Nancy Hafkin

Hafkin in 2013

Nancy Hafkin is a pioneer of networking and development information and electronic communications in Africa,[1][2] spurring the Pan African Development Information System (PADIS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) from 1987 until 1997.[3] Nancy Hafkin played a role in facilitating the Association for Progressive Communications's work to enable email connectivity in more than 10 countries during the early 1990s, before full Internet connectivity became a reality in most of Africa. The APC (headquarters in Johannesburg) established the annual Nancy Hafkin Prize for innovation in information technology in Africa which recognises outstanding initiatives using information and communications technology (ICTs) for development.[1]

Writing

Nancy Hafkin edited Cinderella or Cyberella?: Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society, which was published in 2006 - a collection of essays discussing ways that information and communications technologies empower women.[4]

Awards

In 2012, Hafkin was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society.[5]

Bibliography

  • Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society, editors Nancy Hafkin and Sophia Huyer (Kumarian Press, 2006) ISBN 9781565492196 [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Press Releases from the APC Networks". APC. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Award for Namibia schools project". BBC. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "WIGSAT Associates". WIGSAT. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Lynne Rienner Publishers - Cinderella or Cyberella Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society". www.rienner.com.
  5. ↑ 2012 Inductees, Internet Hall of Fame website. Last accessed April 24, 2012
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