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Alice Wanjira Munyua

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Country: Kenya
Email: alice [at] apc.org
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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

References