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A Gem Of An Idea - Women Leaders & Visionaries In Action: is a provocative, live & interactive new media lounge. Connect, Collaborate and Create Change, A Gem of An Idea is bringing solutions to inspire & connect women globally.

Its mandate is to bring together global women entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, visionaries & professional leaders in order to take ACTION, collaborate, share knowledge, wisdom, creative ideas and to produce innovative content and dialogues. Resulting partnership efforts will see the creation and production of exciting interactive new media educational content.

Thought provocative ideas take place in a real-time, platform-neutral, safe & secure environment over the Internet. GEM sessions and events unite & connect women and young professional leaders who work towards solving social and environmental challenges with a sustainable & social entrepreneurial approach.

Powerful Women taking positive action to impact women globally in an effective and beneficially meaningful way.

Gender equality - We welcome all conscious ethical men & invite them to be part of our collective vision as our guests, panelists and creative partners & associates.

A Gem Of An Idea - the Live platform is a collaborative project in partnership with several leaders and their organizations. The GEM New Media lounge is supported and provided by Heart In Action Enterprises, a subsidiary of Asita Informatica Inc., and collectively with Absolute ID and several Fortune 500 technology companies.

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"Equal access to education, training and science and technology: pathway to decent work for women." UN

"Information and communication technologies can be especially useful in promoting mother languages. We must harness the power of progress to protect diverse visions of the world and to promote all sources of knowledge and forms of expression. These are the threads that weave the tapestry of humanity’s story. "

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
Message for International Mother Language Day 2011


A GEM Of An Idea and MPWN with WOUGNET, continue working towards finding solutions for women affected by HIV Aids in Africa. A Live & Interactive Forum is scheduled for May 7th.

For more information about this project and supporting this initiative, please contact Ashie Hirji, Debbie Kreuser, Grace Ann Apitar, Agnes Nyamayarwo, Hadijah Nankanja, or Julia Wasson.

A GEM, MPWN (Mulago Positive Women's Network) and WOUGNET brings to you an online campaign for MOTHER'S DAY, May 7, 2011. This event documents the compelling stories of real people and women in leadership roles in Africa through a convergence of technologies helping to bridge the Digital Divide.

GEM, MPWN & WOUGNET empower each other to bring real life stories of “ Women In Leadership AFRICA", a grass roots educational new media movement.

GEM - MPWN forum is founded by Debbie Krueser, Ashie Hrji, Agnes Nyamayarwo, Grace Ann Apita and Hadijah Nankanja. Their combined vision and purpose it to share real time stories, knowledge & wisdom with ethical leaders between Africa & the globe.

Collaborative Partners:
A GEM of An Idea is in partnership with Mulago Positive Women’s Network (MPWN), WOUGNET and HIAE.

About MPWN

Mulago Positive Women's Network (MPWN) is a network which was started in January 2004, focusing on the most vunerable people in the local community in Kampala, Uganda with a vision of bringing back hope to the lives of women and children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Conscious that many HIV positive women face different challenges of different dimensions, women in TASO Mulago realized that they could do a lot to share with and support each other in order to cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS in their lives.

This is a page to their ingenuity, resilience and determination to survive and to thrive in the midst of many obstacles by one who knows them. I hope that you will find this page enlightening, encouraging and emboldening.

The interests of the women of the Mulago Positive Women's Network (MPWN) are the same as anyone else's - taking proper care of their familes and providing for the future of their children.

The women of the MPWN are all HIV positive and receive their ARV's (antiretroviral medications) from international donors. They also receive additional support services though TASO (The AIDS Support Organization - www.tasouganda.org) at Mulago Hospital, the biggest hospital in Uganda's capitol, Kampala.

These women are now challenged by another life concern: how to provide for themselves and their families. Many of the members of the MPWN either have been stigmatized out of their former employment positions or have never been employed before.

Some of the women have been widowed by HIV/AIDS and now must find a way to provide for their children. The women have started making and selling native Ugandan craft items and selling them to tourists and others (mainly supporters of the international movement to make AIDS and extreme poverty history) for additional income.

