[Africa-CS-WSIS]RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] L'absence des associations africaines sur la scène internationale

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Dear colleagues,

This is a critical debate that ties in with the current consultative meeting
on convening the IGF. The African Gender in the Information Society Network
made contributions to these consultations. Among them was the recommendation
for IGF meetings to rotate in every geographical region, with the majority
of them being held in Africa. The consultations on the IGF is another area
where there are few African voices, especially those speaking for gender
equality in the information society. We need to collaborate and support each
other as African civil society to change this trend.

Kindly find attached the contribution from the AGISN to the consultations on
convening the IGF. You can alternatively access it at
http://www.intgovforum.org/contributions.htm

Thank you,

Christine Butegwa
Programme Officer, Communications
African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Réseau de Développement et de Communications des Femmes Africaines
P. O. Box 54562, 00200,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel: +254 20 3741301/20
Cell: +254 725 766932
Fax: +254 20 3742927
E-mail: admin@femnet.or.ke
Website: http://www.femnet.or.ke

FEMNET aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African NGO's
focusing on women's development equality and other human rights, through
communications, networking, training and advocacy.

FEMNET est un réseau qui soutient le renforcement des capacités des
femmes dans les domaines du plaidoyer et de la communication à travers le
travail en réseau. Il facilite également les échanges d'informations,
d'expériences et de stratégies entre les organisations féminines en vue
d'une véritable promotion des droits humains et particulièrement des droits
de la femme.

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Subject: RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] L'absence des
associations africaines sur la scène internationale

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Dear Pierre,
Of course this debate is important for the future.
There is a lot of huge meetings and discussions
arround the partnership, public/private, place and
status of the civile society representatives, equity
North/South regarding the representativity, the
capacity of those who speak on behalf of the South, of
the poors, of the voiceless, etc....
South Diaspora from the South and living in the North,
as well as Governments, intergouvernemental
organizations IGOs, International NGOs, International
and Regional Financial Institutions IFIs, all of them
speak easly on behalf of these poor populations.
Now, enough is enough and it is time for these
populations to impose their direct and real
self-expression through Real Civile Society
associations.
We have to deal with this challenge and plead for the
participation of these populations in the debate on
the future of United Nations Organization, the future
of the International Good Governance and the future of
the human beens.
Social Forums and alternatives mouvements are
progressing in this direction, we have to support and
increase the mouvement in Africa, everyone in his
place, in his sector in his field of competency has to
do his best and to develop networks regardless borders
and frontiers.
All the best
Djilali
Pour les francophone je m'excuse de m'exprimer dans la
lague de Sheakspeare et promets la prochaine fois de
m'exprimer dans la langue de Molière qui est devenue
par la force des choses celle des Sankara, Cheikh Anta
Diop, Senghor et beaucoup d'autres femmes et hommes
africains d'action, de pensée et de culture...
 A bientôt
Djilali

--- bapdem pierre <partners95@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> This is an interesting debate.
>
> We would appreciate our contribution to reach all
> the above mentioned groups and
> thank in advance any feed back from any reader.
>
> 1-In 1991, Africans,Latin American and other
> colleagues from the south organised
> an international Conference on Partnership in
> Jordanhill College of Education
> Campus. I was the Secretary of the organising
> committee. Unfortunately,
> a former ambassador, choosen as moderator did not
> allow the debate to
> succeed as we students were asking for a North
> South Partnership Network.
> reason: Generally when organisations from the
> North talk of equality, only
> few mean it.
>
> 2- In 1996 in Abidjan, when African NGOs acked
> Northern Ngos working
> with African Development Bank to accompany and
> support efforts of
> African Ngos, They refused and stopped coming to
> the yearly meetings
> where African, Northern NGOs had to discuss in
> equal footing with
> African Development Bank.
> reason: They came with hidden agendas and were
> there only to dictate
> both to the Bank and African NGOs on their
> priorities.
>
> 3- Partnership is in contact with many civil
> society organisations in
> Africa and could help put in contact with some if
> there is real need.
> There are many websites where one can have two or
> three entries
> on how to reach appropriate civil society
> organisations.
> Generally propaganda,lies don't help to choose
> those who
> can articulate African priorities and interests.
>
> 4- African countries are very rich but they are
> declared poor because
> our resources can only reach the international
> market if generally
> purchased and sold by appropriate quarters. When
> African organisations
> stard talking of equity, good governance and other
> sensible issues,
> they are no more invited to meetings...
>
> 5- If western media could give the right
> information on african to their
> public, there could be some hope but we need to do
> it for ourselves.
>
> 6- CSO from Africa don't attain these meetings
> because there are
> many access barriers: language, finance,
> propaganda against africa,
> cultural and places.
>
> N.B: There is hope. If European don't want to say
> the reality about
> Africa, America, China, India and others will soon
> help realities to
> be known by those who for decade have been ...
>
> Thanks for your kind attention.
>
> Pierre Chekem
> Partnership
> P.O.Box 7124Douala, Cameroon
> tel(237)7779962
> http://www.wagne.net/partners
>
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> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a écrit :
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> 2 or 3 ideas about why african Civile Society is not
> enough involved in The international debates.
> - often these debates took place in the North Cities
> with high cost of transportation and daily needs for
> housing and foods ;
> - information about such important meetings and
> debates are not always available and access to
> Internet is not everywhere possible ;
> - access to visas is not free and often is quasi
> impssible to reach ;
> - CS associations are as poor as their countries and
> the cost of one night in an European Hotel can be
> higher than one month salary ;
> - when they can participate generally they have not
> the same capacity to deal with these meeting as the
> North civile society do ;
>
> Le ma
> --- Sandza Laurent wrote:
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> > Salut à tous,
> >
> > Hier un collegue me disait au phone qu'il ne
> > comprenait pas l'absence des associations
> africaines
> > sur la scène international. Réaction.
> >
> > Salutions à tous et à vos plumes...
> >
> > Hello with all,
> >
> > Yesterday a colleague said to me with the phon
> that
> > it
> > did not include/understand the absence of African
> > associations on the international scene. Reaction.
> >
> > Best regards and with your feathers.
> >
> >
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