[kictanet] LGBT rights for ICT professionals and other engineers/scientists

Sun Jun 9 20:51:15 EAT 2013

Considering the statistics mentiond in the article, Im not betting on
KICTANET following not too divergent a statistic, as such any comments here
will also probably follow the same statistical trend... Just maybe coated
in more "correct" tone / language.... :-)
++1 on sticking to Core ICT business though.

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm surprised at the speed at which the West has switched to LGBT issues,
> seeing the many issues that women still face in developing countries.
> There's a lot of oppression and violence towards women that I believe we
> can start by addressing first?
>
>
> On Sunday, 9 June 2013, Walubengo J wrote:
>
>> @Barrack, ICT Reseacher +1, Very True that.
>>
>> @Adam, In the value-chain of our local problems that ICT could positively
>> intervene e.g corruption, disease, traffic jam, tribalism, insecurity,
>> poaching, and many others, I would be very surprised if Listers will have
>> time to spare to discuss how folks by the name LGBT could be assisted
>> through ICT.
>>
>> walu.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________________________
>> *From:* ICT Researcher <ict.researcher at yahoo.com>
>> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
>> *Cc:* kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 9, 2013 1:53 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] LGBT rights for ICT professionals and other
>> engineers/scientists
>>
>>
>> According to World Health Organisation, every day 3,000 people commit
>> suicide around the world for broad broad range of reasons. It would
>> therefore be better to direct the concern to the international organisation
>> for global action we focus our energies on trying to get some semblance of
>> decent access to our vast majority(over 70 per cent of the population) at
>> this point in time.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 2:17 PM MSKS Barrack Otieno wrote:
>>
>> >Hi Adam,
>> >
>> >I think the position of the Kenyan Society is clear from the Wikipedia
>> post
>> >you have made , let us focus on ICT since we are united in promoting the
>> >growth and development of the Information and Communications Technology
>> >sector.
>> >
>> >Best Regards
>> >
>> >
>> >On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I recently read with distress this email from Alan Turing written
>> shortly
>> >> before his suicide following conviction for "gross indecency after
>> >> admitting to a sexual relationship with another man".
>> >>
>> >> http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/06/yours-in-distress-alan.html
>> >>
>> >> And then read this sad article summarizing the current state of affairs
>> >> regarding LGBT rights in Kenya:
>> >>
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kenya
>> >>
>> >> Is there anything that the members of the KICTAnet community can do to
>> >> support LGBT members of the engineering and ICT communities in Kenya?
>> >>  Supporting individual rights is critical to creating an environment
>> where
>> >> innovation can happen.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Adam
>> >>
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>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
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> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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