About Women Of Uganda Network

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women's organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively.

Women of Uganda Network is a collaborative partner with GEM-MPWN for World Aids Day live from Uganda and will be joining Agnes on Dec 1st.

Bwette Daniel Gilbert aka Gilbert Frank Daniels, is one of the founding member of community called Jericho Breakers, empowering youth through performing arts. He has also a community leader, young journalist & activist at Bavubuka Foundation, He has taken up the challenge to create a positive voice for the youth & himself with Bavubuka Foundation to learn various skills like photography, Community journalism, graphics designs among other skills that has opened up opportunities for his life to work with local & international youth communities His commitment in community work earned him to be chosen as one of the finalist youth entrepreneur’s in Young Achievers Awards.

He is a youth leader working on a project with Ashie Hirji for secured ICT vision & project called CHANGE IS VISIBLE the project is in partnership with Bavubuka Foundation & Heart In Action Enterprises. A collaborative youth project with African young Change-Leaders, A vision for ICT & empowering young leaders of Africa

More Info

"OUR VOICE SHALL BE HEARD TODAY & WILL BE ECHOED IN THE FUTURE LIVES NEXT GENERATION"
http://jerichobreakers.webs.com
http://bavubukacommunity.blogspot.com


And Mr. Kambale Musavuli is a Congolese activist, student coordinator and spokesperson of Friends of the Congo. He produces weekly podcasts on the situation in the Congo. He has written for the Washington Post, Pambazuka News, The Root and numerous other online publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, Democracy Now, ABC, Al Jazeera, Radio France International and myriad radio and television programs around the world. He has toured the United States speaking to university students, religious groups, community organizers and many others in an effort to mobilize support for the people of the Congo. Musavuli’s ultimate aim is to mobilize the global community to help bring an end to the conflict in the Congo and provide support to the people of the Congo as they strive to control their enormous natural wealth and build lasting peace and stability in the heart of Africa .

http://kambale.com/

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As stated by: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
   www.un.org/en/events/women/iwd/2010/
“Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities & PROGRESS FOR ALL”

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all... But equality for women and girls is also an economic and social imperative. Until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice, all our goals -- peace, security, sustainable development -- stand in jeopardy."

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
   www.unwomen.org

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A GEM Of An Idea and MPWN with WOUGNET, continue working towards finding solutions for women affected by HIV Aids in Africa. A Live & Interactive Forum is scheduled for February 26th.

For more information about this project and supporting this initiative, please contact Ashie Hirji, Debbie Kreuser, Grace Ann Apitar, Agnes Nyamayarwo, Hadijah Nankanja, or Julia Wasson.

A GEM, MPWN (Mulago Positive Women's Network) and WOUGNET brings to you an online campaign for INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2011. This event documents the compelling stories of real people and women in leadership roles in Africa through a convergence of technologies helping to bridge the Digital Divide.

GEM, MPWN & WOUGNET empower each other to bring real life stories of “ Women In Leadership AFRICA", a grass roots educational new media movement.

GEM - MPWN AFRICA is founded by Debbie Krueser, Ashie Hrji, Agnes Nyamayarwo and e-GLO participants Grace Ann Apita and Hadijah Nankanja. Their combined vision and purpose it to share real time stories, knowledge & wisdom with ethical leaders between Africa & the globe.

Collaborative Partners:
A GEM of An Idea is in partnership with Mulago Positive Women’s Network (MPWN), WOUGNET and Collaborative partnerships exist between HIAE & e-GLO (Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity) and HIAE & ABAfrica.

About MPWN

Mulago Positive Women's Network (MPWN) is a network which was started in January 2004, focusing on the most vunerable people in the local community in Kampala, Uganda with a vision of bringing back hope to the lives of women and children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Conscious that many HIV positive women face different challenges of different dimensions, women in TASO Mulago realized that they could do a lot to share with and support each other in order to cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS in their lives.

