Theme:
Women & ICT: Towards a Horn of Africa Women's Knowledge Network.

Objectives:
· To discuss / share knowledge on the emerging information and
communications technology, its services and their impact on development.

· To exchange / learn lessons from women ICT practitioners within
the region and beyond as well as take stock of progress being made at the
regional / international levels to ensure that women benefit from the
opportunities provided by ICTs.

· To develop an action plan for ensuring women's greater access to
and effective utilization of ICT in the Horn of Africa region.

The Conference Organising Committee is seeking papers, projects, posters
and exhibitions on any of the following sub-themes:

· ICT in national development.
· Advancing women's leadership role in the information / knowledge
era.
· Management of ICTs in the information / knowledge age.
· Women and ICTs in rural development.

Please send an abstract, title, and a brief statement on relevance to the
conference theme to the conference secretariat by October 31st2001.

Participant registration forms can be found on the conference website:
http://www.acwict.or.ke

For more information / registration, contact:
The Conference Secretariat
Horn of Africa Regional Conference on Women & ICT
African Centre for Women, Information & Communications Technology (ACWICT)
P. O. Box 20956, K.N.H.
Nairobi, Kenya.
Phone: 254-2-560486
Fax: 254-2-567112
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.acwict.or.ke