iKNOW Politics was invited by Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women to present during the Commission on Status of Women at the event "The Role of Parliaments in promoting access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology". This event was held on 23 February 2011 at the UN secretariat building in New York, USA.
The event was a whole day and iKNOW Politics presented during the afternoon on the session titled "Theme 3: How can ICT support women in politics?". The other participants on the panel included, Mr. J. Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament and Ms. M. Lugaric, Member of Parliament, Croatia. The panel was moderated by Ms. Margaret Mensah-Williams, Vice-President of the National Council of Namibia, and iKNOW Politics Expert.
Please find the complete agenda attached for your reference below.
The meeting took stock of the current situation in using different ICTs for women in politics, identify challenges faced by women and girls in accessing these tools and highlight parliamentary mechanisms and actions parliaments can take to overcome these barriers. In so doing. The meeting was very well attended by over 40 members of parliament from around the world.
After the iKNOW Politics presentation, the participating members of the audience from Zambia, United Kingdom, Burkina Faso, Korea, Mexico, Chile, Kenya, Jordan, Angola and Portugal engaged with iKNOW Politics on the use of the network and role of new ICTs in challenging the stereotypical portrayal of women in politics in their countries.
The participants were appreciative of the iKNOW Politics network and were to keen to use the network to both learn more about the particular issues but also share their experiences and stories with other women in politics.
iKNOW Politics was invited by Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women to present during the Commission on Status of Women at the event "The Role of Parliaments in promoting access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology". This event was held on 23 February 2011 at the UN secretariat building in New York, USA.
The event was a whole day and iKNOW Politics presented during the afternoon on the session titled "Theme 3: How can ICT support women in politics?". The other participants on the panel included, Mr. J. Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament and Ms. M. Lugaric, Member of Parliament, Croatia. The panel was moderated by Ms. Margaret Mensah-Williams, Vice-President of the National Council of Namibia, and iKNOW Politics Expert.
Please find the complete agenda attached for your reference below.
The meeting took stock of the current situation in using different ICTs for women in politics, identify challenges faced by women and girls in accessing these tools and highlight parliamentary mechanisms and actions parliaments can take to overcome these barriers. In so doing. The meeting was very well attended by over 40 members of parliament from around the world.
After the iKNOW Politics presentation, the participating members of the audience from Zambia, United Kingdom, Burkina Faso, Korea, Mexico, Chile, Kenya, Jordan, Angola and Portugal engaged with iKNOW Politics on the use of the network and role of new ICTs in challenging the stereotypical portrayal of women in politics in their countries.
The participants were appreciative of the iKNOW Politics network and were to keen to use the network to both learn more about the particular issues but also share their experiences and stories with other women in politics.