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

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

3. 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)

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

5. 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

6. 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”

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

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

9. 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

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

11. Thank You