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Putting ICTs to work for Egyptian women artisans
Putting ICTs to work for Egyptian women artisans 30 July 2008 AL

Handicrafts are an income-generating activity for many women in Egypt, but as producers these women often receive the lowest profit in the trading chain. This is why women artisans and organisations that support them asked ArabDev to help them find ways to market their goods online. ArabDev conducted a market study that showed that the global crafts market is a highly competitive arena, both in price and quality, and that exporting is not a realistic option for most Egyptian female artisans....

Making e-government accessible in Croatia
Making e-government accessible in Croatia 30 July 2008 AL

In late 2007 ZaMirNET organised a national workshop with representatives of government agencies, academia and the business sector to exchange information about current e-government initiatives, as part of the Inclusive e-Government Network project. The Croatian government has been investing significant resources in the development of various e-services, and ZaMirNET wanted to point out the lack of compliance with recognised standards of web accessibility, which is prejudicing people with visu...

Violence against women documentation and reporting system from the Philippines
Violence against women documentation and reporting system from the Philippines 30 July 2008 AL

Case documentation system The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women employed the technical know-how of WomensHub to study and develop the technical specifications for an integrated database on cases of violence against women (VAW) in the country. The data will be gathered from local front-line units of the government: the police, social workers, hospitals and judicial offices. Thi...

Costa Rican cooperative joins APC
Costa Rican cooperative joins APC 14 July 2008 AL

APC’s new member Sulá Batsu is a cooperative operating in Costa Rica since 2005. It sees itself as a collective workspace for social change. It’s experience spans over the sharing of knowledge, social economy and information and communication technologies. APCNews interviewed Margarita Salas of Sulá Batsú in order to grasp the challenges associated with the cooperative model, the...

APC's thoughts on the IGF
APC's thoughts on the IGF 07 July 2008 LC and AE

Following the IGF, APC has taken some time to reflect on its involvement at the IGF, improvements and problematic areas of the event in general, and areas APC should work on for future events.

Mobile phones and poverty reduction: Can this shortcut work in Latin America?
Mobile phones and poverty reduction: Can this shortcut work in Latin America? 02 April 2008 Natalia Uval

Mobile phones can be the way into the information society for lower income people and less developed regions. Some structural factors help: mobile phones do not require either electricity or special training and the costs of connectivity are much lower than those of landline telephones.

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Why did ten APC members from around the world decide it was time to set up ICT policy portals in their countries?
Why did ten APC members from around the world decide it was time to set up ICT policy portals in their countries? 07 June 2004 KH

Ten APC members have created national portal websites tracking communications and information related policy in a joint initiative. The portals have been set up in Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, the UK and Uruguay. APCNews asked some of the site administrators who were still putting last minute tou...

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