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Bulgaris's Annual Report on Youth for 2007 (29 septembre 2008)
Internet broadband access (29 septembre 2008)
Bio for all - The eighth edition of an organic farming exhibition (8 septembre 2008)
The 21st informatics Olympiad will be held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (3 septembre 2008)
New Project Addressing the Sexual Exploitation of Children Online (14 décembre 2007)
HIV sufferers in Bulgaria - statistics (28 novembre 2007)
„Bulgaria Beyond the facts“: Economical Competitive Power and the Young people in Bulgaria (28 novembre 2007)
The United Nations Development Programme – Bulgaria and Gallup International have presented the results from a survey about “Economic Competitiveness and the Young People in Bulgaria”.
Third National Competition for a child drawing: "Children and the World" (26 novembre 2007)
The Network of East-West Women-Polska (NEWW): Economic and Political Institute for Women (26 novembre 2007)
President praises Open Source conference in Sofia (5 novembre 2007)
Romanian public libraries to use Open Source (11 octobre 2007)
Macedonia to supply all school with GNU/Linux desktops (27 septembre 2007)
Kindergarten and School Teachers Go on Effective Strike (21 septembre 2007)
How is the issue of child poverty addressed across Europe? (14 septembre 2007)
Much is said about adult poverty, and yet in the European Union, it is children that are most at risk of poverty. According to Eurostat figures (2005), 20% of dependent under 16 in the EU were living in poverty, compared to 16% of adults. Poverty is not only a denial of children’s fundamental rights, it also mortgages the future wellbeing of European society. For example, numerous studies show that:
Launch of a European Network of Journalists specialised in social affairs (21 août 2007)
Information and Communications Technology in Bulgaria according to a foreign expert (16 juillet 2007)
Government to Preserve Strandja Park as Protected Area (5 juillet 2007)
Tsarevo Municipality Demands New Procedure to Set Boundaries of Strandja Park (3 juillet 2007)
Global Information Society Watch 2007 Report (17 mai 2007)
A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, will be launched in Geneva on May 22.
In five days 47 alerts about violations of labour and social insurance (16 mai 2007)
Newsletter (Nr.1): Exchange - Social Protection & Inclusion in the EU (15 mai 2007)
Rediness for effective strake of the transport workers in Sofia (14 mai 2007)
The labour force in Bulgaria is 85 per cent underpaid (14 mai 2007)
Bulgaria to Have Subtropical Climate within 50 Years (13 mai 2007)
Average monthly wage in Bulgaria is 284 BGN (12 mai 2007)
Farmers Expect 10 Per Cent Crop Failure Due to Drought (10 mai 2007)
T-Centre Dryanovo: ICT in support of small-town women (8 mai 2007)
Bulletin No. 25, April 2007 (8 mai 2007)
To build middle class, Bulgaria will need 15 years (8 mai 2007)
New project for helping children victims or witnesses of crimes (2 mai 2007)
Poll Shows 97.3% Support for Smoking Ban or Restrictions (30 avril 2007)
Women from the Balkans demand a UN Meeting and a Say in Kosovo's Future (30 avril 2007)
European Master in Children's Rights (30 avril 2007)
German Research Project Organizers Deny Denying Tragic Events in Batak in 1876 (29 avril 2007)
Human trafficking campaign for raising awareness of existing risks (29 avril 2007)
High-speed Internet Market in Bulgaria Increased 19.6% in Second Half of 2006 (25 avril 2007)
Bulgaria celebrates the UN Global Road Safety Week (23 avril 2007)
Photos from the Sofia eco-action dedicated to the Day of the Earth (23 avril 2007)
Bulgarian Black Sea Shoreline is exclusive state property which cannot be declared private (19 avril 2007)
Project for bike paths in Sofia (18 avril 2007)
People in Bulgaria prefer locally manufactured goods (17 avril 2007)
A national debate on policies for the Roma in Bulgaria (14 avril 2007)
Transport workers protest against the regulation of wages in companiew with majority state or municipal interest (12 avril 2007)
Report: Human Rights Problems Facing Romani Women in Serbia (9 avril 2007)
Bulletin No. 24, March 2007 (5 avril 2007)
European Parliament: Development cooperation of the "new EU donors" in the spotlight (4 avril 2007)
Latest Fair Trade Newsletters (31 mars 2007)
EU Finance Ministers Recommend More Effective Public Spending to Bulgaria (29 mars 2007)
The EU finance ministers recommended that Bulgaria seek a greater effectiveness of public spending, in particular through a reform in the health care system, Bulgarian Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski told a news conference here on Wednesday in connection with the Convergence Programme of Bulgaria on which the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) adopted an opinion in Brussels on March 27.
