A Safari into the Cross Cultural World of Women's Knowledge Exchange.With so much expertise available at Know how, it was a great opportunity for sharing and capacity building amongst participants. There were various themes, from Radio as a Tool for Information Dissemination for Women in Rural areas to Planning, Developing, Implementing, Sharing and Testing a Web Site Using Action Apps. More than 200 women from 46 countries participated in the Know How conference held from July 22 to 27, 2002 at Makarere University in Kampala, Uganda. The conference, "A Safari into the Cross-Cultural World of Women's Knowledge Exchange," gathered together specialists in women's information and communication to share strategies and strengthen networks and linkages. Hosted by Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (WICCE WICCE Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange )/Kampala, in collaboration with Isis International/Manila and International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage. women's movement Diverse social movement, largely based in the U.S., seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, personal lives, and politics. (IIAV IIAV International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration )/Amsterdam, the conference was held in conjunction with the 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, also known as the "Women's World Congress 2002." Women's World was held from July 21-26, and was hosted by the Department of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University Makerere University is Uganda's largest university. It was first established as a technical school in 1922, and in 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees of the University of London. . The Know How Conference was aimed at increasing and improving the visibility of African women's issues and discussing concerns and progress made in information centres, archives and services. It also served as a venue for the sharing of best practices and for the development of a plan of action for generating and sharing information by and with rural women activists. Know How highlights included a muliti media presentation by Isis International/Manila and Isis-WICCE/Kampala entitled "Isis Journey" that documented the birth of Isis International in Rome. The presentation took the participants through the ISIS journey from the formation of Isis-WICCE in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , to the move of Isis International to Santiago and Manila and of Isis-WICCE to Kampala. The presentation paved the way for the creation of a website that will house the "collective journeys" or unique stories of women's information and communication organisations. It is hoped that women's information and Communications organisations, especially those from the South, can gain more visibility through this planned website, and become a stronger voice in the World Summit on the Information Society The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a pair of United Nations-sponsored conferences about information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis. (WSIS WSIS World Summit on the Information Society WSIS Who Should I Start? (fantasy football) WSIS Waste Stream Information Sheet WSIS White Smoke Identification System (US Navy) ) in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005). During the conference, participants went to the village of Nakaseke to visit the Multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective Community Telecentre and observed the women farmers using CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). programme "Rural Women in Africa: Ideas for Earning Money." This programme is a pilot project in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for poverty alleviation and the empowerment of rural women. The Nakaseke Multipurpose Community Telecentre offers computers, photocopying, fax, adult and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). services and Internet access See how to access the Internet. . With so much expertise available at Know how, it was a great opportunity for sharing and capacity building amongst participants. There were various themes, from Radio as a Tool fop Information Dissemination for Women in Rural areas to Planning, Developing, Implementing, Sharing and Testing a Web Site Using Action Apps. In addition to these activities and events, Know How also fielded a marketplace of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. , including a book store of women and development publications run by Women, Link., an art exhibition and much more. Know How is held every 4 years, and an invitation to host the next conference in 2006 will soon be going out to women's media, information and communications groups worldwide. The Kampala meeting was the first time that the Know How has been hosted in the Global South. For further information on the Know how conference contact: Isis-WICCE,/Kampala at isis@starcom.co.ug or http://www.isis. or.ug International/Manila at isis@isiswomen.org or http://www.isiswomen.org//AV/Amsterdam at: info@iiav.nl or http://www.iiav.nl Anne S. Walker, International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC IWTC