WUNRN
APC WNSP - Women's Networking
Support Programme
In Uganda, a SMS campaign called Speak out! Stand Out! is organised by WOUGNET to collect messages against violence against women
In Quebec, feminists and communication rights activists are creating short video clips and comic postcards to protest violence against women
In Malaysia, Burmese refugees are making online audio defending women's rights together with Centre for Independent Journalism
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We are a global network of women who support women networking for social change and women's empowerment, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
We promote gender equality in the design, development, implementation, access to and use of ICTs and in the policy decisions and frameworks that regulate them.
We are part of the Association for Progressive Communications, an international network of civil society organizations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use ICTs, including the Internet.
Our network numbers over 100 women from more than 35 countries. They are individual women and women's groups and organisations working in the field of gender and ICT and actively supporting women's networking. Our members have formed themselves into regional networks in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America.
Our programme members are specialists in areas such as training, information facilitation, technical work and policy issues. Many work on a voluntary basis and are mostly experienced network users rather than formally-trained ICT experts. We come from different backgrounds: among us are activists on issues such as housing, environmental protection and women's health; librarians, journalists, web developers, trainers, technicians, and user support providers. Some of us work for Internet Service/Content Service Providers (ISP/CSP) that are members of the Association For Progressive Communications. Some are independent activists, and some are members of women's organisations.
We think of the APC WNSP as a networked organisation.
We function as a network of women and their organisations who are actively involved in activities which promote, support, or facilitate women's access to, and use of, ICT. The organisational structure of the APC WNSP reflects the motivations and interests of all participants and is therefore inclusive, accessible, and pragmatic. The programme operates on a combination of minimal administration and coordination and maximum output in activities, through an open, secure, and respectful online environment where all participants can work and meet.
The programme works primarily in an online world. Using a combination of email, mailing lists and real time text and voice'chat', we are able to coordinate, develop action plans, implement activities, support and mentor one another while maintaining and strengthening our organisational and personal relationships. Of course, we also meet face-to-face whenever opportunities present themselves (such as national, regional or international workshops and conference) or through explicitly funded workshops and meetings of the programme.
The Mission of the Women's Networking Support Programme is to promote gender equity in the design, development, implementation, and use of information and communication technologies - with special focus on inequities based on women's social or ethnic background - through the provision of research, training, information, and support activities in the field of ICT policy, skills-sharing in the access and use of ICT, and women's network-building.
We engage in research, evaluation, training, information, and support activities in the field of ICT policy, skills-sharing in the access and use of ICT, and women's network-building.
Since 1993, the programme has implemented a diverse range of activities designed to respond to our mission and goals. These activities are centered around 6 main areas of work;
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