Bulgaria's Population In For Long-Term Drop and Ageing, Social Policy Ministry SaysSofia, March 27 (BTA) (27 mars 2007)
Gender Equity Index 2007: Countries Do Not Need to Be Rich to Treat Women Fairly (26 mars 2007)
The Access to Information Programme Foundation calls for withdrawal of a bill amending the Access to Public Information Act (26 mars 2007)
World Social Forum 2007 took place in Nairobi (23 mars 2007)
What is the purpose of International Women's Day? (18 mars 2007)
International Women's Day (IWD) each year is an opportunity for global women to raise their voices, raise awareness of injustice, and to note the achievements that have passed and those that are yet to come. Yet some that have raised their voices on IWD 2007 have ceremoniously announced that Northern feminism is dead, and that IWD has been 'hijacked' by spice workshops, yoga and capitalism. Author: Rochelle Jones, AWID
European Union: A Brief Overview – Open Source Software in Romania (15 mars 2007)
Over 18% of adult roma population illiterate in Bulgaria (15 mars 2007)
More than 18 per cent of the Roma are illiterate and if the current trend continues half of the Roma will not be able to read or write in 15 years, experts claim.
Balkan conference in Slovenia a success (14 mars 2007)
International Women`s Day 2007: “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls” (8 mars 2007)
Bulletin No. 23, February 2007 (6 mars 2007)
Secular Values for Europe: The Brussels Declaration on Dignity, Equality and Freedom (1er mars 2007)
Bulgarians are the least happy and most negatively-minded of all citizens of the European Union (27 février 2007)
Bulgarians are the least happy and most negatively-minded of all citizens of the European Union, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission, whose results were made public earlier in February. In Bulgaria, the mood is that things got worse over the past five years and although things will not get better they will also not get worse.
4,255 leva - the average annual wage in Bulgaria in 2006 (20 février 2007)
Highlighting the rights of defenders of economic, social and cultural rights (16 février 2007)
A review of the report by the United Nations Special Representative for Human Rights Defenders submitted to the UN Human Rights Council. Author: Kathambi Kinoti, AWID
New Website: Universal Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents (15 février 2007)
Reporters Without Borders issues its 2007 annual press freedom survey (15 février 2007)
The survey, published on 1 February, reports on press freedom in 98 countries and includes the main violations of journalists’ rights in 2006 and regional aspects of media and Internet freedom.
Portugal: Legal Abortion After Decades of Struggle (15 février 2007)
The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 (15 février 2007)
How do countries measure up in comparison to one another when it comes to addressing the gap between men and women in terms of economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. With data from 115 countries, and using a new methodology based on relative measures of empowerment to capture the size of the gap, the Gender Gap report provides a comprehensive guide to he current global situation.
Show of Solidarity on Eighth Anniversary of Bulgarian Medics' Arrest in Libya (9 février 2007)
"Child Exploitation" by Film Makers Not Properly Investigated (8 février 2007)
Bulletin No. 22, January 2007 (8 février 2007)
Effective Consumer Protection in Bulgaria Requires Civic Society (7 février 2007)
20,800 students have dropped out of general educational schools in the 2004-2005 (5 février 2007)
Some 2.9 per cent or 20,800 students have dropped out of general educational schools for various reasons in the 2004-2005 school year, including 17,100 out of primary education. This is indicated by data from a survey conducted by Vitosha Research within the framework of an Education Ministry-UNICEF project for the reasons of students dropping out of school.
