Fyi - please don't respond to me, but to Anita (contact given below)... best wishes to all! Jethro From: Elaine Mercer Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:28 PM To: Gender Working Group Subject: FW: URGENT Gender and Media/ICT contacts in Central Asia Dear all Anita needs some urgent help finding gender experts/organisations in Central Asia that work on media and ICTs (see message below). She is currently working on the Beijing +15 review and needs this info by this Friday May 1st. If you have any ideas please contact her directly [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Thanks Elaine (Anita is a member of the BRIDGE advisory board, she is the executive director of IT for Change, an NGO located in Bangalore, India. ) -------------------------------------------------- Elaine Mercer Programme Coordinator BRIDGE - Gender and Development The Institute of Development Studies, UK email: [log in to unmask] tel: +44 (0)1273 915816 fax: +44 (0)1273 621202 www.bridge.ids.ac.uk<http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk> - BRIDGE publications and reports www.siyanda.org<http://www.siyanda.org> - Siyanda Gender and Development Resources From: Anita [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 28 April 2009 10:37 To: BRIDGE International Advisory Committee Subject: [iac2] [Fwd: RE: urgent] Dear friends This comes with a request .. Can you suggest any expert or organisation in Central Asia who can help us with some data on media and ICTs for the Beijing plus 15 review. We need inputs by end of this week .. Friday... Anybody involved in human rights and gender work will be great; also any academics that you know? The 2 questions we want answered are as follows: 1. What are the big issues in the changing media and ICT landscape today, that have implications for gender, equity and social justice - be they relating to infrastructure, technological innovations, media ownership, regulation, knowledge, content, representation...... (It would be great to have examples, case studies, best practices, good and retrograde policies, that explain your points) 2. What are the policy issues here? What have policies not addressed and should address? The context of the UNESCAP process is as follows: The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is organizing a high-level meeting in September 2009 as a regional review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (â'"Beijing +15â'). In that connection, we are organizing an expert group meeting 13-15 May 2009 in Bangkok to hear from people with expertise in various areas as well as from various sub-regions of Asia-Pacific in order to a) identify and analyze emerging and persistent challenges for the region relevant to achieving gender equality; b) propose an organizational and conceptual framework for the high-level meeting. -- anita gurumurthy IT for Change Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities (In Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council) www.ITforChange.net<http://www.ITforChange.net> www.IS-Watch.net<http://www.IS-Watch.net> http://India.IS-Watch.net Tel:+91-80-2665 4134, 2653 6890 Fax:+91-80-4146 1055 This message is for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IDS. Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE Tel: +44 (0)1273 606261; Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202 IDS, a charitable company limited by guarantee: Registered Charity No. 306371; Registered in England 877338; VAT No. GB 350 899914 -- anita gurumurthy IT for Change Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities (In Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council) www.ITforChange.net<http://www.ITforChange.net> www.IS-Watch.net<http://www.IS-Watch.net> http://India.IS-Watch.net Tel:+91-80-2665 4134, 2653 6890 Fax:+91-80-4146 1055 This message is for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IDS. Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE Tel: +44 (0)1273 606261; Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202 IDS, a charitable company limited by guarantee: Registered Charity No. 306371; Registered in England 877338; VAT No. GB 350 899914