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WOUGNET Update Newsletter - May/June 2008
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This issue's contents:
1. News and Events
2. Tech Support
3. Gender & ICT Policy Advocacy
4. ICT Training: Citizen Journalism
5. WOUGNET News

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*** Getting the most out of the WOUGNET website -
Weekly Hands-on Training Sessions ***

Following the launch of the newly redesigned
website - http://www.wougnet.org, we look forward
to more engagement by all on the website. The key
feature with the new website is to allow members
and registered users contribute directly to the
website content, participate in forums, and be
part of the WOUGNET website development. If you
are comfortable using MS WORD or OpenOffice, you
should be comfortable editing your organisational
profile on the WOUGNET website, contributing news
articles, providing information on your upcoming events, etc.

If you already have your organisation profile on
the website and/or if you would like to register
and become a contributor to the website, we are
conducting hands-on sessions at the WOUGNET
Secretariat to get you acquainted to the new
website. The hands-on sessions which are free of
charge will be conducted twice a week on
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 - 5:00pm at
the Secretariat which is located at Plot 53 Kira Road, Kamwokya.

For more information, please send email to
info [at] wougnet [dot] org, call 041-4532035, or simply stop by the office.

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News and Events
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= EASSI Monthly Book Review - June 2008
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=83&task=s...
EASSI has started a monthly book review. Reading
gives knowledge and power. Each book promotes
women and girls and teaches self empowerment. We
would like to share these books with you in the
hope you become sojourners in this literary world.

The first book is by Mukhtar Mai, the true story
of a lioness. All books reviewed are available in
major bookshops around the world at fair prices.

= Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Receives the 2008
San Diego Zoo's Conservation-In-Action Award
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategor...
For the first time in the history of the
ZoologicalSociety of San Diego, two new
categories for the annual Zoological Society's
Conservation Medal, the Lifetime Achievement
Award and the Conservation-In-Action Award, will
also include a monetary award to assist with the
conservation work being done by the recipients.

The three recipients of the 2008 Conservation
Medals are - Richard Louv, whose many books and
articles have brought countless readers to a
greater understanding of the natural world,
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, D.V.M., a Ugandan woman
who created Conservation through Public Health
(CTPH), and Laurie Marker Ph.D., founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund.

= A working dog: Apac women crying for "a dog that can work"
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
A dog is needed urgently by women in Apac
district. A dog that can go to the garden and
farm, work to earn income to look after the
family, cater for school fees and clothing for
children, for medical care, and, in its excellent
form probably help the women in doing household
chores. Many women in Apac are willing to offer anything to get such a dog.

Margaret Olero, 46, is looking for a saviour in
such a dog. Olero is chocking with the burden of
looking after her 7 children, her husband, in
addition to undertaking all the daily domestic
chores, while her husband leaves everything to
her as he has done for the past 24 years. Olero
says her husband, just like many in Aminamong
village, Akokoro sub-county in Apac is waiting
for a dog that can work (go to the garden and
earn money for the family) before he can get
convinced to start working for himself and family.

"He always refers me to a popular saying by many
men in this place that how can he work when dogs
still eat free food. When I ask him how he
expects me to get food and meet all family needs
without his help, he asks me whether he is not
more valuable than a dog which eats every day despite not working," Olero says.

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Tech Support
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= Virus Alert: Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategor...
Now more than ever, it's important that Windows
users ensure their machines are safe from
hackers. A dangerous new strain of malicious
software that holds the victim's computers files
for ransom has been unleashed, and Kaspersky Lab
(Antivirus software developer) is warning that
security researchers have yet to crack the encryption key.

= Definitions of Malware (harmful computer programs)
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&se...
According to Wikipedia "Malware" is: "software
designed to infiltrate or damage a computer
system without the owner's informed consent."
Some definitions of the names you might have
heard for various kinds of malware include
computer virus, computer worms, trojans, etc.