New European Project About Online Risks For Children (4 février 2007)
Bulgaria Enters EU with 14% Poverty Rate, 20% Grey Economy, Official Statistics Show (2 février 2007)
Bulgaria enters EU with 14% poverty rate and 20% grey economy. The article is an interview with Alexander Hadjiiski, President of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). Author: Ekaterina Toteva from BTA
National protest if government fails to implement the agreements under the Pact for Economic and Social Development until 2009 (31 janvier 2007)
HuriSearch: a new serach engine for Human Rights (29 janvier 2007)
The 2007 World Social Forum (26 janvier 2007)
The seventh annual World Social Forum (WSF) ended in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday with thousands of delegates marching from the city's Korogocho slums to Uhuru Park. This year's Forum drew together an estimated 60,000 participants from all over the world and was said to be the 'most international' of the forums, partly because African delegates were able to attend in large numbers because of this year's location. Article by Kathambi Kinoti.
Campaign for support of the Bulgarian nurses in Libya: “You are not alone” (26 janvier 2007)
International aid campaign for saving the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor in Libya.
Bulgarian NGOs announce start of campaign for clean European parliament (23 janvier 2007)
Bulletin No. 21, December 2006 (22 janvier 2007)
World Social Forum 2007 uniquely organized (15 janvier 2007)
Ambassador Campagnola: Joining EU, Bulgaria Returned to Large European Family to Which It Always Belonged (9 janvier 2007)
Bulgaria's membership of the EU is a return to the large European family to which it has always belonged, Italian Ambassador Giovan Battista Campagnola told BTA in an interview. He was glad his first interview this year was with BTA and about Bulgaria's entry into the EU. He said Bulgaria's EU membership was the main commitment during his diplomatic mission to Bulgaria, so he was greatly satisfied to see it happen. Thus his mission provided him with what he considered the best experience of his career, which gave him emotional motivation.
January 8: deadline for submissions by meat and milk companies which want to trade with the EU (8 janvier 2007)
How did women fare in 2006? A look at some of the women's rights developments of 2006. (5 janvier 2007)
Last year saw large and small gains and setbacks for the rights and status of women all over the world. By Kathambi Kinoti, AWID
Seventy-two per cent of Bulgarians approve of the country's EU membership according to the National Public Opinion Centre (5 janvier 2007)
The EU food safety and hygiene requirements entered into force in Bulgaria on January 1 (3 janvier 2007)
A mere 10 per cent of Bulgarians will spend more than 100 leva on Christmas and New Year presents (27 décembre 2006)
Bulgarian nuclear power station gets siting permit in earthquake zone (21 décembre 2006)
Bulletin No. 20, September - November 2006 (14 décembre 2006)
Many Bulgarians Believe Prostitutes' Rights Are Violated (8 décembre 2006)
New Report: "Achieving Women's Economic and Social Rights: Strategies and Lessons from Experience" (6 décembre 2006)
In 2005 AWID asked over 50 activists working in diverse settings all over the world what strategies they found most useful in their efforts to improve economic and social rights for women? What were the greatest challenges they were encountering in their work? Did the ESCR framework actually fulfill its promise in presenting them with a new and more effective approach to their work? This report synthesizes and analyzes some important examples and lessons that emerged through this investigative process.
WSIS: Whose information society? Developing country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information Society (4 décembre 2006)
This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As well as analysing participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns.
Improved communication between parents and children is the best solution to the problem of aggression in school (30 novembre 2006)
Over 6 million copies of books, periodicals, archive documents, photos, maps, music and films will be accessible at the European Digital Library via Internet by 2010. (28 novembre 2006)
One dropout in three quits school before 4th grade (28 novembre 2006)
A survey conducted by the MBMD polling agency shows that 32 per cent of school dropouts in Bulgaria quit school before 4th grade, and 49 per cent do so before 8th grade.
Parents and schoolchidren rank education as third most important value (27 novembre 2006)
Good education is the third most important value for schoolchidlren, after family and friendship, the MBMD Institute for Marketing and Social Surveys found in a nationally representative survey commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science. The results of the survey were presented Monday to journalists and the Ministry's social partners.
