SMS 1: The 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence begins today 25/11/2011; Ends 10/12/2011. Welcome to the SMS campaign. To participate send to 0779053756

SMS 2:  Happy Relationships are Violence Free! Choose to be Non Violent – It’s in our hands Join WOUGNET and the GBV Prevention Network in the activism! Send a message to 0779053756

RECEIVED VIA SMS

Message 1: Despite of many strategie put foward to curb vaw, women r still in trouble try to reach hospitals.salama

Message 2:  i say no 2 violence against women & girls.

In November 2006, the five regional commissions of the United Nations embarked on a three-year project aimed at empowering poor and disadvantaged communities through the transformation of existing ICT access points around the world into nodes in regional/global knowledge networks. The project aimed at increasing the involvement and engagement of disadvantaged communities  with emphasis on women and youth by encouraging and promoting the dissemination, in existing or yet-to-be created access points, of knowledge in key areas of sustainable development like employment, education, gender and health.

Launched in May 2011, ICT for Democracy in East Africa (ICT4DemEA) is a network of organisations undertaking collaborative projects where Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used in various ways to promote transparency, accountability and democracy.

The network, with seed funding from the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (Spider) comprises of organisations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. These are the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET); Transparency International Uganda (TIU); The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA); iHub (Kenya) the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and Tanzania’s Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG).