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Resources & Links

The following is a selection of Web sites on ICTs for development. We've made an effort to provide the resources that are most relevant to UNIFEM’s work.

WSIS-Related Web Sites

• World Summit on the Information Society – Official ITU Site
• Gender and WSIS
• Swiss Executive Secretariat for WSIS 2003 – Swiss Government Site
• World Summit on the Information Society – Civil Society Site
• WSIS-online.net – Communication Platform
• WSIS Gender Caucus

Documents

• WSIS Draft Declaration of Principles
• WSIS Draft Plan of Action
• Gender Caucus Position Paper on the WSIS Plan of Action (PDF, 403KB)
• Resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly and the ITU
• E-Quality for Women (PDF, Plain Text 26KB, Published Version 614KB), by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of UNIFEM
• The Kampala Declaration (PDF, 133KB) urges that gender equality in the information
  society be included as a crosscutting principle in the WSIS.

United Nations Programmes and Resources

• Compendium of Projects on Gender and ICTs within the UN System
• Digital Diaspora Network – Africa
• Digital Diaspora Network – Latin America and the Caribbean
• Economic Commission for Africa – Development Information Services Division
• ESCWA Information and Communication Technology Division
• ICT Development Showcase
• INSTRAW Gender and ICTs Project
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• UN Information and Communication Technologies Task Force
• UN ICT Task Force Publications on ICTs for Development
• UNCTAD – Science and Technology for Development Network
• UNCTAD – Services Infrastructure
• UNDP – Information and Communication Technologies for Development
• UNITeS: United Nations Information Technology Service

Other Resources

• Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
• Development Gateway – ICT for Development
• IADB – Information Technology for Development Division
• Information for Development Program
• Internation Development Research Centre (IDRC)
• International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
• GenderNet's Gender and the Digital Divide Seminar Series
• GTZ – Information and Communication Technologies and Private Sector
• Sustainable ICT Initiatives
• World Bank Group's Global Information & Communication Technologies Department
• World Links: eLearning for Development

For a more extensive list of organizations and resources on ICTs for development, visit the UN ICT Task Force's Directory of Links.