Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP)
The Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) is both a programme within APC and a network of women throughout the world committed to using technology for women’s empowerment. We promote gender equality in the design, implementation, access and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and in the policy decisions and frameworks that regulate them.
Feminist mix with a tech fix
The WNSP is made of feminists and activists who believe that ICTs have a strong role to play in transforming gender and social relations. In our ranks are techies and trainers who help women’s organisations and other civil society groups take control of the tools they use to advance their mission and advocacy. More than 175 women from 35 countries – librarians, programmers, journalists, trainers, designers, scholars, researchers, communicators – come together online to work jointly in various projects in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America.
Gender and ICTs
The power of ICT tools and platforms for advocacy and organising has long been recognised by women’s rights activists. ICTs have been effectively used to document abuses, redefine history and build knowledge. They have helped disseminate information, mobilise support and amplify the pressure for change. New web-based applications enable internet users to easily publish content, control their own data as well as form digital communities – shifting the power dynamics between information creators, owners and users.
Technological paradigms, assumptions about users’ realities, institutional configurations, policy priorities and legislative frameworks must be developed with the participation of women’s movements in order to reflect and respond to women’s diverse knowledge, realities and needs.
The APC WNSP seeks to apply the tremendous transformative capacity of ICTs to strengthen women’s movements and women’s rights agendas.
Taking control of technology
We aim to build capacity within women’s movements in the creative and strategic use of ICTs so that they can shape technology. This in turn gives these women the chance to explore the convergence between ICT issues and women’s rights agendas. We develop tools and resources for fostering a gender analysis of ICT projects and policies. Our work is expressed through several initiatives that we implement internationally with our members and partners. Our work areas are:
- Gender and ICT policy advocacy
- Violence against women and ICTs
- Gender evaluation and research in ICTs
- Training
Cómo participar
Any woman who works with an APC member is welcome to join the APC WNSP! We work regionally as well as globally, and in working groups in such areas as policy advocacy and evaluation. Contact staff in your region to get involved or write info [at] apcwomen [dot] org.
Gente
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Angela Marianne Kuga Thas
GEM research coordinator
Angela coordinates and manages the second phase of the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) project. -
Chat Garcia Ramilo
APC WNSP manager
Chat is a specialist in gender, women's rights and information and communication technology. She has been working with APC since 2000 and lives in the Philippines. -
Dafne Sabanes Plou
APC WNSP regional coordinator - LAC
Dafne is a journalist and long-time women's rights activist. She lives just outside of Buenos Aires. -
Erika Smith
Coordinadora de comunicaciones del PARM de APC
Nacida en Estados Unidos, Erika vive en México hace 18 años y es integrante de la junta directiva de LaNeta, miembro de APC. -
Flavia Fascendini
Editora del sitio web GenderIT.org español/portugués
Flavia es argentina pero vive en Rio de Janeiro desde algunos años. -
Jac sm Kee
Coordinadora del proyecto de derechos de las mujeres y TIC
Cuando no está jugando al billar en línea con Cheekay Cinco, del Programa de usos estratégicos, Jac coordina la campaña Dominemos la tecnología!, de APC, escribe artículos y edita el sitio de Ge -
Jennifer Radloff
Coordinadora de APC –Africa-Mujeres
Jenny es una surfista y ceramista part-time de Sudáfrica, con una larga historia en la militancia por los derechos de las mujeres. -
Janine Moolman
Janine (Jan) is the Editor of the SANGONeT Portal and also manages the Civil Society Information Programme. -
Katerina Fialova
Coordinadora de GenderIT.org
Katcha se especializa en derechos de las mujeres y políticas de TIC. Es la jefa editorial del sitio web de GenderIT.org y coordina la adaptación de GEM para procesos políticos nacionales. -
Lenka Simerska
Coordinadora de la red de practicantes de GEM
Lenka trabaja en APC desde 2003 y su puesto actual consiste en la coordinación de la red de practicantes de GEM. -
Sylvie Niombo
Co-coordinadora de APC-África-Mujer
Sylvie tiene formación académica y profesional en el área de comunicaciones, lo cual la ha llevado a trabajar en diversos proyectos para un amplio abanico de organizaciones, incluso la ONU.
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- Mar 2000
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