[Ftx-trainers] Fwd: [Ftx-participants] Photos at FTX and AWID

[Erika Smith]

Hey all
this just came in from Kathleen who was in the wireless track!!!  Am 
not sure that everyone here is on the ftx participants list (I wasn't 
until just this week) so am forwarding to make sure you see it!

Erika

>From: "Kathleen Diga" <kathleen.diga at gmail.com>
>To: ftx-participants at lists.apcwomen.org
>
>Hello, my FTX sisters and brothers!
>
>It has been a few weeks since our FTX gathering and I wanted to let 
>you all know how the workshop training has been applied to my 
>work!  The week following FTX/AWID, I attended a Wireless Africa 
>technical workshop (in Pretoria, South Africa) where participants 
>from 12 African countries came together to improve their business 
>cases/plans and technical knowledge on Voice over IP (VoIP) and 
>other applications for wireless networking.  Because of the FTX 
>Wireless / Mobile strand, I knew the technical jargon and followed 
>the schematic diagrams of networking.  I even mentioned to the 
>organizers and trainers (Sebastian, Alberto, Louise - who wrote some 
>of the material we learned in the wirless track) about the FTX 
>workshop and they were excited for more women learning about 
>wireless networking!
>
>The sad part was to find out of the 12 African countries 
>participating in the technical workshop, there were ZERO women in 
>the training room.  In the business section, we were 6 women (after 
>heavy cohersion on my side).  While the organizers said they tried 
>their best to gather women to be on the technical side, I still 
>thought further intervention or thought could have been used to 
>ensure some women were learning the technical side of wireless networking.
>
>Nevertheless, the voices of women were heard and I hope to seek APC 
>/ FTX to help me to find those women (particularly in Africa) who 
>want to learn wireless networking get themselves trained, given the 
>resources, and help get out in the field just as equally as the men!
>
>Thanks again to you all for your friendship!  Some FTX photos can be 
>found 
>at: 
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdiga/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdiga/ 
>(Please send me the link to your photos also! or if you tagged them 'FTX')
>
>All the best from South Africa!
>
>Regards,
>
>Kathleen
>
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