February 7, 2010 4:07 PM
This year's eLearning Africa, the fifth in the highly successful series of pan-African gatherings, will take place in Zambia under the patronage of the Zambian Minister of Education, the Honourable Ms Dora Siliya. From 26-28 May 2010, the continent's largest annual assembly of eLearning and education professionals from Africa and beyond will convene in the capital, Lusaka.
January 6, 2010 12:41 AM
Illiterate rural women becoming solar engineersA fascinating project.The combination of women empowerment and solar (=clean) technology is not only intelligent but sustainable and works for many goalsThe Barefoot College started 38 years ago in a small village called Tilonia in the middle of the desert in Rajasthan, India.
November 29, 2009 9:33 PM
The Autumn edition of the e-skills ILB Newsletter includes two references to the European Centre for Women and Technology:The newsletter presents detailed information about the Launch of the European Directory of Women and ICT by the Commission on the 8th of October 2009The summary of HP e-skills-initiatives helping the youth of today preare for the digital world reports about on-going work between HP and the ECWT towards launching an ILB initiative that aims to increase the number of women in ICT professions in Europe. To find out more about the above news and the latest developments of the e-skills ILB agenda:Towards a new e-Skills AssociationSkills for a low carbon economyGreen IT qualificationsEuropean model for e-certification formally adopted.
November 29, 2009 6:07 PM
The UK's first women's international centre for economic development (WICED) is to launch in Liverpool. The centre will combine incubation space and gendered enterprise support with a research hub that will develop a global community in the field of women's enterprise.
November 14, 2009 7:06 AM
Sonja Bernhardt, Chief Executive Officer of software development house, ThoughtWare, was on the 10th of November 2009 named the winner of the Industry or Business Award handed out by The Honourable Karen Struthers, Minister for Community Services and Housing and Minister for Women Sonja received the award for 'inspiring other women who might otherwise not have considered a non-traditional career such as information and communication technology (ICT)'. When presenting Sonja's winner profile the minister emphasized:'As CEO and Director of Gold Coast-based software development house, ThoughtWare, Sonja stands out from the pack with her passion and enthusiasm for helping women and girls in ICT.
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January 9, 2010 3:30 AM
Based on the initiative of European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry and as part of the EU e-skills strategy the e-Skills Awareness Raising Week 2010 will take place all around Europe in March 2010 with the goal to raise awareness of the growing demand of highly skilled ICT practitioners and users within the ICT and related sectors.The consortium responsible for coordinating the eSkills Week 2010 which is expected to bring together 300,000 participants in more than 100 activities in more than 20 participating countries is lead by DIGITALEUROPE and European Schoolnet as the core focus in of the e-Skills Week is the business and education sector.
December 12, 2009 8:10 AM
From 25 November to 10 December, get ready to click your mouse, flex your SMS fingers and engage full energy to take control of technology to end violence against women. APC's Women’s Programme calls on users of the radio, television, internet,emails and mobile phones to Take Back the Tech "In Malaysia, women in the community are learning how to blog, andposting their perceptions on violence against women in their own language.
November 29, 2009 7:18 PM
Dr Patrice Braun, Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Women & Technology and a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Regional Innovation & Competitiveness at the University of Ballarat in Australia, has been awarded a Federal Government 2010 Endeavour Research Fellow Award ($23,500) to conduct research in Bangladesh. The Endeavour Awards are the Australian Government's internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing high-achieving individuals with a unique opportunity to undertake study, research or professional development.
November 21, 2009 8:47 AM
The 1st international Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) will be organized 6-13 June 2010 in Helsinki, Finland for 30 talented young students, 16 to 19 years old, keen on natural sciences, mathematics and technology. They will be selected and thus invited on the grounds of their applications.
November 14, 2009 6:38 AM
Victorian ICT for Women is organizing its key annual whole day networking event OzWIT 2009 the 1st of December at Monash University, Caulfield Campus - 1st December 2009 with a focus on four key issues:Changing culture, not just 'working around' the existing culturePrograms in Action: What is being doneSupporting and encouraging women in ICT and State of play: Where are we now. APWCT coordinator dr.
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