For more information or for assistance in
managing your computer and in using the Internet,
contact techsupport [at] wougnet [dot] org

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Gender & ICT Policy Advocacy
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= Launch of the Regional EAICT4D Network, Nairobi, 23rd May 2008
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=191...
The regional East Africa ICT for Development
Network was born out of a five days workshop
organised by KICTAnet, entitled "Growing Regional
ICT Opportunities Collectively", held at Lenana
Conference Centre, Nairobi from May 19th ­23,
2008. The 5 proposed initial members of the
EAICT4D network were invited to attend and these
were I-Network Uganda, WOUGNET Uganda, SWOPNET
Tanzania, KICTAnet Kenya, Rwanda Development Gateway, and CIPESA.

The main purpose of the network is to disseminate
research and undertake advocacy on ICT for
Development and access to infrastructure at the
sub regional level, in order to create a sound
platform for sub regional connectivity that will
provide a platform for the effective use of ICTs in the development processes.

For more information, please write to info [at] wougnet [dot] org

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ICT Training: Citizen Journalism
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WOUGNET is planning a Citizen Journalism workshop
to help members learn how to raise awareness
about their respective organizations' activities.
The workshop will be held from 16 - 18 July 2008

As part of the planning process, we want to get
an idea of how many members would consider
sending staff to this workshop. Members will be
asked to pay a small registration fee.

Please read the following information and send a
note to info [at] wougnet [dot] org to let us know if you're
interested! Also, feel free to include
recommendations on other subjects you'd like to have covered.

I. What is Citizen Journalism?

Citizen Journalism enables any person or
organization to increase awareness about the
issues they care about on the world wide web.
Whether you're writing about gender equality,
eradication of poverty, good governance, HIV/AIDS
or otherwise, blogging give you an original voice
and a potential audience of millions.

II. What will the CJA Workshop cover?

While anyone can start a blog, maintaining a
professional and well-respected blog can be
difficult without some basic training.
WOUGNET's Citizen Journalism Workshop aims at
equipping you with the right skills to do so!

More information about the workshop, including venue and registration:
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&...

For more information about Citizen Journalism,
please visit this blog by the workshop co-trainer:
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=83&task=s...

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WOUGNET News
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= Strategic and Innovative Use of ICTs: WOUGNETS
Soars High in the Use of SMS to share Information
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187...
WOUGNET has explored the use of SMS in
information sharing and carrying out SMS
campaigns around different themes. The 16 Days of
Activism Against Gender Violence, an
international SMS campaign from 25/Nov ­ 10Dec
2007, with over 170 participants drawn from 13
countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and
South America, was used as a strategy to call for
the elimination of all forms of violence against
women. A WomenÂ's Day campaign was carried out
from 25/Feb ­ 14/Mar 2008 lead by EASSI, a
WOUGNET member organisation, with over 240
participants drawn from 20 countries in Africa,
Europe and the Caribbean. The aim of the campaign
was to raise awareness of the plight of the
girl-child in Kenya during the post-election violence in the country.

Additionally in a test of Mobile Advocacy Tools,
a campaign on ICTs and poverty reduction, was
successfully carried out in April/May 2008 and
proves that SMS is a powerful tool of information
sharing. WOUGNET members, partners and
interested persons discussed questions sent out
by the secretariat on the theme, Â'ICTs: Is your wealth a click away?

The campaign on ICTs and poverty reduction was
wrapped up with a workshop organised for
participants of the SMS campaign on 6th May 2008,
for further discussion on the key issues arising.
The SMS and workshop were also a contribution to
the World Telecommunication and Information
Society Day 2008 held on 17th May, 2008. The
workshop report is available online.



= WOUGNET and the STOP AIDS NOW Project
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164...
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is one of the
Project Partners of STOP AIDS NOW (SAN) Project,
a project managing HIV and AIDS in the work
place. The project is a partnership between five
Dutch Co-funding Non Governmental Organisations
that include: Hivos, ICCO, Memisa (Cordaid),
Novib (Oxfarm) and Aids fonds, established in
2000. The mission of the partnership is working
together towards a world without AIDS. SAN
Project has enabled WOUGNET develop the HIV/AIDs
policy at the work place. The purpose of the
policy is to minimise, monitor the policy
response and manage the spread and impact of HIV
and AIDS on the employees and operations of WOUGNET.



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