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Awareness Building: Methodology for A Road Map Design

REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN AND ICT CAIRO, 17-19 December 2003. Awareness Building: Methodology for A Road Map Design. Hoda Baraka Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Cairo, Egypt. Overview. Goal Background MCIT: ICT & Gender Road Map. Goal.

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Awareness Building: Methodology for A Road Map Design

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  1. REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN AND ICT CAIRO, 17-19 December 2003 Awareness Building:Methodology for A Road Map Design Hoda Baraka Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Cairo, Egypt Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Cairo, Egypt

  2. Overview • Goal • Background • MCIT: ICT & Gender • Road Map

  3. Goal • Describe a Road Map that help increasing women awareness of ICT and enhance their participation in planning monitoring, and implementing national and international plans.

  4. Background • A Forum on ICT and Gender: Optimizing Opportunities Held on 23 August 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. • Participants included: Governmental and Non-governmental organizations; United Nations, international organizations, private sector, research and educational institutions, academia, media and other stakeholders

  5. ICT & Women • Importance of ICT as a tool to promote women's empowerment, rights and dignity and full participation in the information society • ICT offers immense possibilities for enhancing women's participation in socio-economic and political development  that will reduce poverty and improve quality of life • Potential of ICT to overcome women's isolation gives all women a voice and improve governance with a view to achieving gender equality

  6. Some Recommendations of the Forum • Ensure the inclusion of a gender perspective and coordination of the gender activities in all domains of national ICT policies and legislation including education and that all stakeholders including women's organizations participate in the drafting and monitoring of such policies and legislation.

  7. Some Recommendations of the Forum (cont.) • Support programs that give instructors especially females the skills and use ICT and Open/Distance Leaning (ODL) in education delivery.  • Support ICT capacity building in women's organizations to enhance their capability to transfer knowledge to their target groups. • Introduce ICT into the school curriculum at the earliest possible opportunity, ensuring equal access to all.

  8. Some Recommendations of the Forum • Raise awareness of legislators and policy-makers of the benefits/opportunities of ICT for educational use. • Mobilize and allocate funds to ensure gender sensitive ICT policies and strategies in education and to strengthen infrastructure to support women's use of ICT and ODL for educational use.

  9. MCIT: ICT & Gender • Smart Schools Network Project • ICT for Illiteracy Eradication • Training

  10. Smart Schools Network Project ICT Illiteracy ICT in Education

  11. Smart Schools/Parents/Community Network Teachers Students School (1) Administrators Parents Community Internet

  12. National Smart-Schools Network School (1) School (3) PMU School (2) School (4) INTERNET

  13. ICT for Illiteracy Eradication

  14. ICT for Illiteracy Eradication • The ICT for Illiteracy Eradication Project is developing and will produce an educational content for illiterate youth with emphasis on women using Information and Communication Technology

  15. ICT for Illiteracy Eradication • Objectives • Develop an appropriate generic content in cooperation with GALAE & UNDP; • Produce the developed content using multimedia technology & avail it through a set of CDs or/and the Web; • Conduct a pilot course using the produced CDs and assess its impact, in cooperation with NCW

  16. Road Map • ICT Awareness • Partnerships • Policies and Strategies • ICT Capacity Building

  17. ICT Awareness • Develop & Implement awareness plans • Organize workshops , seminars, conferences • Media campaign

  18. Partnerships • Government Organizations • United Nation Programs • Non Government Organizations • National & Regional Women Associations • Others

  19. Policies and Strategies • Develop & implement policies and strategies to ensure access of women to ICT and increase women participation.

  20. ICT Capacity Building • Training Programs • Basic Training • Professional Training

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