Jul

6

W.TEC trained participants at the recently-completed capacity building workshop for ‘Women Living Under Muslim Laws’ on strategic e-campaigning. The programme was organised by BAOBAB For Women’s Human Rights in Nigeria and facilitated by Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP).

The training forms part of the WLUML Women Reclaiming and Redefining Cultures Projects and Institute for Women’s Empowerment (IWE). It is the first of two workshops, the second to be conducted in Asia in August 2010. APC WNSP contracted Oreoluwa Somolu (of W.TEC) and Oluwatoyin Ajao to run the training workshop.

It was developed for the main purpose of harnessing ICT for the empowerment of women and girls and for collective mobilisation and advocacy purpose in the cause of women’s human rights advancement.

Training Objectives:
• To share and build knowledge and skills on communication rights and information and communication technologies (ICTs) from feminist perspectives
• To create dynamic spaces to explore and deepen feminist practices and politics of technology
• To raise awareness on the critical role of communication rights in the struggle to advance women’s human rights
• To share skills that will enable participants use technology to effectively document abuses, mobilize support and amplify pressure for change

The participants were all very committed to finding out how online tools and other technology could support their campaigns.


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