WOUGNET Update Newsletter - May 2001

["Dorothy Okello" <dokello@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

WOUGNET Update Newsletter -  May 2001
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WHAT'S NEW
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Here is a list of what's new at the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
website - http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/. For comments or queries,
please contact info-wougnet@xxxxxxxxxxxx

NOTE: Search facility added to WOUGNET website.


1. WOMEN ORGANISATIONS IN UGANDA
    http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/wo_dir.html

= Hope After Rape (HAR)
   HAR's mission is to facilitate the recovery of abused children,
   women and their families through training, research, advocacy and
   provision of psychosocial suport services.
   (http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/wo_dir.html#HAR)


2. AFRICAN/INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ORGANISATIONS
    http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/Links/africa_int.html

= All Africa Women for Peace
     All Africa Women for Peace (AAWP)'s mission is to advance the
     participation of women in peace making and development in Africa
     through research, training, networking and counselling.
     (http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/Links/africa_int.html#AAWP)

= East African Media Women Association (EAMWA)
     EAMWA's goal is to network  members' associations and to
     explore the potential of new information and communication
     technologies (NICTs), particularly the Internet. In addition,
     EAMWA will help create linkages between the mass media and
     gender activists in a variety of fields.
    (http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/Links/africa_int.html#EAMWA)


3.  LINKS AND RESOURCES

a) Business Links and Resources

= Shibumi Holdings, Inc.
   Shibumi Holdings, Inc. is a private firm that provides aid in
   fulfilling the needs in the areas of Education,
   Telecommunications,  Information Technology, Heavy Industry,
   Energy, Mineral Import/Export, and Construction.
   (http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/links.html#SHI)


b) Development Links and Resources

= The Nile Basin Society
     The Nile Basin Society (NBS), a Canadian non-governmental
     organisation (NGO), spreads understanding between Nile Basin
     NGOs and media to help in development issues for the whole
     basin. NBS is a member of the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA).
    (http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/links.html#NILE)


c) Environment Links and Resources

= Advocates Coalition on Environment and Development (ACODE)
     ACODE's mission is to promote a conducive operational environment
     for environmental civic organisations, to promote environmental
     litigation as a tool for environmental management, to promote
     access to enviromental information, and to advocate for community
     resource rights. ACODE is based in Uganda.
     (http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/links.html#ACODE)


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EVENTS & NEWS
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= Making Waves:
   Stories of Participatory Communication for Social Change
   Written by Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, has just been published by The
   Rockefeller Foundation. A study of the field of participatory
   communication for social change and how it is evolving. Reviews 50
   illustrations of the power of community decision-making and action
   in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Highlights action that
   communicates the lives and circumstances of the poor and excluded
   in words and terms that they themselves use.

   For printed copies of the report, please write to:
   Attn: Communications Department
   The Rockefeller Foundation
   420 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018
   USA
   For a copy via email, send a message to: webinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   Include the publication title, your name, phone number and
   complete mailing address.


To list your event/news on the WOUGNET website, send details about
the event/news including contact information to:
wougnet-news@xxxxxxxxxxx


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New Program:  WebDesign
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Websites can be a beneficial tool for making contacts, forging
partnerships, fundraising, and marketing services and crafts. The
WebDesign program is a partnership of WOUGNET and InterConnection to
donate websites to WOUGNET members that meet InterConnection's
criteria for website donation. The websites will be developed by
InterConnection volunteers and the only responsibility for WOUGNET
members will be to provide appropriate text and photos for the
websites.

InterConnection's mission is to provide the Internet and computer
technology and training to underserved communities in developing
countries. A sample of websites that have been donated by
InterConnection is available at: http://www.interconnection.org/ngo

For more information about the WebDesign program or to obtain
application forms for a donated website, contact
webadmin@xxxxxxxxxxx

For information about InterConnection, visit their website at
http://www.interconnection.org


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