Effat El-Shooky VP & Director of Knowledge Program RITSEC ITU - MCIT Regional Symposium on Women and Information and Communication Technology Cairo-Egypt 17-19 Dec 2003 ICT 4 Women Empowerment Effat El-Shooky VP & Director of Knowledge Program RITSEC

Table of Contents Introduction Strategy Holistic Framework RITSEC Experience ICT For Women Project Partnership

Introduction ICT For Women Equal Rights Improved Quality of Life Poverty Reduction ICT For Women Awareness Building Full Participation in the Information Society Enhanced Participation in Socio-economic Development Enhanced Participation in Political Development FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS)

Strategy: 3E’s E mpowerment E mployment E ducation

Education Employment Empowerment Holistic Framework Education Employment Pre-School School Empowerment Post-graduate Technical Training Lifelong Learning SME’s Skill Development Strategies Entrepreneurship Mechanisms Job Creation Projects Equal Opportunities Funding

E RITSEC Experience E ducation E e Knowledge & Innovation Kids Program mpowerment E ducation E mployment Kids Program Regional Information Technology Institute “RITI” -Learning e Global Campus Global Distance Learning Center “GDLC” Knowledge & Innovation Global Knowledge Support Program “GKSP”

E RITSEC Experience E mployment E SME’s ICDL Entrepreneurship mpowerment SME’s ICDL Entrepreneurship Knowledge Project Management Call Center E ducation

E RITSEC Experience mpowerment e E E Internet Initiative Africa Information Society Initiative “AISA” Arab Child Initiative - Learning Initiative e E mployment E ducation

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ICT For Women Project Learning Support Centers Beneficiaries Courseware Content Providers Country A Inst. A Infrastructure Country B Inst. B Country C Management Inst. C Content LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Partnership Government Specialized Agencies Civil Society Organizations International Organizations Private Sector Entities Academic Organizations

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