Media & ICTs

Women'sNet is one of 3 winners of the 2008 SANGONeT Web Awards! The annual awards recognise South African civil society websites for their use of new technologies to provide information and enagge with users. We are proud to have been recognised for our work on our new website - Women'sNet staffers have worked very hard to make the new look and feel fun, interactive and informative. We are also happy to be among other ognisations who are using ICTs to improve access to information for all.

Women'sNet is taking part in the Feminist Tech Exchange taking place three days before the Awid Forum.  The workshop will give women an understanding of how technologies can be used by women's rights movements. 

South African broadband users say they don't just want high speed and low cost from their broadband providers but are also asking for higher caps and better usage of networks. 

Telkom shareholders are in discussions on whether to leave the pay TV industry.  Ealier this year, Telkom had said that it was reducing 66 percent of its shareholdings to concentrate on "other expansion strategies".

Tomorrow South Africa switches on to digital migration.  This is in accordance with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) agreement that all countries should have migrated by 2015.

The Minister of Communications decision to challenge the issuing of telecoms license is harming consumers.  According to the minister, the "free-for-all" license would jeopardise her managed liberasation policy. 

An organisation of over 100 journalists in Argentina has drawn up ten "commandments" for news coverage of gender-based crimes, which include avoiding expressions like "crime of passion" and incorporating terms like "femicide."

U.S students have created a fun game that aims to help Cape Town youths fight domestic violece.  This forms part of a broader campaign by the United Nations to combat gender violence.