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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]
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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]
  
 
=== Education ===
 
=== Education ===
 
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*Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy. [http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html]
*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.
 
  
 
=== Career History ===
 
=== Career History ===
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*During the first WSIS Prep Com held in Geneva in July 2002, She chaired the Civil Society Caucus.
  
*She chaired the Civil Society Caucus during the first WSIS Prep Com held in Geneva in July 2002.
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*She worked with the African Women's Development and Communication Network. She was the program officer in charge of communication.[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html]
 
 
*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.
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*She has also worked as a project manager with Ndizathuzomwe Project Malawi.
  
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*She joined the CCK board in May 2005 and after completion of her first term in 2008, she renewed it.
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[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html]
  
She is serving her second three-year term at the CCK Board. She joined the CCK Board on 11th May 2005.
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*At several institutions she has trained students in gender mainstreaming, Internet law and negotiation skills.[http://www.cck.go.ke/about/board/munyua.html]
  
 
=== Researches and Publications ===
 
=== Researches and Publications ===
Alic has over the years been engaged with the civil society on a number of initiatives involving research and development communication
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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 [http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-137010-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html]
 
* 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]

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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]

Education

  • Wanjira-Munyua completed her M.A in Social Communications from Pontifical Gregorian University in Italy. [3]

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.[4]
  • 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.

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  • At several institutions she has trained students in gender mainstreaming, Internet law and negotiation skills.[6]

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 [7]
  • She also wrote a report named as Harnessing The Power Of The Cell Phone By Women Entrepreneurs. [8]
  • She also wrote Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Development of African Women in 2004.[9]