[Reader-list] Fwd: Call for Applications: Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in the Digital Age

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sumandro chattapadhyay

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the sarai programme
centre for the study of developing societies
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Subject: 	Call for Applications: Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in the
Digital Age
Date: 	Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:04:09 +0530
From: 	Gurumurthy Kasinathan <itfc.communications at gmail.com>
To: 	undisclosed-recipients:;



Dear All,

Greetings from IT for Change! (www.itforchange.net
<http://www.itforchange.net>)

We are organising a short course on 'Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates in
the Digital Age' in New Delhi, between 12th to 14th September 2014.

The course aims at introducing  young researchers and change-makers
working in the areas of women's rights and social justice, to critical
concerns for democracy, accountable governance and gender justice in the
digital age. For more details, please see the 'Call for Applications'
enclosed below.

We request you to share this with your professional and personal networks.

Warm regards,
IT for Change Team

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What are the stakes for gender justice in the digital age?

How can we deepen democracy in the age of technology- and data- driven
governance?

Why do we need to move beyond 'access' in 'ICTs for women's empowerment'?

If these questions interest you, you may like to apply for

the *Short Course* on

*Re-Wiring Women's Rights Debates
in the Digital Age *


*12th-14th September, 2014

*

IT for Change <http://www.itforchange.net/> announces a *3 day course*
on gender, governance and technology in the Indian context, that is open
to young research scholars in the social and political sciences, and
change-makers working in the areas of women's rights and social justice,
based in India.

The course will open up a space for dialogue and deliberation, where
participants can interact with senior policy makers, leading feminist
scholars and practitioners with extensive experience in the areas of
community informatics and community media, to identify critical concerns
for democracy, accountable governance and gender justice in the digital age.

*All participants will receive a full scholarship that covers costs of
travel and stay for the course. The course has 20 seats.*

To apply, please send us your CV (with date of birth and contact
details) and a 500-word statement on why you want to participate in the
course to itfc.communications at gmail.com
<mailto:itfc.communications at gmail.com>, with the subject line 'Women's
Rights Course'.

Last date for receipt of applications: 20th July 2014

Partners: ANANDI <http://www.anandi-india.org/> and Kutch Mahila Vikas
Sangathan <http://kmvs.org.in/>

Supported by: International Development Research Centre
<http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx>, National Mission for
Empowerment of Women, Government of India
<http://www.nmew.gov.in/index.php> and UN Women Fund for Gender Equality
<http://www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/fund-for-gender-equality>