Action Plan on Gender and e-Government in
9. Way Forward
electronic);
Promote development of content that reflects women’s local knowledge and is of
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value to their daily lives;
Promote participation of women in the production of content;
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Support retention and benefitting from the IPRs of locally developed content;
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Design content in official languages, giving priority to needs, e.g., by producing
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educational software; and
Focus on development of e-government services and content which address the key
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MDG areas of health; food security; education and training; and gender equality.
9. Way Forward
9.1 Regional cooperation, exchange and coordination
Set up joint ICT & gender technical/working groups to plan and monitor
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implementation;
Hold joint meetings to assess progress with countries from all subregions in Africa;
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Create ongoing inter-departmental gender and ICT networks at the national level,
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Coordinate with and promote collaboration among regional initiatives and networks
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on both gender and ICT, such as the Women Parliamentarian’s network;
Share outputs of both workshops with participants;
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Develop a Web site on gender and ICT activities on the model of and connected to
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NGMnet;
Organize an ICT and gender forum;
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UNECA and its partners facilitate the establishment of an electronic discussion list for
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seminar participants;
The Action Plan on Gender and e-Government should be forwarded to governments
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using ECA channels; and
Participants should be encouraged to lobby their national committees.
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