This is a page to their ingenuity, resilience and determination to survive and to thrive in the midst of many obstacles by one who knows them. I hope that you will find this page enlightening, encouraging and emboldening.

The interests of the women of the Mulago Positive Women's Network (MPWN) are the same as anyone else's - taking proper care of their familes and providing for the future of their children.

The women of the MPWN are all HIV positive and receive their ARV's (antiretroviral medications) from international donors. They also receive additional support services though TASO (The AIDS Support Organization - www.tasouganda.org) at Mulago Hospital, the biggest hospital in Uganda's capitol, Kampala.

These women are now challenged by another life concern: how to provide for themselves and their families. Many of the members of the MPWN either have been stigmatized out of their former employment positions or have never been employed before.

Some of the women have been widowed by HIV/AIDS and now must find a way to provide for their children. The women have started making and selling native Ugandan craft items and selling them to tourists and others (mainly supporters of the international movement to make AIDS and extreme poverty history) for additional income.

About Women Of Uganda Network

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women's organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively.

Women of Uganda Network is a collaborative partner with GEM-MPWN for World Aids Day live from Uganda and will be joining Agnes on Dec 1st.

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As stated by: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
   www.un.org/en/events/women/iwd/2010/
“Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities & PROGRESS FOR ALL”

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all... But equality for women and girls is also an economic and social imperative. Until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice, all our goals -- peace, security, sustainable development -- stand in jeopardy."

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

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A GEM and MPWN (Mulago Positive Women's Network) brings to you an online campaign for WORLD AIDS DAY 2010. This event documents the compelling stories of real people and women in leadership roles in Africa through a convergence of technologies helping to bridge the Digital Divide.

GEM / MPWN “Women In Leadership AFRICA MDG is a grass roots educational new media movement.

GEM / MPWN AFRICA MDG is founded by Debbie Krueser, Ashie Hrji, Agnes Nyamayarwo and e-GLO participant Grace Ann Apita. Their combined vision and purpose it to share real time stories, knowledge & wisdom with ethical leaders between Africa & the globe.

Collaborative Partners:
A GEM of An Idea is in partnership with Mulago Positive Women’s Network (MPWN),
and Collaborative partnerships exist between HIAE & e-GLO (Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity) and HIAE & CEE India (Center for Environment Education).

About MPWN

Mulago Positive Women's Network (MPWN) is a network which was started in January 2004, focusing on the most vunerable people in the local community in Kampala, Uganda with a vision of bringing back hope to the lives of women and children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Conscious that many HIV positive women face different challenges of different dimensions, women in TASO Mulago realized that they could do a lot to share with and support each other in order to cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS in their lives.

This is a page to their ingenuity, resilience and determination to survive and to thrive in the midst of many obstacles by one who knows them. I hope that you will find this page enlightening, encouraging and emboldening.

The interests of the women of the Mulago Positive Women's Network (MPWN) are the same as anyone else's - taking proper care of their familes and providing for the future of their children.

The women of the MPWN are all HIV positive and receive their ARV's (antiretroviral medications) from international donors. They also receive additional support services though TASO (The AIDS Support Organization - www.tasouganda.org) at Mulago Hospital, the biggest hospital in Uganda's capitol, Kampala.

These women are now challenged by another life concern: how to provide for themselves and their families. Many of the members of the MPWN either have been stigmatized out of their former employment positions or have never been employed before.

Some of the women have been widowed by HIV/AIDS and now must find a way to provide for their children. The women have started making and selling native Ugandan craft items and selling them to tourists and others (mainly supporters of the international movement to make AIDS and extreme poverty history) for additional income.

About Women Of Uganda Network

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women's organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively.

Women of Uganda Network is a collaborative partner with GEM-MPWN for World Aids Day live from Uganda and will be joining Agnes on Dec 1st.

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As stated by: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
   www.un.org/en/events/women/iwd/2010/
“Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities & PROGRESS FOR ALL”

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all... But equality for women and girls is also an economic and social imperative. Until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice, all our goals -- peace, security, sustainable development -- stand in jeopardy."

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon