[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Online Event: Bridging the Digital Divides: Equal Access on the Internet

[Meryem Marzouki]

FYI.

Début du message réexpédié :

> De: Will Doherty <doherty at onlinepolicy.org>
> Date: Lun 25 aoû 2003  09:12:11 Europe/Paris
>
> Please feel free to pass on this notice about an online
> event this GILC member organization is hosting on the
> various aspects of the digital divide (see below).
>
> One Internet With Equal Access for All,
>
> Will Doherty
> Online Policy Group, Inc.
> http://www.onlinepolicy.org
> -------
> Bridging the Digital Divides, Equal Access to the Internet
>
> Announcing TechSoup's ( http://www.techsoup.org/ ) latest
> online event: Bridging the Divides, Equal Access to the
> Internet.
>
> How does the digital divide affect communities based
> on income, class, and race? How does the digital divide
> extend to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity,
> disability, and age? What role do technologies like
> Internet blocking software and digital rights management
> play in the digital divide? How can we overcome the
> obstacles posed by the various aspects of the digital
> divide?
>
> Join us the week of August 25-29 in the Digital Divide
> Forum as we discuss the above questions and more:
> http://www.techsoup.org/forums/ 
> index.cfm?fuseaction=list&forum=2012&cid=117
>
> Topics Include:
> * Class-based disparity in available technology
> * The role race, ethnicity, and religion play in the
> digital divide
> * Women and technology
> * The impact of Internet blocking software on the lesbian,
> gay, bisexual, and transgender community
> * Access to technology for people with disabilities
>
> This event will be hosted by Will Doherty of the Online
> Policy Group ( http://www.onlinepolicy.org/ ). Co-hosts
> include Theeba Soundararajan of Witness ( http://www.witness.org/ )
> and Third World Majority ( http://www.thirdworldmajority.org/ ),
> Art McGee of AntiRacismNet ( http://www.antiracismnet.org/ )
> and Media Justice Network ( http://www.mediajustice.org/ ),
> Jayne Cravens of United Nations Volunteers
> ( http://www.unvolunteers.org/ ), Gwen Smith of Female to
> Male International ( http://www.ftmi.org/ ) and Gender.Org
> ( http://www.gender.org/ ), and Sharron Rush of Knowbility
> ( http://www.knowbility.org/ ).