WSIS Thematic Meeting : Forum on ICTs & Gender Seoul-Gyeonggi Declaration on the Equal Participation of Women in the Information Society is published here    Following the Forum ICT and Gender: Optimizing Opportunities held on 23 August 2003 in Malaysia, the Forum on ICT & Gender for WSIS2005 (WSIS2005 Forum) will focus mainly on e-Governance and the Digital Solidarity Fund from the gender perspectives of International Agencies, NGOs and Academia. In addition, a session will examine how well WSIS2003 issues have been implemented.   The WSIS2005 Forum will be held in conjunction with the Women's World 2005 (WW05) in Seoul, Korea. In this way the issues studied at the Gender & ICT session at WW05 will be reviewed and included in all the discussions at the WSIS2005 Forum. The WSIS2005 Forum will call upon government representatives to WSIS to take into account its recommendations in formulating the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action for WSIS 2005 and beyond. Date: 24-25 June, 2005 Venue: Convention Center, Centennial Memorial Hall, Sookmyung Women's Univ. Seoul               Gyeonggi Women's Development Center, Gyeonggi Hosted By - Sookmyung Women's University - Gyeonggi Province - Gyeonggi Women's Development Center Co-organized by - Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC) - Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) - ITU (International Telecommunication Union) World Summit on the Information Society  Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center Gyeonggi Women's Development Center Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion International Telecommunication Union Sookmyung Women's university   Women's World 2005