This is to invite you to a collaborative initiative of Sanhita, Gender Resource Centre and Wikimedia Foundation on the issue of Women, Information & Technology.

The initiative aims at exploring the use Bangla Wiki to make information on women's rights & issues easily accessible to existing & potential users. Sanhita is inviting representatives from various education institutes to a brainstorming session to develop strategies of involving institutes and young women & students with this process. Sanhita also looks forward to motivating reasearchers, academicians, women rights activists to contribute to Bangla Wiki thereby creating resources on gender issues in the Bengali language!

This workshop will be held on March 18, 2011 at the Seagull Art & Media Resource Centre located at Bhawanipur, Calcutta.

We are looking forward to your participation & cooperation to make the initiative a success! *Date:* March 18, 2011 *Time:* 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm * * *Venue:* The Seagull Arts & Media Resource Cente. 36 C, S P Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700 025 Nearest Metro stop: Jatin Das Park (Rupchand Mukerjee Lane Between Bharati and Bijoli Cinema Hall)

Other details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata4 Join us on Facebook and follow the updates at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151389684922080

Thanking you

With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/jayantanth Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth ______________________________

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