Migrants mostly feature in politics, crime reports in Bulgarian media (23 novembre 2006)
Action plan for Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015: more than 45,000 Roma in Bulgaria covered by various activities (23 novembre 2006)
A total of 47,835 Roma in Bulgaria are covered by various measures implementing the National Employment Action Plan for 2006 and the Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015. Jobs were opened for 21,093 Roma by their inclusion in employment various programmes and measures, says a report of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) presented at the Ninth Meeting of the International Steering Committee of the Decade of Roma Inclusion which took place in Sofia on November 16 and 17.
Bulgarian producers are not ready to implement the European environmental directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment (16 novembre 2006)
New Internet rights charter (10 novembre 2006)
The internet is a global public space that must be open, affordable and accessible to all. As more and more people gain access to this space, many remain excluded. Like the process of globalisation with which it has been closely intertwined, the spread of internet access takes place with uneven results and often exacerbates social and economic inequalities. However, the internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be a powerful tool for social mobilisation and development, resistance to injustices and expression of difference and creativity.
In shrinking Bulgaria, where are the people? (10 novembre 2006)
Draft Public Social Insurance Budget for 2007 Adopted (9 novembre 2006)
2007: European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (9 novembre 2006)
Call for expressions of interest : Information and Communication Technologies (9 novembre 2006)
Annual report 2006 submitted: European Community's Development Policy and the Implementation of External Assistance (9 novembre 2006)
November 18-26: Global Education Week (9 novembre 2006)
TRIALOG: Development Education Partnership Fair a success (9 novembre 2006)
7-8 November: 24 hours against Internet censorship (7 novembre 2006)
Reporters without borders organises 24-hour online demo against Internet censorship. Help to combat online censorship by taking part
New book published: Roma Fairy Tales from North-Eastern Bulgaria, in Romani (6 novembre 2006)
Workshop for prevention of trafficking and sexual exploitation for children from social institutions (3 novembre 2006)
Controversial New Report Challenges Dangerous Myths Created By Western Environmentalists About Romanian Gold Mine (3 novembre 2006)
NGOs criticize outcome of IMF-WorldBank meeting (31 octobre 2006)
NGO representatives have criticized the negligible results of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World-Bank, held in Singapore from 19 - 20 September 2006, which they said were grossly inadequate to deal with the massive problems of financial instability, debt, poverty and economic imbalances plaguing the world today.
Bulgarian choice of nuclear power station criticised (31 octobre 2006)
Annual conference – celebrating families and 10 years of ILGA-Europe! (27 octobre 2006)
10m EUR more for development education: A chance for NGOs from new EU member states (25 octobre 2006)
Vladimir “Kaladan” Petkov wins the 2006 Dirk Award (24 octobre 2006)
Prostitutes trafficking ring busted in Spain (18 octobre 2006)
Women’s reproductive rights and right to family life interferance by the Health Minister (11 octobre 2006)
Bulgaria no longer enjoys one of its traditional advantages of other nations: the cheap and highly qualified labour (5 octobre 2006)
Mandelson drops development guise and launches final attack on European Social model (4 octobre 2006)
"A Chance for New Life" - a strong start for underprivileged young women in Bulgaria (3 octobre 2006)
Social Minister urges social partners to prioritize vocational training (2 octobre 2006)
Bulgarian journalists fight corruption (26 septembre 2006)
Bulgaria's first crisis centre for child victims of trafficking unveiled in Balvan on Thursday (25 septembre 2006)
The least developed countries report 2006 (21 septembre 2006)
9-11 October: Development Education Partnership Fair - Vienna (15 septembre 2006)
New report: The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment inCentral and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States' (14 septembre 2006)
Bulgarians who want to emigrate long term halve since 2001 (12 septembre 2006)
Headscarf Dilemma Puzzles Bulgaria (11 septembre 2006)
September 14-15: international conference on Partnership in Organic Farming and Quality of Foods (11 septembre 2006)
Three crisis centres for child victims of trafficking and violence will be opened by the end of the year (7 septembre 2006)
7-12 September: Balkan Youth Festival to take place in Sandanski (2 septembre 2006)
Romania Shadow Reports on the Implementation of CEDAW (31 août 2006)
Report from "Social Rights are Human Rights" Seminar (28 août 2006)
The international seminar "Social Rights are Human Rights", organised by Youth Express Network, from the 16th to the 24th of June 2006 , in Timisoara , Romania , brought together 32 social youth workers from 16 countries, acting at local levels across Europe.
