Websites examined in a forthcoming study on feminist organizations' use of the Internet in Canada.
http://www.stfx.ca/coady-library/fnalist.html
While organizations recognize the importance of developing a "web presence", it can be challenging to create and maintain a website when time and resources are limited. Several organizations provide support to groups who may lack basic ICT skills. Here are a few organizations and online guides on building web presence for nonprofit and advocacy organizations wanting to make use of the internet for information sharing and advocacy work. There are also helpful guides to assist women to understand basic principles of internet safety and privacy protection.
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
http://www.iwt.org/
Center for Women and Information Technology
http://www.umbc.edu/cwit
Facebook Privacy
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
GenderIT.org
http://www.genderit.org/
maintained by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Women's Networking Support Programme provides current news and other documents related to gender issues & ICT.
Global Alliance for ICT and Development-Gender Stakeholders Network
http://un-gaid.ning.com/group/gender
Queensland Rural Women’s Network
http://www.qrwn.org.au/ruralportal.htm
The Queensland Rural Women's Network set up email lists to help rural women connect. They developed the BridgIT project and plan to create a rural women's portal.
Rural Women's Online Safety Toolkit
http://www.onlinesafetytoolkit.com/
Comprehensive tutorial designed by the BC Rural Women's Network to assist women learn how to make use of the Internet without compromising their privacy and safety. Content includes commonsense practices of protecting personal information, definitions of internet jargon, and links to software programs to help protect a home computer against a wide variety of intrusions.
Shelternet.ca: Guide to Internet Safety
http://www.shelternet.ca/en/women/internet-safety/
Information on how to protect privacy when using the internet. Shelternet also provides technical support and domain space to shelters who want to create their own websites.
Social Source Commons
http://socialsourcecommons.org/
Tools for nonprofits
Tactical Technology Collective
http://onlineadvocacyguide.tacticaltech.org/
Their Quick and Easy Guide to Online Advocacy describes in simple terms a number of the most popular web-based social networking and multimedia sites, explaining how they work, what they can be used for, and things to be aware of in terms of ownership and privacy. See also their "security in a box"
Take Back the Tech: Reclaiming ICTs to End Violence Against Women
http://www.takebackthetech.net/frontpage
This site features opportunities to share video clips, create postcards and use other multimedia/ICT resources for education and advocacy activities.
Toolkit: Disseminating Research Online
http://cloud1.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=disseminating_research_online
Guide to assist organizations to share their information on the Internet.
WikiGender
http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/New_Home"WikiGender is an OECD information portal.
Women's Net
http://www.womensnet.org.za, Women's Net is as South African feminist organization promoting advocacy through the use of ICTs
Women's Human Rights Net (AWID)
http://www.whrnet.org/
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Updated: March 28, 2011