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Subject: Invitation to write: openDemocracy, women and the G8 summit
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:12:19 +0100
From: Jessica Reed <jessica.reed at opendemocracy.net>
To: <natasha at womensnet.org.za>



Dear Natasha,

In the run-up to the 2007 G8 summit, openDemocracy.net is launching a 
project to raise issues of gender equality and women’s rights, and to 
add a women’s perspective to coverage of the summit in Germany in June.

We would like to invite you and the women you work with to take part in 
a blog, in English, which will bring together organisations, journalists 
and activists from around the world, with a wide range of expertise and 
hands-on experience. It will combine accounts and conversations about 
gender equality, an issue too often neglected by international 
governance bodies, policy makers and the media.

*Women talk to G8*

The blog will run in the last two weeks of May, devoting space to 
women’s priorities, and the urgent issues they wish to see addressed 
more prominently and effectively in the political arena. We will also 
gather web resources and contacts.

We want to hear about your experiences in your field, and your ideas on 
what needs to change, and how.

Leading articles on our website will showcase and summarise the blog’s 
findings. These will be accompanied by a short series of articles on 
women and their rights in Africa. openDemocracy’s discussion forums and 
comments section will provide a space for readers everywhere to feed in 
their thoughts.

*How you can participate*

We would be delighted to include you in the blog conversation. You will 
need regular internet access, and a certain amount of confidence writing 
in English. If you have video or photo capabilities, let us know - we’d 
like to integrate multimedia contributions too. We will of course 
mention your organisation in links and sidebars.

If you would like to take part, please get in touch briefly by return of 
email to signal your interest. Then we can discuss what contribution you 
wish to make.

We will introduce you to the technology and technique of blogs. The blog 
genre thrives above all on the desire to communicate – the rest follows 
easily! We will also encourage you to draw on your network of friends 
and colleagues to follow and shape the discussion.

Please – let us know and circulate this e-mail to anyone who would be 
interested!

Drop us an email in reply, to jessica.reed at opendemocracy.net and 
sarah.lindon at opendemocracy.net, or call on 020 7608 2000.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Jessica

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