Croatian government adopts open source software policy (28 août 2006)
Amount of waste in Bulgaria will grow, Environment and Waters Ministry says (28 août 2006)
Bulgarians do not pose a threat to the labour market of any EU Member State (25 août 2006)
Bulgarian employment statistics for the second quarter of 2006 (22 août 2006)
Think tank refutes Whitehall's high estimate of post-accession influx of Bulgarians and Romanians into UK (18 août 2006)
Justice Ministry dismisses as "speculative" allegation that tapping into EU job market is only motive to apply for Bulgarian citizenship (15 août 2006)
In a Bulgarian citizenship acquisition procedure, no concessions whatsoever are made enabling the applicants to go to work in the EU," Deputy Justice Minister Ana Karaivanova said in a position, reacting to an item that appeared in Britain's "Sunday Telegraph" newspaper on August 13 under the heading "Bulgaria opens back door to the EU with give-away passports bonanza."
Businessmen won the Council of Ministers bid for public projects (7 août 2006)
In a Sega daily publication, dated on 17 of July 2006, one can read with names and numbers the 15 NGOs, who "won" the Council of Ministers bid for fulfilment of considerable public projects. Author: Nadelina Aneva.
September 7-8: EU-Enlargement - Gender Equality Participation Conference (31 juillet 2006)
Preventive check-ups to be carried out to women from Roma and Turkish neighbourhoods in the countryside (21 juillet 2006)
June Cost of Living per Member of Family of Four Stands at Lv 366.15 a Month (19 juillet 2006)
Bulgaria and Romania will cooperate in the field of child protection (19 juillet 2006)
Implicit consent to donate organs after death introduced by the amended Organ, Tissue and Cell Transplantation Act (17 juillet 2006)
A set of rules for the transliteration of geographical names to be enforced (13 juillet 2006)
Sweden: myths about gender equality (11 juillet 2006)
The article, which original name is: Myth as a shield against the reality describes the problems in terms of gender equality in Sweden. In this developed European country that made lots of impovements in the situation of women, there is still a long way to go for having the perfect equality. Author: Gudrun Schyman, Member of Parliament in Sweden.
36% of the Bulgarians would like to work from home (6 juillet 2006)
Google to open permanent representative offices in Bulgaria (6 juillet 2006)
Misappropriation of 800,000 euros in funding from the EU Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development SAPARD (5 juillet 2006)
ESF-Athens 2006: the women's movements (3 juillet 2006)
Even if European countries have different living conditions, the situation of women in it is similar. This is why the joint actions of the women's movements all around Europe is so necessary.
German publisher attacks Bulgarian books-for-blind site (30 juin 2006)
Bulgaria's health care system in a critical condition (19 juin 2006)
Bulgaria's health care system in a critical condition (19 juin 2006)
Bulgaria's population was 7.7 million in the end of 2005 and decreasing (16 juin 2006)
Bulgaria's population was 7.7 million in the end of 2005 and decreasing (16 juin 2006)
Shortage of information among the Bulgarian public on EU accession (14 juin 2006)
Shortage of information among the Bulgarian public on EU accession (14 juin 2006)
Library system in Bulgaria far from technological development (10 juin 2006)
Library system in Bulgaria far from technological development (10 juin 2006)
2005 Annual Youth Report for Bulgaria (results in brief) (8 juin 2006)
2005 Annual Youth Report for Bulgaria (results in brief) (8 juin 2006)
Changes in the school education forseen by the National Programme for Development of Education (7 juin 2006)
Changes in the school education forseen by the National Programme for Development of Education (7 juin 2006)
Two red zones in the field of agriculture - the construction of incinerators and the Paying Agency (7 juin 2006)
Two red zones in the field of agriculture - the construction of incinerators and the Paying Agency (7 juin 2006)
Fight the Hunger - Walk the World Bulgaria (21 mai 2006)
Fight the Hunger - Walk the World Bulgaria (21 mai 2006)
Bulgaria needs to open-up for accepting foreigners on the labour market (18 mai 2006)
Bulgaria needs to open-up for accepting foreigners on the labour market (18 mai 2006)
Women’s solidarity quilt (5 mai 2006)
Women’s solidarity quilt (5 mai 2006)
Crime without punishment: new report of destructive Bulgarian ski development (5 mai 2006)
In the dawn of World Earth Day, 22 of April, a coalition of Bulgarian non-governmental organizations has released the damning results of a two-year assessment of the 30 million euro Bansko Ski Zone development, one of the most calamitous environmental crimes committed in Bulgaria in the last fifteen years.
