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WOUGNET Update Newsletter - April 2009
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A monthly electronic newsletter from Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
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This issue's contents:
1. News and Events
2. Tech Support
3. Citizen Journalism
4. Gender and ICT Policy
5. WOUGNET News

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Since inception in 2000, WOUGNET has hosted its
websites and mailing lists with Kabissa, A
network of African civil society organisations.
However, effective April 30th 2009, Kabissa is
changing. They are streamlining their Internet
services to focus on being a trusted Domain
Registrar for organizations in the Kabissa
network. This means that they will continue to
register and help manage domain names (e.g.
wougnet.org) for their member organizations, but
will no longer offer website and email hosting services.

Therefore, just like other Kabissa members in
Uganda and around Africa, WOUGNET must find an
alternative host for our email, website and
mailing lists. We have found a new partner and
are in the process of migration. WOUGNET is also
using this as an opportunity for two major
changes. The first change involves hosting the
WOUGNET websites in Uganda which should improve
the surfing experience for those in Uganda. The
second is to enhance the information sharing and
networking via WOUGNET mailing lists using
web-technology and a web 2.0 approach. A phased
approach will be used to implement these changes
in order to minimize the downtime of WOUGNET
services as well as to give opportunity for input
and feedback by WOUGNET members, subscribers and partners.

While we expect this transition to go on as
smoothly as possible with little or no
interruption of our services to you, we apologize
for any disruptions you might experience in
accessing our email, websites (www.wougnet.org
and www.kic.wougnet.org) or mailing lists after
April 30th when we switch to the new hosting service.

For further information or for queries, please
contact techsupport [at] wougnet [dot] org. In case the
wougnet.org addresses are not accessible, our
alternate contacts are milton [dot] ug [at] gmail [dot] com,
ssozi [dot] javie [at] gmail [dot] com and dorothy [dot] okello [at] gmail [dot] com.

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News and Events
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= Record keeping vital in business management
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=83
Â"Over the festive season, I would have been
thrown into jail by fraudsters due to allegedly
four million shillings I owed Uganda TelecomÂ"
Narrates Jim Rose, a small and medium woman
entrepreneur in Apac Town selling a variety of
goods and airtime cards for Uganda Telecom.
The revelation was made during a dissemination
meeting to disseminate business management tips
specifically the importance of record keeping in
business management at Weston Guest House in Apac Town on the 24th April 2009.

= Lessons of Life
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=83&task=s...
To us he was one blessed with allÂ…
What with his so tall buildings that shone in the sun
The range of cars from Mercedes to Hammers
The estates we manned with sprinklers all day
And whose produce foreign markets had known
His top post with the civil service

= NEPAD boosts Baropobo women entrepreneurs in Apac
http://www.kic.wougnet.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=categor...
Through the initiative of WOUGNET to reach out
and support small and Micro women entrepreneurs
in Uganda, a project for Enhancing Income Growth
between Small and Micro Women Entrepreneurs in
Uganda through use of ICTs has been initiated in
three districts in Uganda. In particular this
project is being implemented with three women
organizations in the three districts in Uganda
namely; Baropobo women organization in Apac
District Northern Uganda, Ibanda WomenÂ's Guild in
Ibanda District in Western Uganda and Gabula
Attude in Mukono in Eastern Uganda.

= The Untapped Potential of Banana Juice "Omubisi" in Uganda.
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php
Banana/Matooke in Uganda is widely grown for
multi-purposes, most notably for food, animals
feeds, fruits-banana, roasting and at a very low scale for juice.

*** JOB OPPORTUNITIES ***

= Wanted: Future trainers on "FOSS Business Models for Africa"
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection...
- Are you interested in building a successful
business in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and
in helping others to do the same?
- Do you have a solid background in business and FOSS?
- Do you have experience in training others,
and/or are you part of a training institution?

