Difference between revisions of "Alice Wanjira Munyua"

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Affiliation:

CATIA

Country:

Kenya

Email:

alice [at] apc.org

Facebook:

[AliceMunyua Alice Wanjira Munyua]

LinkedIn:

[Alice Munyua Alice Wanjira Munyua]

Twitter:

@amunyua

	Featured in the ICANN 47 - Durban playing card deck

	Formerly a member of ICANN's ALAC

	Featured in the ICANN 57 - Hyderabad playing card deck

Alice Wanjira-Munyua serves as the Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTS (CATIA).^[1] She is also the convener of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET).^[2]

She is Head of the .ke ccTLD,^[3] the Vice-Chair of the GAC, and was Chair of the Organizational Committee 2011 Nairobi IGF.^[4]

Education

Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy.^[5]

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.^[6]
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

Videos

Alice is interviewed by Gray Chynoweth at ICANN 42 in Dakar, Senegal, on the engagement of Africa in the development of the Internet.

References

[1] .icann.org

[2] .go.ke

[3] Dyn Interview at ICANN 42

[4] ICANN 40 Interview

[5] .go.ke

[6] .go.ke

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-Alice Wanjira-Munyua serves as the Project Coordinator for Catalyzing Access to ICTS (CATIA).[http://nomcom.icann.org/candidate-bios-2005.htm]. She is also the convenor of the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET). [http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html]
+'''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 convener of the Kenya ICT Action Network ([[KICTANET]]).<ref>[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html cck.go.ke]</ref>
+She is Head of the [[.ke]] [[ccTLD]],<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/user/DynInc#p/c/1E1698DDECE741DE/11/w02FdsFcHNA Dyn Interview at ICANN 42]</ref> the Vice-Chair of the [[GAC]], and was Chair of the Organizational Committee 2011 Nairobi [[IGF]].<ref>[[ICANN 40]] Interview</ref>
+==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>
-=== Education ===
+==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.<ref>[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html cck.go.ke]</ref>
+* 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
-=== Career History ===
+* In 2008 she published a research that was titled Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: examining and contextualizing women’s choices [http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-137010-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Read here]
+* She also wrote a report named as Harnessing The Power Of The Cell Phone By Women Entrepreneurs. [http://www.grace-network.net/docs/Research%20Reports/KENYA%20Research%20Report%20-%20AW-MM.pdf Available online]
+* She also wrote Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Development of African Women in 2004. [http://www.comminit.com/en/node/218026/38 Read here]
+==Videos==
+: {{#ev:youtube|w02FdsFcHNA}}
+Alice is interviewed by [[Gray Chynoweth]] at [[ICANN 42]] in Dakar, Senegal, on the engagement of Africa in the development of the Internet.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-Ms Wanjira-Munyua is also involved in managing a research and advocacy project for the Communications Rights in the Information Society, which is aimed at promoting an understanding of communications rights and to reform governance in relation to them.
+[[Category:NGO Worker]]
+[[Category:Internet Pioneers]]
-She has extensive experience in project management, radio programming, information and communication policy advocacy, and multi-stakeholder ICT policy development. She has over the years been engaged with the civil society on a number of initiatives involving research, development communication, capacity building, and civic education.
+__NOTOC__
-Ms Wanjira-Munyua was involved in mobilizing African Civil Society organizations to prepare input into the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) process. She chaired the Civil Society Caucus during the first WSIS Prep Com held in Geneva in July 2002.
-Between 2001 and 2003, she worked with the African Women''s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) as programme officer in charge of communications. Ms Wanjira-Munyua had earlier worked as project manager with the Ndizathuzomwe Project Malawi, a project of the UK Department for International Development (DfID), Radio for Development and the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation.
-She also worked with Radio Kwizera Jesuit Refugee Service in Tanzania from 1997 to 1999 as project director. Between 1993 and 1999, Ms Wanjira-Munyua served as the programme assistant with the Africa Service of the Vatican Radio.
-Ms Wanjira-Munyua holds an M.A. in Social Communications from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rom, Italy, and has also trained in gender mainstreaming, Internet law and negotiation skills at various reputable institutions.
-She is serving her second three-year term at the CCK Board. She joined the CCK Board on 11th May 2005.
-=== Researches and Publications ===
-* In 2008 she published a research that was titled Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: examining and contextualizing women’s choices [http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-137010-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html]
-* She also wrote a report named as Harnessing The Power Of The Cell Phone By Women Entrepreneurs. [http://www.grace-network.net/docs/Research%20Reports/KENYA%20Research%20Report%20-%20AW-MM.pdf]
-* She also wrote Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Development of African Women in 2004.[http://www.comminit.com/en/node/218026/38]