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ICTs at ICTs at PlanPlan
Linda Raftree, PlanLinda Raftree, PlanAdvisor, Social Media Advisor, Social Media and New Technologyand New Technology
Girls and ICTs
Where we workWhere we work
Why children and Why children and youth?youth?
Why Why girls?girls?
Mobiles for Mobiles for DevelopmentDevelopment
20092009How mobile How mobile
technologies can technologies can enhance Plan and enhance Plan and partners’ work in partners’ work in
AfricaAfricaby Hannah Beardonby Hannah Beardon
New report coming soon: ‘ICT enabled development’New report coming soon: ‘ICT enabled development’
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3 ways to integrate ICTs3 ways to integrate ICTs
Directly: Directly: connectivity, connectivity, capacity, accesscapacity, access
Strategically: Strategically: enhance enhance impact of development impact of development programsprograms
Indirectly: Indirectly: improve improve efficiency, effectiveness of efficiency, effectiveness of development programsdevelopment programs
Because I am a Because I am a Girl Girl State of the State of the
World’s GirlsWorld’s Girls20102010
Digital and Urban Digital and Urban Frontiers: Frontiers:
Girls in a Changing Girls in a Changing LandscapeLandscape
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2007: state of the world’s girls2007: state of the world’s girls2008: girls in the shadow of war2008: girls in the shadow of war
2009: girls in the global economy2009: girls in the global economy
Why girls and ICTs?Why girls and ICTs?
What prevents What prevents girls girls
from using ICTs?from using ICTs?
Report recommendations…Report recommendations…
• youth and local developmentyouth and local development• girls making mediagirls making media• community led total sanitationcommunity led total sanitation• youth and governanceyouth and governance• violence prevention and responseviolence prevention and response• community led birth registrationcommunity led birth registration• mobile data gathering by staffmobile data gathering by staff
7 areas we are using mobiles & 7 areas we are using mobiles & other ICTsother ICTs
Youth and local developmentYouth and local development
Girls making mediaGirls making media
Community total led sanitationCommunity total led sanitation
Youth and governanceYouth and governance
Violence prevention and Violence prevention and responseresponse
Community-led birth Community-led birth registrationregistration
Data gathering by staff Data gathering by staff (mGESA)(mGESA)
Download the Girl report atDownload the Girl report atwww.plan-international.org/girlwww.plan-international.org/girl
Contact info:Contact info:http://lindaraftree.wordpress.comhttp://lindaraftree.wordpress.com
linda.raftree@plan-international.orglinda.raftree@plan-international.org