Dorothy Mudavanhu is a Human Rights Researcher at the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, a non- profit organisation which aims to establish a society that respects all human rights, free from organized violence, torture and cruel inhumane degrading treatment. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Honors Degree in Psychology awarded by the University of Zimbabwe.
Although I am a proud owner of an Honors degree in Psychology, I… Read more
The 2nd School on Africa Internet Governance (AfriSIG2014) has just concluded. The five days intensive training brought together practitioners, actors and non actors in the civil society fraternity, academics and Government to discuss the future of internet, the evolution,policies, management and governance structures. The School was held in Mauritius from the 21st- 26th of November 2014. WOUGNET was represented by two of its staff…
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Brenda Kite is the rural projects manager of the Women of Uganda Network, an NGO that focuses on the use of ICTs among women, women organizations and youth to address issues of sustainable development.
Having been selected to take part in the second African School on internet governance, I was so anxious especially as the concept was very unclear to me. On the first day of the school, I became a little nervous and wondered whether I would “catch up” with the discussions especially when it got to the so many acronyms ccTLD… Read more
Gbenga Sesan is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, a social enterprise that connects Nigerian youth with ICT-enabled opportunities. This is his reflection on AfriSIG 2014:
“Thank you, Madam Chair”, he said, before going ahead to make a point about which paragraph – in a statement various groups worked on over the past few days – he thought required some form of revision. This form of language is not new to actors within the United Nations system, or similar platforms, but today, delegates… Read more