International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones ) un Tour dans le Monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. Multi-Culturel des Echanges de Connaissances entre les Femmes Par Anne S. Walker Plus de 200 (deux cents) femmes venues de plus de 46 pays ont participe, du 22 au 27 juillet 2002, a la Conference Know How a l'Universite de Makerere a Kampala en Ouganda. La conference, qui avait pour theme "Un Tour dans le Monde Multi-Culturel des Echanges de Connaissances entre les Femmes" rassemblait des femmes specialistes en Communications et Information dans le but de partager des strategies ainsi que de fortifier for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. des reseaux et des relations. Accueillie par l'Organisation Internationale des Echanges Cross Culturelles parmi les Femmes (Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange ISIS--WICCE) de Kampala en collaboration avec ISIS International, la conference s'est deroulee conjointement avec le [8.sup.eme] Congres Interdisciplinaire sur les Femmes, connu aussi sous le nom "Congres 2002 des Mondes de Femmes" (Women's Worlds Congress 2002). Le Congres du Monde des Femmes s'est deroule du 21 eu 26 juillet sous les auspices du Departement des Etudes sur le Genre et les Femmes de l'Universite de Makerere. La Conference Know How visait a accroitre et a ameliorer la visibilite de femmes africaines sur les questions concernant les femmes, et aussi de discuter des preoccupations et des progres realises dans les centres d'information, les archives, et les services. Elle a aussi ete le lieu Le Lieu is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of La Vallée de Joux. de partage de meilleures pratiques et de l'elaboration d'un plan d'action permettant de generer et de partager des informations avec/et par des femmes activistes des zones rurales. Les grandes lignes de la Conference comprennent une presentation multi-mediatique faite par Isis International Manila et Isis-WICCE/Kampala intitulee "Le Voyage de sis" (Isis Journey). IL s'agit d'un document portant sur la naissance de Isis international a Rome. Cette presentation a permis aux participants de suivre la naissance de Isis WICCE a Geneve, l'installation de Isis International Santiago et Manille et celle Celle (tsĕl`ə), city (1994 pop. 73,670), Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Aller River. Its manufactures include food products, electronic components, chemicals, and textiles. Wax processing and horse breeding are important locally. de Isis-WICCE a Kampala. Elle a fraye le chemin pour la creation d'un site web qui accueillera" les voyages collectifs", c'est a dire les histoires uniques des organisations de communications et d'information des femmes. Il faut esperer que les organisations de femmes chargees de l'information, surtout Sur`tout´ n. 1. A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat. Noun 1. celles du Sud, pourraient devenir plus visibles par le projet de ce site web sur "les Voyages Collectifs", et devenir une voix plus forte lors du Sommet Mondial Mondial can refer to:
Pendant cette conference, les participants ont visite les centres tele communautaires a usage multiple du village Nakasebe et afin d'observer l'utilisation du programme CD--ROM intitule in·tit·ule tr.v. in·tit·uled, in·tit·ul·ing, in·tit·ules Chiefly British To give a designation or title to (a legislative act, for example). "Femmes Rurales en Afrique: Idees sur les possibilites de gagner de l'argent" par les fermieres. Ce programme est un projet pilote dans l'utilisation des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication pour l'attenuation de la Pauvrete et l'Habilitation de la Femme Rurale. Le centre de Nakaseke dispose des ordinateurs, des photocopieuses, des fax, des services continuels d'education pour adultes ainsi que l'acces a Internet. La disponibilite d'une aussi grande expertise a la conference Know How a donne de grandes chances de partages et d'acquisition de capacites aux participants. Certaines activites menees dans le cadre de themes varies, partant du theme de la radio comme Outil de Dissemination de l'Information pour les femmes rurales jusqu'a la Planification, l'Elaboration, la Mise en oeuvre, le Partage et le Test du Site Web a l'aide des Apps. En plus de ces activites et evenements, Know How a aussi ete le lieu de vente de biens et services, y compris une bibliotheque pour femmes et l'elaboration de publications patronnees par les femmes, Encre, Exhibition d'objets d'arts, et plusieurs autres objets. La conference Know How a lieu tous les quatre ans, et une lettre d'invitation pour la prochaine Know How fixee en 2006 sera blentot envoyee aux groupes feminins de media, de l'information et de communications a travers le monde. La reunion de Kampala etait la premiere en son genre dans le Sud Mondial. Pour de plus amples informations sur la conference Know How, blen vouloir contacter: Isis-WICCE/Kampala at isis@starcom.co.ug, Website: http://www.isis.or.ug International/Manila at isis@isiswomen.org Website: http://www.isiswomen.org IIAV/Amsterdam at: info@iiav.nl Website: http://www.iiav.nl Anne S. Walker, International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) |
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