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Mr. Daouda Toure, UN Resident Coordinator |
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Ms. Yvette Stevens, Director, OSCAL, UNDESA |
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Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM Mr. Wiseman Nkuhlu, Head of the NEPAD Secretariat |
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Hon. Cherif Salif Sy, Minister for NEPAD, Senegal Hon. Bakoko Bakoru Zoe, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development |
DIGITAL DIASPORA OFFICIAL LAUNCH AND CONFERENCE OPENING BY BY H.E. YOWERI MUSEVENI, President of the Republic of Uganda
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10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Working Sessions
11:00 - 12:00
Roundtable Discussion 1: Out of the poverty trap: Potential of ICT for women's
rights and empowerment
Chair: Hon. Sam Bitangaro, Minister of State for Gender and Cultural Affairs.
Discussant: Ms. Nancy Hafkin, Former Coordinator of Africa Information Society
Initiative and former Chief of PADIS, ECA
Panelists
Ms. Amolo Ng'weno, Board Director, Africa Online
Ms. Gisele Yitamben, Executive Director, Association pour le Soutien et Appui a
la Femme Entrepreneur (ASAFE)
Ms. Gillian Marcelle (Chair, Africa Information Society Gender Working Group)
Ms. Shafika Isaacs, Executive Director, SchoolnetAfrica
12:00 - 1:00
Roundtable Discussion 2: Role of the Diaspora in bridging the gender digital divide
Chair: Dr. M. Kigozi, Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority (UIA)
Discussant: Ms. Amolo Ng'weno, Board Director, Africa Online
Panelists
Ms. Rebecca Enonchong, CEO, Appstech
Ms. Awo Quaison-Sackey, President and CEO, AQ Solutions
Mr. Wondwossen Mesfin, CEO, Transnational Computer Technology (TCT)
Mr. Mesfin Sam Zaid, Vice President and Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
Ms. Sheetal Mehta, Director, Business Development, NET Emerging Business Team
Microsoft Corporation
Ms. Irene Muloni, Managing Director, Uganda Electricity Distribution Co. Limited (UECDL)
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch Break
2:00 - 6:00
Field Trip to CD Rom project and Nakaseke Tele-Centre
7:00 - 8:30
Reception (Chief Host: Honourable Bakoko Bakoru Zoe - Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development)
Mr. Daouda Toure - UN Resident Co-ordinator
Ms. Noeleen Hayzer - UNIFEM Executive Director
May 6, 2003
9:00 - 10:30Master of Ceremony - Ms. J. Mpagi, Ministry of Gender, Director for Gender & Community Development
Roundtable Discussion 3: The Role of Governments in Bridging the Gender Digital Divide
Chair: Hon. Najib Balala - Minister of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services, Kenya
Discussant: Ms. Awo Quaison-Sackey - President and CEO, AQ Solutions
Panelists
Hon. John Nasasira, Minister of Works, Housing and Communications
Hon. Catherine Bakang Mbock, Minister of Gender and Social Affairs, Cameroon
Hon. Gifti Abasiya, Minister of Women's Affairs, Ethiopia
Hon. Gladys Asmah, Minister of Women & Children's Affairs, Ghana
Hon. Marie Mukantabana, Minister of Gender and Women in Development, Rwanda
Hon. Asha Rose Migiro, Minister for Community Development Gender and Children,
Tanzania
Ms. J. Piliso-Seroke, Chairperson, Commission on Gender and Equality, South
Africa
Hon. Elliot Manyika, Minister of Youth, Gender and Employment Creation, Zimbabwe
10:30 - 11:30
Roundtable Discussion 4: The role of the United Nations
Chair: Ms. Yvette Stevens, Special Coordinator for Africa and the Least
Developed Countries, UNDESA
Discussant: Ms. Natalie Hahn, Senior Private Sector Advisor, UNFIP
Panelists
Ms. Sarah McCue, Practice Manager, BDP/IT for Development, UNDP
Ms. Karima Bounemra Ben-Soltane, Chief, Development Information Services
Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Ms. Viola Morgan, Regional Gender Programme Coordinator, Africa Bureau, UNDP
Ms. Almaz Gebru, Chief of Africa, United Nations Volunteers
Ms. Julianne Lee, Senior Policy Advisor to the Chairman, UN ICT Taskforce
Ms. Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, UNIFEM Regional Programme Director, East & Horn of Africa UNDP - UN Country Team
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:45
Preparations for working groups
Chair: Ms. Nora Mulira - Deputy Director, DICTS - Makerere University
Discussants will present identified key issues to be addressed by the working
groups. Setting up of working groups and briefing on working modalities.
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch Break
2:00- 4:00
Group work on Digital Diaspora Programme of Action: addressing
challenges and harnessing opportunities for women in the ICT sector through
strategic partnerships
Working groups will use the challenges and opportunities already identified for
each sector to suggest and validate strategies and plan of action to bridge the
gender digital divide, especially within the framework of Digital Diaspora
Initiative. Groups will be identified as follows:
Group 1: Government
Group 2: Diaspora (Global Advisory Committee)
Group 3: UN and other Multilateral Institutions
Group 4: Private Sector
Group 5: Women's NGOs and other Civil Society Partners
4:00 - 4:15 Coffee Break
4:15 - 5:00
Group Report Back, Plenary Discussion and Adoption of Action Plan
Chair: Mr. Daouda Toure, UN Resident Coordinator, Uganda
5:00 - 5:15
Summary of Main Outcome
Ms. Laketch Dirasse, Chief, UNIFEM Africa Section
5:15 - 6:00 Closing Ceremony
Officiated by the Hon. John Nasasira, Minister of Works, Housing and Communications.
May 7, 2003
9:00 - 12:00Networking and bilateral meetings between African entrepreneurs in the Diaspora and local and regional participants.
Afternoon: DEPARTURE
Last update: April-30, 2003