[WSIS CS-Plenary] Side event at WSIS: Celebrating Women's Infocom Work

[Aileen Familara]

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Isis Manila celebrates women's information and communication work

Communication, both its tools and processes, has long been recognised as 
central to the women's movement. It is a vital tool for activism as it 
ensures that the issues get heard, discussed and acted upon. Women's 
organisations across the world play an active role in ensuring that women 
are able to communicate with each other in a meaningful way and that they 
are able to communicate their issues, concerns, views and ideas to the 
right audience. This work is now further highlighted, as Isis 
International-Manila prepares to launch Collective Journeys, a website on 
women's information and documentation work in the past 30 years. Join us as 
we celebrate women's contributions to information and communication work 
and the women's movement through the launch of Collective Journeys at the 
World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland on 09 
December 2003.

The website, www.collectivejourneys.org, will highlight the significant 
events, innovations and initiatives by women's organisations that have 
successfully used information tools for their advocacy work. An enriched 
historical timeline is also featured on the site with links to full stories 
and will eventually host multimedia clips and content from the 
organisations featured. Site visitors will be able to get in touch with 
organisations through a comprehensive directory of women's information and 
communication organisations.

For those who will be in Geneva for the Summit, the launch will take place 
on 09 December from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Jura Conference Room in 
Palexpo. To find out more about the event, please write to Aileen Familara 
aileen at isiswomen.org,  call us at (632) 435-3405 or 435-3408 or 436-01312 
extension 107, or send a fax to (632) 924-1065.



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