(Fwd) invitation to women/economics/africa internet working

*********************** INVITATION TO THE
*************** "AFRICAN WOMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
********************* INTERNET WORKING GROUP

PURPOSE OF THE AFR-FEM INTERNET WORKING GROUP

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will host its
40th Anniversary Conference, "African Women and Economic Development:
Investing in our Future," on April 28 - May 1,1998 in Addis-Ababa,
Ethiopia. The Conference will focus on four themes:

* Developing African Economies: The Role of Women
* Achieving Good Governance: The Essential Participation of Women
* African Women and the Information Age: A New Window of Opportunity
* Creating Opportunities for Africa's New Generation

In association with this Conference, UNECA and the World Bank, on behalf
of the Global Knowledge Partnership, are sponsoring a "virtual Working
Group," which aims to support the Conference and to build a resource of
field-based information related to the Conference themes. Working Group
members are invited to share information, related to the Conference
themes, regarding their activities, key success factors, lessons drawn
from experience, and the impact of their activities in the field.* We
would particularly like to encourage women and young people in the
South, especially those in Africa, to contribute information about their
activities and experience. Information gathered by the Working Group
will be organized as a permanent reference for Conference participants,
local communities, women's groups, NGOs, governmental bodies, and
development agencies, including the World Bank, UNECA, UNDP.

The Working Group will be moderated and animated to
maintain focus on the specific objectives of the conference :

* Share information that is ordinarily difficult to disseminate, and is
relevant to Conference themes, particularly information from those in
the South :
* - Best practices
* - Research results
* - Useful tools in selected skill/topic areas
* - Information on experts
* - Information on available resources
* - Sources of funding support
* - Sources of information, e.g., papers, WWW sites,
* - NGO activities
* - Government and donor programs

* Offer a forum in which Working Group members, especially those
involved in the Conference, can provide feed-back, as well as make
requests and offers of collaboration.

* Serve as a source of information about the Conference

* Provide regular updates to the larger GKD list plenary about the
* Working Group activities


HOW TO JOIN THE AFR-FEM WORKING GROUP

Anyone who has electronic mail with Internet access can subscribe to
AFR-FEM. To join please send an e-mail to:

**** MAJORDOMO@MAIL.EDC.ORG

Do *not* enter a subject.* In the body of the message, type the text:

**** SUBSCRIBE AFR-FEM

Do *not* put anything after 'AFR-FEM'.* You will receive a Welcome
Letter to the Working Group.


HOW TO GET THE AFR-FEM DIGESTS

If you would like to get the digests, i.e., compendium, of
AFR-FEM messages, send an e-mail to:

**** MAJORDOMO@MAIL.EDC.ORG

Do *not* enter a subject.* In the body of the message, type the text:

**** SUBSCRIBE AFR-FEM-digest

Do *not* put anything after 'AFR-FEM-digest'.


HOW TO GET THE AFR-FEM WEEKLY SUMMARIES

A summary of the Working Group messages will be posted each week. If
you would like to get *only* the summaries, send an e-mail to:

**** MAJORDOMO@MAIL.EDC.ORG

Do *not* enter a subject. In the body of the message, type the text:

**** SUBSCRIBE AFR-FEM-summary

Do *not* put anything after 'AFR-FEM-summary'


WORLD WIDE WEB SITE FOR THE CONFERENCE

Information about the Conference and related activities is available at
the UNECA Conference Web site
<<http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/eca40th/index.htm>http://www.un.org/Depts/eca
/eca40th/index.htm>. In addition, archives
of the Working Group will be maintained at the Global Knowledge
Partnership Web site
<<http://www.globalknowledge.org/>http://www.globalknowledge.org>.


OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCES

The Global Knowledge for Development discussion List, GKD, offers a
vibrant, rich, valuable discussion on a range of issues related to
expanding access to information and knowledge to support development.
The GKD operates, in a sense, as a "plenary" meeting for all interested
in these issues, and the Working Group will post regular updates to the
GKD List regarding Working Group outcomes. Approximately 1,000 people
and organizations from more than 75 countries participate in the GKD
discussion. To join the GKD List, send an e-mail to

** MAJORDOMO@MAIL.EDC.ORG

Do *not* enter a subject. In the body of the message, type the text:

** SUBSCRIBE GKD


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information about AFR-FEM, please contact :

Janice Brodman
Education Development Center
<JANICEB@EDC.ORG>
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************* George Lessard
****** Community Communication Arts,
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