Feminist intervention in the 4th European Social Forum (5 mai 2006)
“Broadband for all”: European Commission mobilises all its policy instruments to bridge the broadband gap (2 mai 2006)
How to check effectiveness of ICTs for women? (9 janvier 2004)
An interview with Lenka Simerska from Prague Gender Center, regarding Gender Evaluation Methodology Project for Central and Eastern Europe (GEM),which is a guide to integrating a gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for social change
How to check effectiveness of ICTs for women? (9 janvier 2004)
An interview with Lenka Simerska from Prague Gender Center, regarding Gender Evaluation Methodology Project for Central and Eastern Europe (GEM),which is a guide to integrating a gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for social change
How to check effectiveness of ICTs for women? (9 janvier 2004)
An interview with Lenka Simerska from Prague Gender Center, regarding Gender Evaluation Methodology Project for Central and Eastern Europe (GEM),which is a guide to integrating a gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for social change
Women Are Not Only Users, But Creators of Technology (9 janvier 2004)
Interview with Catherine Jay Didion, Executive Director, Association for Women in Science (AWIS), USA
Women Are Not Only Users, But Creators of Technology (9 janvier 2004)
Interview with Catherine Jay Didion, Executive Director, Association for Women in Science (AWIS), USA
There are many Roads to Tunis (9 janvier 2004)
“WSIS is not the only thing we are doing,” said Gloria Bonder representing UNESCO and WSIS Women’s Caucus at the meeting devoted to the future of the WSIS process. “We are working at the national and regional levels for the benefit of an average woman and I am not going to think for the next two years just about Tunis,” she continued.
There are many Roads to Tunis (9 janvier 2004)
“WSIS is not the only thing we are doing,” said Gloria Bonder representing UNESCO and WSIS Women's Caucus at the meeting devoted to the future of the WSIS process. “We are working at the national and regional levels for the benefit of an average woman and I am not going to think for the next two years just about Tunis,” she continued.
Is Poverty Invisible or is Media Blind? (9 janvier 2004)
In a factory in Kannapolis, North Carolina 4600 people lost their jobs. Not many people would have learned about it if not for the activities of Cheri Houkala from Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. For making stories like the one in Kannapolis known to the world through campaigning on the rights of the poor, Cheri faces the possibility of 22 years imprisonment.
Is Poverty Invisible or is Media Blind? (9 janvier 2004)
In a factory in Kannapolis, North Carolina 4600 people lost their jobs. Not many people would have learned about it if not for the activities of Cheri Houkala from Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. For making stories like the one in Kannapolis known to the world through campaigning on the rights of the poor, Cheri faces the possibility of 22 years imprisonment.
Local Commons: Bridges Across the Digital Divide (9 janvier 2004)
When the winds of technological change began to sweep across the globe in the early ‘90s, there was considerable hope in the South that the new paradigm would finally bridge the growing chasm between the rich North and the deprived South. But a decade long experience in the information super highway has brought home the truth that the emanicipatory potential of new technologies has been a Pentium powered fantasy.
Local Commons: Bridges Across the Digital Divide (9 janvier 2004)
When the winds of technological change began to sweep across the globe in the early ‘90s, there was considerable hope in the South that the new paradigm would finally bridge the growing chasm between the rich North and the deprived South. But a decade long experience in the information super highway has brought home the truth that the emanicipatory potential of new technologies has been a Pentium powered fantasy.
