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Uganda Communications Commission says its Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF) programme, now in its fifth year, has set up 98 internet cafes and installed computers in all districts in a bid to spread information and communication technology to rural areas. The Executive Director, Patrick Masambu, says UCC has also set up 98 ICT training centres, supplied 106 schools with computer labs and 43 health centres with computers. About 3,000 public pay phones had also been installed in the under-served rural districts under the same programme.
RCDF is mainly funded by telecom companies with each contributing 1% of their annual gross revenue to the fund.
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Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) serves as a secretariat for Uganda Women’s Caucus on ICT (UWCI) to undertake advocacy activities geared towards addressing gender concerns within the ICT policies and Programs. The Gender and ICT policy advocacy program in WOUGNET aims at building capacity of network members to effectively influence the formulation and implementation of gender sensitive ICT policies and programs such that the benefits may trickle down to both men and women.
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A silver anniversary marks a milestone for any organization. It seemed appropriate then, that the 25th anniversary of CTA’s existence was celebrated in style in Brussels, Belgium during the CTA seminar whose theme was “The role of Media in the agriculture and rural Development of ACP countries.” A total of 150 participants from Africa, the Pacific and Caribbean attended the annual seminar which took place in Brussels. Representatives from the ACP and EU embassies based in Brusssels were invited to the ceremony which was held at the historical palais des colonies in Truven Brussels.
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In collaboration with the Association for Progressive Communication Women’s Network Support Programme (APC WNSP), Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) organized a national strategy workshop on 22nd and 23rd September 2009 at NobView Hotel, Ntinda. The main objective of the workshop was to enable key stakeholders in the area of VAW and ICT to explore and understand the connections between violence against women and ICT and develop strategies to find collective and integrated solutions to end violence against women and girls, paying particular attention to ICT policies and interventions.
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WOUGNET in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Programme (APC WNSP) is pleased to invite you to apply to attend an exciting training event. The Feminist Tech eXchange (FTX) in Uganda will give activists, service providers, women’s rights advocates in the field of violence against women, practical skills to employ the strategic use of information and communication technologies in ending violence against women, as well as in addressing situations where ICTs are used as a tool for violence.
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