and write ? Other information you think might be of importance to our assessment of your application ? Three references: names, relationship, contact details; at least one of these should be related to project or campaign that you have managed. Please send this information via email with ? Consulting Services Coordinator? in the subject line to: jobs at apc.org by 31 October 2010. -- Emilar E. Vushe Office of the Executive Director Association for Progressive Communications (APC) P O Box 29755, Melville, 2109 Johannesburg, South Africa Email: emilar at apc.org Skype: emilarvushe Website : www.apc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Fri Oct 8 10:49:47 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:49:47 -0400 Subject: [Ict4women] IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Message-ID: <5D4D6432-1981-45D8-B4AE-15AF9EC9F5E2@wigsat.org> IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Since 1982, IDRC has assisted Canadian graduate students to undertake their thesis research in the field of international development. IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian and developing-country capacity in research on sustainable and equitable development from an international perspective. These awards are intended for field research in one or more developing countries. Research proposals that include comparative research between a developing country and Canada or have a Canadian component, even if it is not a comparative research, will not be considered for this competition. Candidates should apply for a Canadian Window on International Development Award (http://www.idrc.ca/awards/ev-23376-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html) for support of comparative research that must be a part of their degree program. In principle, IDRC supports research on all parts of the developing regions of the world. At this time, Fellowships and Awards is not supporting awards which involve research in Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Eastern Europe or Central Asia. Eligible Fields of Study Applications will be accepted for research at the doctoral level in areas corresponding to IDRC's research priorities. IDRC's research activities focus on four program areas: Social and Economic Policy Environment and Natural Resource Management Information and Communication Technologies for Development Innovation, Policy and Science Eligibility Applicants must meet the following conditions for eligibility: Hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residency status in Canada, or hold a citizenship of a developing country; Be enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian university; Research proposal is for a doctoral thesis and has been approved by the thesis supervisor; Proposed field research will take place in a developing country; Provide evidence of affiliation with an institution or organization in the region in which the research will take place; Have completed course work and passed comprehensive examinations by the time of award tenure. Duration Award tenure corresponds to a period of field research, which will be no less than 3 months and, in general, no more than 12 months. Value The award will cover justifiable field research expenses to a maximum of CA$20,000 per year. Number of Awards Variable Deadline April 1, 2010 (awards will be announced around the end of September 2010). November 1, 2010 (awards will be announced in May 2011). Applications Applications will be evaluated according to criteria, such as relevance to sustainable and equitable development and to IDRC priorities, quality of the research proposal, and suitability of the candidate. Re-applicants, whose research proposal was reviewed and was unsuccessful, must explain, in a covering letter, what changes have been made since the last application and specify where to find the changes in the proposal. Please note that Centre policy stipulates that an individual cannot apply more than twice, if unsuccessful, for the same IDRC award. However, this policy does not apply to Internship Awards. Candidates may apply for a renewal of funding for a second year of field work if the nature of the research requires a second season of data collection. Renewals are an exception and are provided for those disciplines that may need to deal with the uncertainties of growing seasons and climatic characteristics that affect data collection. If there are ethical questions connected with the research, the applicant may, at IDRC's discretion, be required to submit the appropriate approval from the Ethic's Committee of the University. Please submit all documents listed in the Checklist of documents to be submitted by candidates. Complete applications must be received at the Centre by the deadline. Incomplete applications will NOT be considered for the competition. Applications must be sent to the following address: By regular mail, Canada Post Priority Post, or XPRESSPOST: IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Fellowships and Awards International Development Research Centre (IDRC) PO Box 8500 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3H9 By courier services: IDRC Doctoral Research Awards Fellowships and Awards International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 150 Kent Street, Mailroom Suite 990 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 0B2 Fax: (1 613) 236-4026 Telephone: (1 613) 696-2098 E-mail: awards at idrc.ca We thank all applicants for their interest and will contact those candidates whose academic background, quality of the research proposal, and skills best match the criteria of the Award. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Tue Oct 12 17:45:08 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:45:08 -0400 Subject: [Ict4women] Rich v. Poor Country ICT Statistics and Charts Online Message-ID: <0150D6A3-C635-47BF-838D-47816AACA55A@wigsat.org> From [s-asia-it] Worldwide mobile, Internet and broadband data for 1998-2009 is now available online at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/tag/ict4d-statistics/ Based on ITU data, this provides a compiled and cleaned-up spreadsheet of data; charts comparing technology penetration levels in countries grouped by income; 'digital gap' charts comparing richest vs. poorest countries; and 'digital lag' data showing how many years behind the richest countries are the poorest countries. Other items available at - http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/tag/ict4d-statistics/ - include Google motion chart visualisations of mobile and broadband data over time, and data on worldwide ICT4D expenditure and the Indian IT sector. To subscribe to the blog, visit: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/feed/ For source data, visit: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Indicators/Indicators.aspx Richard Heeks Director, Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi From shuyer at wigsat.org Tue Oct 19 10:00:30 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:00:30 -0400 Subject: [Ict4women] Mobile Phones for Women Message-ID: <4E2175B8-3222-4478-A416-F121F4415A34@wigsat.org> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11492427 Website Link Includes Video. mWOMEN PROJECT - MOBILE PHONES FOR WOMEN 7 October 2010 Cherie Blair: "There is so much you can do with a mobile phone." A woman living in sub-Saharan Africa is 23% less likely than a man to own a mobile phone, according to research. This figure rises to 24% in the Middle East and increases again to 37% for a woman living in South Asia, found the study by the GSM Association. In total, it found, 300 million fewer women than men in developing countries owned a mobile. An initiative called mWomen proposes to halve this "gender gap" within three years. The programme, championed by Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aims to provide 150 million women around the world with access to mobile phone technology. Mrs Blair said there were many benefits a mobile phone could bring to women. "There is so much you can do with a mobile phone," she told the BBC World Service. "It can help with literacy. It can help with health programmes and projects and it's a way of helping women develop small businesses and get financial independence." 'Essential item' As part of the initiative, there will be tariffs created especially for women as well as the development of a female-specific handset. It will also create projects to educate men about the positive aspects of women owning a mobile phone. Seventeen global mobile phone operators have already signed up to the mWomen programme, pledging more than $10m (?6.2m) between them. According to a survey by the GSMA, more than half of all female business owners in poor countries reported earning more money because of their mobile phone. One such woman is Samanthi, who lives in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and has a small business selling charcoal stoves. "It's really difficult to do business without a mobile phone," she said. "A phone is an essential item. My customers can contact me anytime, from any place." 'Transformational effect' Mrs Blair said it was not just the women who would benefit from the initiative. "If you help a woman set up a business, you're not just helping her, you're helping her children and her family. That has a ripple effect on the wider community," she said. Samanthi in Sri Lanka agrees- she said that the money she earned could go towards her children's education. The potential benefits are not solely financial. Reports suggest 93% of women feel safer because of their mobile phone; 85% say they feel more independent. Mrs Blair was confident the initiative could achieve results. "If we can reach 150 million women across the world and you multiply the effect of those women reinvesting in their family and in their local community, we are talking a potential transformational effect in development." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Tue Oct 19 10:01:23 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:01:23 -0400 Subject: [Ict4women] Executive Director: Women'sNet - deadline 21 October Message-ID: From GAIN. Executive Director: Women'sNet Deadline: 21 October 2010 Women?sNet, a feminist NGO based in Johannesburg, which promotes the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for social change is looking for a competent, experienced and self motivated woman with leadership qualities for the position of Executive Director. All interested candidates should submit their CV and a motivation letter to eunice at womensnet.org.za. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. To find out more about the organisation, visit www.womensnet.org.za. -- .................................................... jennifer radloff association for progressive communications women's networking support programme (apc wnsp) located: cape town, south africa jenny_apc jenny at apcwomen.org apc.org|apcwomen.org|takebackthetech.net genderit.org|genardis.apcwomen.org ftx.apcwomen.org ?To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work? 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URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Thu Oct 21 09:30:22 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:30:22 -0000 Subject: [Ict4women] Press Release - Statistics on World's Women In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Anne Michelle Rehagen Reply-To: Pacific Women's Information Network Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:32:14 -0400 To: Pacific Women's Information Network Cc: Sheryl Ho Conversation: Press Release - Statistics on World's Women Subject: [pacwin] Press Release - Statistics on World's Women Wednesday 20 October, 2010 For inquiries, contact: Sheryl Ho, Communications Officer, tel: +679 330 1178 ext 300; mobile: +679 9239 215; email: sheryl.ho at unifem.org United Nations Releases Comprehensive Statistics on World?s Women Progress in women?s schooling and economic participation, but much more is needed to close the gender gap New York - The United Nations today released The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics, a one-of-a-kind compilation of the latest data documenting progress for women worldwide in eight key areas: population and families, health, education, work, power and decision-making, violence against women, environment and poverty. In the book?s introduction, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon states that The World's Women 2010 ?finds that progress in ensuring the equal status of women and men has been made in many areas, including school enrolment, health and economic participation. At the same time, it makes clear that much more needs to be done, in particular to close the gender gap in public life and to prevent the many forms of violence to which women are subjected.? In the Pacific, women's representation in parliament is amongst the lowest in the world and eradicating violence against women remains a significant challenge. However, in 2009 and 2010 we have also witnessed new interest and initiatives emerging among the Pacific governments to address the gender gap in political participation and to end violence against women. UN agencies are contributing a range of technical and financial support to these important initiatives. ?Regular and reliable statistics on these issues are vital for government, civil society and the general public to know where urgent action is needed and where progress is being made,? said Ms Elizabeth Cox, head of the UNIFEM Pacific Office. According to the World Economic Forum?s Global Gender Gap Report 2010 index, the only Pacific Islands nation ranked out of the 137 countries is Fiji (108). In 2009, Fiji was ranked 103. The World's Women 2010 is being released today, as part of World Statistics Day. Commemorated for the first time this year, World Statistics Day recognizes the vital role that official statistics play in monitoring economic progress, social trends and environmental changes. The United Nations supports Pacific Island States in their efforts to strengthen their statistical capacity, particularly in relation to data on the economic and social differences between women and men, girls and boys. For the full report: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/Worldswomen/WW2010pub.htm _______________________________________________ Gain mailing list Gain at lists.apcwomen.org http://lists.apcwomen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: