The Internet and Women's Democratic Organizing:
Promoting Civil Society and Democratic Networking in West Africa (2000-2002)
http://www.matrix.msu.edu/iwdo

This project seeks to facilitate women's social and political activism and regional networking through Internet technologies. Two three-week workshops took place in May 2000 and 2001 with women attending from the West African countries of Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, and Mali. The next workshop is scheduled for May 6-24, 2002. The project aims to:

• Familiarize all participants with use of Internet communications for women's democratic organizing
• Introduce the participants to the history and contemporary context of American women's democratic organizing and political activism
• Assist each participant in building a web site for her organization
• Provide the participants with software and technical support
• Encourage participants to establish long-term partnerships of collaboration and with fellow participants