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Know How Conference
The Mission of Know How Conference 2006 is
to advance gender justice and respect for every
nations cultural diversity within the
information society, and promote access to
information and communication as a fundamental
women's and human right.
Know How 2006 has the following objectives:
1) To establish strategies that will
promote the use of women's information to
improve women's lives;
2) To develop a strategic plan aimed at
narrowing the information/digital gap for women.
3) To share strategies that address the
accessibility and availability of information
for indigenous, excluded and rural women.
4) To found a Latin American Network of
Information Centers and Libraries on Women's and
Gender Studies.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Program Committee calls
for inspiring, provocative and creative papers
for the conference.
THEMES
1. Globalization, culture, information and
gender: a) Library, culture and women; b)
Writers, researchers and publishers: packaging
knowledge to address the needs of women; c)
Storytellers and web-makers: the changing nature
of creating and disseminating information; d)
Culturally and socially disadvantaged groups in
the information society.
2. Media, gender and communication; a)
The role of media in making women's information
visible; b) Experiences related to the use of
media by women; c) Women's access to
communication in disaster situations.
3. The digital gap, gender and
development: a) Review, criticise and give
recommendations in relation to WSIS; b) Mapping
the digital gap in different regions of the
world.
4. Indigenous and rural women, ICTs and
the information society: a) Analysis and
diagnosis of the conditions faced by indigenous
women and the use of ICTs; b) Rural and
indigenous communities and the information
society; c) Work experiences within indigenous
and rural women's organizations to access
information.
5. Development of policies for libraries
and library professionals: a) Networking for
professional development; b) Developing digital
libraries; c) Tools to promote access to and
enable exchange of information; d) Developing a
regional thesaurus for Latin America
6. Strategies and alternatives for
financing gender and women's information
initiatives; a) Strategies for the formulation
of projects and their funding; b) Successful
experiences with fund-raising; c) Management and
tracking of projects; d) Alternative funding for
libraries and information centers.
7. Policies for the development of the
structure and legal status of the Know How
Community; a) Know How and its future; b)
Regional networks within the Know How Community
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
Papers and presentations should be
unpublished, original works, no longer than 15
minutes when read, and be on one of the proposed
themes or sub-themes.
Papers should include the following elements:
1) Name of the author
2) Name of the institution or
organization
3) 300 word abstract. If sent as an email
attachment, presenters should use 11 point Arial
font, and txt, rtf or doc formats. Submission
can also be via certified mail or fax. Papers
can be submitted in Spanish, English or French.
Deadline: March 1 2006
FILM FESTIVAL
This will feature the work of women
information professionals and showcase women's
expertise and concerns. Proposals for films
should be relevant to the themes of the
conference and should include:
1) Name and address ofpresenter;
2) Title of film or video;
3) Name of director of the film;
4). A 300 word description of the film,
including language(s) and length of the film;
5) Geographic region covered. Format:
VHS, Betamax or DVD. Please send a copy of the
film with the submission. Proposals can be
submitted in Spanish, English or French. If the
language used is English or French, Spanish
subtitles would be appreciated as this will be
the language of the majority of women at the
Know How Conference in Mexico.
Deadline for proposals for the film festival:
March 1st 2006
The International Program Committee together
with the Local Committee will decide which
papers and films will be accepted, results to be
published no later than April 17th, 2006.
Proposals should be sent to: Know How Conference
Biblioteca Rosario Castellanos Programa
Universitario de Estudios de Genero-UNAM-Mexico
Torre II de Humanidades, piso 7, Circuito
Interior Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, D.F.,
C.P. 04510, Mexico Tel: +56-23-00-17 and
+56-23-00-20/23 Fax +56-23-00-19
Email:
knowhow_mex@generounix.pueg.unam.mx and
felmar@servidor.unam.mx
Websites:
2006_Swede_FOJO_Seminar.htm and
2006_Swede_FOJO_Seminar.htm
IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of:
International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United
Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA Tel:
(1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704
Email:
iwtc@iwtc.org Web:
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