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'''Alice Wanjira-Munyua''' serves as the Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTS (CATIA).<ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/candidate-bios-2005.htm nomcom.icann.org]</ref>. She is also the convenor of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET).<ref>[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html cck.go.ke]</ref> | '''Alice Wanjira-Munyua''' serves as the Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTS (CATIA).<ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/candidate-bios-2005.htm nomcom.icann.org]</ref>. She is also the convenor of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET).<ref>[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html cck.go.ke]</ref> | ||
She is currently the vice-chair of the [[GAC]], chair of the organizing committee 2011 Nairobi [[IGF]] | She is currently the vice-chair of the [[GAC]], and chair of the organizing committee 2011 Nairobi [[IGF]].<ref>ICANN San Francisco Interview</ref> | ||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
* Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy.<ref>[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html cck.go.ke]</ref> | * Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy.<ref>[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html cck.go.ke]</ref> | ||
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| Country: | Africa |
| Email: | alice [at] apc.org |
| Facebook: |  [AliceMunyua Alice Wanjira Munyua]
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Alice Wanjira-Munyua serves as the Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTS (CATIA).[1]. She is also the convenor of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET).[2]
She is currently the vice-chair of the GAC, and chair of the organizing committee 2011 Nairobi IGF.[3]
Education
- Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy.[4]
Career History
- During the first WSIS Prep Com held in Geneva in July 2002, She chaired the Civil Society Caucus.
- She worked with the African Women's Development and Communication Network. She was the program officer in charge of communication.[5]
- She has also worked as a project manager with Ndizathuzomwe Project Malawi.
- She joined the CCK board in May 2005 and after completion of her first term in 2008, she renewed it.
- At several institutions she has trained students in gender mainstreaming, Internet law and negotiation skills.
Researches and Publications
Alice has over the years been engaged with the civil society on a number of initiatives involving research and development communication
- In 2008 she published a research that was titled Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: examining and contextualizing women’s choices Read here
- She also wrote a report named as Harnessing The Power Of The Cell Phone By Women Entrepreneurs. Available online
- She also wrote Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Development of African Women in 2004.Read here