Network

Country/Region

Description

ACPSP Africa-Canada Parliamentary Strengthening Programme quality Gender Network www.parlcent.ca/Africa

Global

A global Gender Equality Network composed of Women's Working Group on Gender (WWGG) whose main objective is to ensure the integration of gender issues in all the NEPAD components. One of the priority areas of focus is addressing the question of how women can benefit from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

AfrEA Africa Gender and Development Evaluators Network www.afrea.org/unifem

Regional

A regional network working on gender and human rights based monitoring and evaluation in Africa . The Network aims to share information, knowledge and evaluation resources

African woman

http://www.africaowoman.net

Regional

A regional network connecting 80 female journalists from Ghana , Kenya , Malawi , Nigeria , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia and Zimbabwe who meet on a monthly virtual news room

African Women Global Network (AWOGNet)

Global

A global Network working with individuals and organizations within Africa to improve the conditions of women and children.

AAWS Association of African Women Scholars

Links to current African Women news from around the continent.

A worldwide organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging scholarship on African Women in African Studies, forging intellectual links and networks with scholars, activists, students, and policy makers inside and outside Africa , and actively participating in continental and global debates on issues specially relevant to related to African women

APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC-WNSP) 

A global network of women that support women networking for social change and women's empowerment, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

APC-Africa-Women

Regional

A regional network of organizations and individuals that work to empower African women's organizations to access and use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for equality and development

EKOWISA

Southern Africa

A regional non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose aim is to generate, analyze, translate, repackage and disseminate locally relevant information and knowledge for the enhancement of better livelihoods by promoting the effective and efficient use of information communication technologies (ICTs)

ENDA Synfev

Regional

A regional network implementing a program on "Communication for Women" aimed primarily at enabling women's organizations in Francophone African countries to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to support their work and providing training in the use of ICT in solidarity campaigns and for profiling the work of women's groups in the West Africa sub-region.

ENERGIA–Africa

www.energia-africa.org

Regional

A regional network, which is part of the international network on Gender and Sustainable Energy linking individuals and groups, concerned with energy, sustainable development and gender.

Famafrique

Regional

An information website for francophone African women's development

Feminist Africa http://www.feministafrica.org

Regional

Provides a forum for progressive, cutting –edge gender research and feminist dialogue focused on the continent

FEMNET

Regional

A regional network of African women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that share experiences, information and strategies among through advocacy, training and communications so as to advance African women's development, equality and other human rights

Flamme-African Sisters online

Regional

A regional initiative established as a follow-up to 5 th Regional Conference on Women ( DAKAR , 1994) Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS as a tool for women's agenda

GBV Gender-based Violence Prevention Network

Regional

A regional website that the virtual community for network members and others interested in violence prevention in Africa

GAIN Gender in Africa Information Network

http://womensnet.org.za/links/gain

Global

A global network committed to making indigenous information on women and gender valued, visible and accessible globally and participate in the global information society

Gender and Media Southern Africa

Southern Africa

An umbrella organization of individuals and institutions who work to promote gender equality in and through the media

Gender and Women Studies for Transformation

http://www.gwsafrica.org

Regional

A regional initiative aimed at strengthening African teaching and research in gender studies by bringing teachers and researchers based in African universities together in a series of carefully designed trading, research and publishing activities, involving a combination of online communications and workshops.

Gender Responsive Budgeting - Africa

Regional

A regional website to promote cross-regional information sharing on country experiences and facilities networking and collaboration amongst countries, civil society and international and regional organizations

Girls Education Monitoring System

http://www.educategirls.com

Global

A global interactive website dedicated to issues of monitoring and evaluation of girls education. It is a forum for the worldwide sharing of experiences, strategies and results

Global Coalition on Women and AIDS

Global

The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) is a loose alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV, and United Nations agencies, supported by activists, political leaders, and celebrities. The GCWA is supported by a small secretariat located within the UNAIDS office in Geneva

IGTN-International Gender and Trade Network

Global

A global network of feminist gender specialists who provide technical information on gender and trade issues to women's groups, NGOs and governments

INSTRAW

Http://www.un.instraw.org

Global

A global Gender Awareness Information and Networking System (GAINS), an internet based research and training environment driven by a worldwide network

IPS-Africa

Regional

A regional network of correspondents and stringers in more than 30 African countries

ISIS-WICCE

A regional network that communicates ideas, creates solidarity networks and shares information to overcome gender inequalities to meet the need for information by women from various regions of the world

Linux Chix Africa 

A Pan-African organization working to build the critical mass of computing skills among African women. Also advocating for the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for the many community development challenges being faced by Africans

Protégé QV 

Cameroon

A Cameroonian NGO that promotes individual and collective initiatives to induce rural development, to protect the environment and to improve the well being of the community

SchoolNet Africa

www.schoolnetafrica.net

Regional

A regional network supporting and advocating for women's access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

Third World Network Africa

Regional

A regional network that carries out research and advocacy on issues of social and economic policy, a fair distribution of world's resources, and forms of development, which are sustainable and fulfill human needs in Africa and developing countries.

WILDAF

Regional and sub-regional

A pan-African network of organizations and individuals working in the area of women's rights, promoting and strengthening action-strategies that link law to the development and empowerment of women

Women's Net

South Africa

A network that is working to advance gender equality and justice in South Africa through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by providing training and facilitating content dissemination and creation that supports women, girls, and women's and gender organizations and networks to take control of their own content and ICT use

WOUGNET

Uganda

A Uganda network that promotes the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by women organizations and individuals for the better being of Ugandan women.

ZWRCN Zimbabwe Women's Resource Center Network

Zwrcn.org.zw

Zimbabwe

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