*** UPCOMING EVENTS ***

= 2009 IST Africa Conference & Exhibition, 6 - 8 May 2009
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&...
The Kampala IST Conference is hosted by the
Ministry of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT), and technically co-sponsored by
IEEE. The event will be held at Speke Munyonyo
Resort and Conference Centre. During the
conference, WOUGNET will be hosting a 90-minute
workshop under the topic 'Women and ICTs'. For
more information on the WOUGNET workshop, contact info [at] wougnet [dot] org.
The upcoming IST Africa conference in Uganda is
one of a series intended to showcase ICT research
and development opportunities within the EU's
current Science and Technology Framework
programme (FP7). The participation of African
institutions in this programme may go some way to
improving access to ICT applications and
information which would in turn greatly benefit
economic and social development in communities.

= 2009 World Telecommunications and Information
Society Day (WTISD), 15 May 2009
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&...
The 2009 World Telecommunications and Information
Society Day (WTISD) commemoration in Uganda will
be held on the 15th May 2009 as 17th will be a
Sunday. The commemoration is organised by the
National Working Group for the WTISD in Uganda
(UNDP, MoICT, UCC, CPAUG & I-Network)

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Tech Support
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= April 2009: Update your machine automatically
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&se...

If you use Windows Operation System, keeping your
machine updated with the latest Microsoft patches
and bug fixes can be considered an essential
task. Windows is considered unnecessarily complex
and full of security holes and flaws. Also, the
fact is that the world works with Windows,
meaning that all those hackers out there are
targeting Windows simply because of its
popularity, not because it is any less inherently
secure than alternative operating systems.

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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Citizen Journalism
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= CJA blogs on Uganda available via WOUGNET website
Follow the blogs on the Citizen Journalism in
Africa (CJA) website that are focused on Uganda.
The section 'What's New at the CJA Portal:
Uganda' on the WOUGNET website highlights the most recent blogs at:
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategor...

Blogs highlighted include:
- Girl Child Camp on Gender and ICT Empowers Female Youths in Eastern Uganda
- DO CHILD MOTHERS DESERVE THEIR FATE?
- Sports
- 23-YEAR GRACE ARACH SCOOPS NEW VISION WOMAN ACHIEVER AWARD 2008
- CERVICAL CANCER: A THREAT TO WOMEN'S LIFE EXPECTANCY.
- Six Years to 2015, Shall Uganda attain the MDG's targets?
- BEHAVIOUR CHANGE CAN HELP IN THE FIGHT OF HIV/AIDS.

The Citizen Journalism in Africa project (CJA) is
a three-year initiative funded by both Hivos and
the EU. Hivos is working with SANGONet (South
Africa) on this project. The aim of the project
is to increase civil society organisations' use
of and interaction with various forms of media.
This will help them maximise their communication
strategies and reach. It is hoped that this will
strengthen the organisations' use of media and
increase quality information dissemination capacity using multiple platforms.

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Gender and ICT Policy
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= Girl Child Camp on Gender and ICT Empowers Female Youths in Eastern Uganda
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/index.php

In partnership with the Uganda Communications
Communication WOUGNET organized a Gender and ICT
Camp for female youth in Eastern Uganda on 3rd ­
5th April 2009. This was an effort to raise
awareness among female youths about the benefits
and opportunities offered by ICTs and to increase
women /girls use of ICTs and to empower them to
improve on their livelihoods and status in society.

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WOUGNET News
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= CALL for articles for the East African Regional Dimitra Newsletter

This is a call for articles, folklores, wise
sayings, News and/or stories, which will be
featured in the Dimitra Regional East African
Newsletter published twice a year.

The Dimitra project - Gender, rural women and
development is an information and communication
project whose objective is to empower rural
populations and to improve the living conditions
and status of rural women by giving them access
to information and communication and by
highlighting the importance of their
contributions to the development of their
communities. One of the ways this is done is by
publishing their experiences in Newsletter
articles, on the Dimitra and WOUGNET websites,
and the Citizen Journalism e-platform.

The deadline for contributing articles is 30th
May 2009. Please send in your contributions to info [at] wougnet [dot] org or by post to:
Subj: Dimitra Article
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
P. O. Box 4411
Kampala, Uganda.

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The Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) website and
mailing lists are hosted by Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa

WOUGNET is supported by APC, CTA, Dimitra/FAO and Hivos

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