Africa Media and ICTs for Development (8 janvier 2004)
ICTs are not on the news agenda in the African Media while women are grievously under-represented in the field of Information Communication Technology (ICT) journalism
Africa Media and ICTs for Development (8 janvier 2004)
ICTs are not on the news agenda in the African Media while women are grievously under-represented in the field of Information Communication Technology (ICT) journalism
Sara Longwe: ICTs have popularized my gender struggles (8 janvier 2004)
2003 Africa Prize Laureate winner Sara Longwe believes that information communication technologies (ICTS) have popularized her gender struggles.
Sara Longwe: ICTs have popularized my gender struggles (8 janvier 2004)
2003 Africa Prize Laureate winner Sara Longwe believes that information communication technologies (ICTS) have popularized her gender struggles.
Summary of Developments and Questionnaire: Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WiTT) (13 décembre 2003)
Over the past few years, ENAWA, with co-operation with women groups in Eastern Europe, developed a training program to use ICTs as a strategic tool for activism
Summary of Developments and Questionnaire: Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WiTT) (13 décembre 2003)
Over the past few years, ENAWA, with co-operation with women groups in Eastern Europe, developed a training program to use ICTs as a strategic tool for activism
E-equality fund for e-equality goal (11 décembre 2003)
REGIONAL THEME: Europe, CIS & North America
E-equality fund for e-equality goal (11 décembre 2003)
REGIONAL THEME: Europe, CIS & North America
Let’s rely on power of women and not kings’ ! (11 décembre 2003)
De tempting topic of the sixth panel of Gender Caucus was an invitation to join the discussion on Middle East and West Asia.
Let’s rely on power of women and not kings’ ! (11 décembre 2003)
De tempting topic of the sixth panel of Gender Caucus was an invitation to join the discussion on Middle East and West Asia.
CONSTRUIR CIUDADANIA EN LA SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACION (11 décembre 2003)
América Latina y Caribe en un panel organizado por el Caucus de Género de la Cumbre (Article in Spanish)
Do we feel ok? (11 décembre 2003)
Editorial message
ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK… (11 décembre 2003)
WSIS has missed the opportunity to respond to the most burning issues of the world (if ever intended to do that).
International Charter on Communication Rights Proposal Gathers Momentum (11 décembre 2003)
Dialogue on Communications rights gathers pace with the launch of the Declaration on Communication Rights, this afternoon.
Las mujeres tenemos mucho que decir sobre que información nos importa (11 décembre 2003)
Gloria Bonder, de Argentina, es la Directora General del Área Género Sociedad y Políticas, FLACSO, Argentina, desde la cual coordina la Cátedra Regional UNESCO, Mujer, Ciencia y Tecnología en América Latina y el .Programa de Formación en Género y Políticas Públicas (PRIGEPP. Es miembro del Steering Committee WSIS Gender Caucus. (interview in Spanish)
Local Commons: Bridges Across the Digital Divide (11 décembre 2003)
While Global commons refers to the public spaces available to all, local commons is the public space at the village / local political unit level.
Winners All (11 décembre 2003)
The Nabanna project wins the Gender and ICT Awards for efforts in the area of advocacy and networking. For the proud women of Baduria, their hard work has paid off.
APC WNSP-Networking Celebrates 10TH Anniversary at the WSIS (11 décembre 2003)
The Association for Progressive Communications Women`s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) celebrated its tenth anniversary on December 10 and hosted a panel discussion at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Training Unemployed Women in Lithuania in Using ICTs: ”Once they start, they are eager to learn” (10 décembre 2003)
An interview with Jurate Puidiene, Director of the Women’s Employment Information Center (WEINC), Lithuania.
Sara Longwe: ICTs have popularized my gender struggles (10 décembre 2003)
2003 Africa Prize Laureate winner Sara Longwe believes that information communication technologies (ICTS) have popularized her gender struggles.
Bridging the Awareness Gap in Asia-Pacific (10 décembre 2003)
The Asia-Pacific regional meeting allowed activists and professionals to set out milestones, to ensure that on the way to Tunis, the gender dimension of ICTs would be better understood by decision-makers and integrated in national and international policies.
Apropiacion de las TICs: una meta para los pueblos indigenas (10 décembre 2003)
Para los mayas guatemaltecos la inclusión de su cultura en las aulas es una lucha de larga data (article in Spanish).
