ICT Choices for Women Voices in the Slums
Vote for Umande's Project in the Making All Voices Count Competition by November 23rd
Do you
believe in providing economic opportunities for women to promote good
governance and citizen participation? If so, vote for Umande’s project in the
international Making All Voices Count competition.
Making All Voices Count is an international initiative that supports innovative thinking, scaling, and research that deepens both existing and new innovations that enable better citizen engagement and government responsiveness. Through focusing global attention on creative and cutting-edge solutions, including those that use mobile, web, and other technologies, MAVC strives for a substantial push towards effective democratic governance and accountability. The Global Innovation Competition aims to support projects whose objectives match those of the wider Making All Voices Count initiative. Determined by both public votes and a peer review process, finalists of the competition are invited to attend the Global Innovative Week in Jakarta.
Making All Voices Count is an international initiative that supports innovative thinking, scaling, and research that deepens both existing and new innovations that enable better citizen engagement and government responsiveness. Through focusing global attention on creative and cutting-edge solutions, including those that use mobile, web, and other technologies, MAVC strives for a substantial push towards effective democratic governance and accountability. The Global Innovation Competition aims to support projects whose objectives match those of the wider Making All Voices Count initiative. Determined by both public votes and a peer review process, finalists of the competition are invited to attend the Global Innovative Week in Jakarta.
Umande’s
submission to the GIC 2015 falls under the sub-national governance category,
which includes projects aiming to improve governance, accountability, and
access to information. Titled ICT Choices for Women Voices in the Slums,
Umande’s project is about turning bio-sanitation facilities into women-led
information centers. The project will pick 4 bio-centers in the slums of
Nairobi where women will operate a menu of ICT choices (online mapping, mobile telephony, podcast, community-based FM radio
stations, online portals) to interrogate, share, and celebrate geo-referenced
information in respect to the setting of priorities, planning,
budget-allocation, implementation, and social audit of urban development initiatives
at the ward level. The project envisages a platform for disadvantaged groups
(women, children and the people with disabilities) living in low income areas
to engage the county government in the decision making process, on issues of
governance, social accountability, leadership, and delivery of services.
Women and sanitation are
inseparable; however, women are excluded from the decision making processes.
Umande’s project would increase their participation through the conversion of
bio-sanitation facilities into spaces for convergence and exploration of ICT
choices. But their project cannot be accomplished without the necessary
funding, so vote for ICT Choices for Women Voices in the Slums in the Global
Innovation Competition 2015! Voting ends November 23rd!
To vote and learn
more about the project, go to http://ideas.makingallvoicescount.org/a/dtd/ICT-Choices-for-Women-Voices-in-the-Slums/94738-26650
Posted by Sarah
Snead
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