The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) is conducting a massive SMS Women's Day campaign. EASSI is a woman's organisation that monitors the commitments Governments in the Eastern African countries have made to advancing women's concerns. The SMS campaign reflects on the girl child in Kenya and the region that has suffered unbearable atrocities as a result of the post-election violence. We stand together with her and others and offer our support to Kenya and the region for peace and political progress. If you are interested in participating in the SMS Campaign, you will receive an SMS everyday from 25th February 2008 to 14th March 2008 on your mobile phone. These days were chosen specifically because they fall before and after 8th March, Women's Day. The SMS messages will be daily updates of the peace progress and our own affirmations and convictions concerning the girl child in Kenya.

How to participate Register your mobile number to receive the SMSs that will be sent out during the SMS Campaign. In order to register, send your Name, Gender, Organisation, Country, and Mobile Number by email to nambozo@eassi.org or by SMS to +256 78 2764335. Please submit your mobile numbers beginning with the country code, e.g, 256 78 2764335 for numbers in Uganda. For more information and/or to participate, please send a note to nambozo@eassi.org. The SMS Campaign is being conducted with technical support from Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET - www.wougnet.org) whose mission is to promote and support the use of ICTs by women and women organisations in Uganda, so that they can take advantage of the opportunities presented by ICTs in order to effectively address national and local problems of sustainable development.

About EASSI EASSI is a woman's organisation that monitors the commitments that Governments in the Eastern African countries have made to advancing women's concerns. The Eastern African countries are: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. EASSI's vision is a society where all enjoy gender equality, social justice, peace and development. The goal is to catalyse national, regional and international processes on critical areas of concern in order to make concrete meaningful changes for women. For more information on EASSI, please visit our website at http://www.eassi.org

For more information on the SMS campaign For further information about this SMS Campaign, please contact: Beverley Nambozo Senguiyunva Programme Officer - Communications and Networking The East African Sub-regional Support Initiative for The Advancement of Women (EASSI) Plot 87 Bukoto-Ntinda Road P. O. Box 24965 Kampala, Uganda Tel: 256-41-285163, 285194 Fax: 256-41-285306 E-mail: nambozo@eassi.org / eassi@eassi.org Web: http://www.eassi.org Blog: www.eassi.wordpress.com