Results Dissemination workshop:
A workshop was conducted in Khartoum on 10/11/2010 with the objective of presenting our research results to policy makers concerned with ICT, and to people concerned with gender issues and women’s empowerment. The people invited included policy makers representing the Manager of Information Network at University of Khartoum and Ministry of Higher Education, the National Telecommunication Corporation, the National Centre of Information, as well as administrative and staff members of the School of Mathematical Science including the Department of Computer Science, the Department of University Requirement Administration at University of Khartoum, the development study and research Centre including the Unit of Gender, the Faculty of Engineering, in addition to staff members of other universities and some male and female students. Some journalists representing local journals were also invited.
The research results were presented by Amel Mustafa (the research leader) followed by an intervention by the Manager of Information Network at University of Khartoum, then the representative of the National Telecommunication Corporation, followed by a representative of the National Centre of Information, a representative of University Requirement Administration, a representative of the School of Mathematical Science (Department of Computer Science), in addition to the contributions made by other participants in the workshop.
The participants were highly impressed with the results concerning the difference in use of ICTs between male and female students and suggested future collaboration with this type of gender conscious research. After a long discussion, some recommendations were raised from the meeting with the promise of implementations from concerned personnel. |
