Women E-merging: Stories of Women Using Communication Technologies in Africa and the Middle East (audio file)

"Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are enabling women to network, organise, campaign, advocate, and educate across cultural boundaries. In this programme, fifteen leading women from Afghanistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and other countries tell their stories about the exciting ways in which they are using ICTs within their communities."

Speakers profiled include:

• Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran), President, Women's Learning Partnership-WLP
• Farida Allaghi (Libya), International Consultant, Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations-Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND)
• Davar Ardalan (United States - US), Producer, National Public Radio (NPR)
• Janice Brodman (US), Director, Center for Innovative Technologies, Education Development Center
• Naadia Davis (South Africa), Project Coordinator, African Information Society Gender Working Group
• Ayesha Imam (Nigeria), Executive Director, BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights
• Bushra Jabre (Lebanon), Senior Communication Advisor, Johns Hopkins Center for Communications Programmes

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Co-produced By: Women's Learning Partnership and Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS)

Running time: 29 minutes