My mission: Information and knowledge for all. Interview with Lin McDevitt-Pugh, Program Director at IIAV (10 décembre 2003)
Digital collecting and sharing information is the essence of her international work.
Women, ICTs and Media (10 décembre 2003)
Digit@ll Futures journalist Brenda Zulu of Zambia asked women journalists from Africa about their ideas on the role of the WSIS Gender Caucus. An overview.
AWARD: Breaking the Mindset Barrier (10 décembre 2003)
Chong Sheau Ching won the first ever Outstanding Women’s Electronic Network Training Workshop (WENT) WENT this evening.
Women’sNet: Using ICTs for the empowerment of Women. (10 décembre 2003)
Women’sNet is an electronic communications, outreach, information development and support program, designed to make the Internet more accessible and useful for women.
Gender, Peace Building and ICTs in Africa (10 décembre 2003)
Report from the WSIS Gender Caucus Panel “Africa Regional Panel’’
ICT4D: African Village exhibit ICT problems in Africa (10 décembre 2003)
The African Media Village displays ICT problems in Africa’s communities.
Colophon (10 décembre 2003)
Digit@ll Futures is a unique publication of the ENAWA network and its friends
Balkans: Initiative Against Misogyny in the Media (9 décembre 2003)
Women in Serbia and Montenegro up against the most powerful TV in the Balkans in defence of right to dignity of women.
The Women Human Rights Network : WHRnet (9 décembre 2003)
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) houses the largest women’s human rights website : WHRnet
Do Polish women use Internet? (9 décembre 2003)
"We are using Internet for our activities because this is the way we reach most women in the shortest time. We placed information about the protest on the cuts to the Alimony Fund for Polish women on our site. Within a day we had 300 responses," says Agnieszka Grzybek, Executive Director of the non-governmental Polish women’s information center OSKa.
Interview: An Introduction to WSIS and Gender (9 décembre 2003)
Chat Garcia Ramilo from the Philippines is a member of the Women’s Networking Support Programme of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC WNSP) and a well-known researcher and activist on gender and ICT issues.
ICT4D: Amplifying Unheard Voices (9 décembre 2003)
The ICT4D platform, a one-of-a-kind gathering of governments, CSOs and private for-profit businesses, opened today.
Paragraph 10 adopted (9 décembre 2003)
Civil Society Addresses Key Issues For WSIS (9 décembre 2003)
The WSIS Civil Society Plenary unanimously adopted the Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society this week.
Setting The Agenda (South Asia) (9 décembre 2003)
The South Asia Regional Consultation on Gender in the Information Society helped bring the concerns Civil Society Organisations have with the direction ICT development is taking to the fore.
Toward an Action Plan for an Equitable Information Society (9 décembre 2003)
Report from the WSIS Gender Caucus Panel “Toward an Action Plan for an Equitable Information Society”
Editorial: Why gender issues in the WSIS process? (9 décembre 2003)
The “Seven Musts” were born out of the priorities that women wanted to bring to the WSIS debate. They express the fact that gender mainstreaming in the WSIS process takes into account the diverse needs and perspectives of women emanating from differences in geo-political, historical, class-based, racial, ethnic and other contexts.
Accentuating Divides (9 décembre 2003)
In their unfamiliarity and unease with the power of the Internet, many governments have been using their power indiscriminately, to fence off and limit access to select groups. While the power and flexibility of the Net ensures that such measures usually fail, they re-open old debates on the rights of individuals to freedom of expression.
Press release: World Summit on the Information Society (9 décembre 2003)
Women Journalists cover the WSIS Social Rights Bulgaria Network will provide the online media coverage from Geneva.
World Summit on Information Society - alternatives (8 décembre 2003)
SPIP: software for civil society (3 décembre 2003)
Is SPIP just another software product and what is the difference it makes, from the fact that it is Free Software? What happened on the 15th of November, in Maison des Metallos, Paris, one day after the end of the European Social Forum?
European Social Forum - Feminist coverage (21 novembre 2003)
Use of Information and Communication Technology by Social Movements (20 novembre 2003)
Overview of the workshop "Use of ICTs by Social Movements", part of the 2003 European Social Forum. The objective was to analyse how ICT answers - or fails to answers - requirements of social movements.
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