The Know-How Conference 2006 took place from 21 to 25 of August 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico. Over 500 women from all over the world, came to discuss the position of women in the information society, to exchange knowledge and experience.

The mission of the Know-How Conference is moving trough the construction and strenghtening of an information society based on gender equality, related to the multicultural diversity of the nations and identities and also the strenghtening of the information access and communication as a fundamental basis of women rights.

Some of the most interesting topics of the conference were related to:
 Globalisation and information sharing (access to knowledge)
 The role of media in making women’s information
 Bridging the digital gap and development
 The indigenous women in the information society
 Development policies for libraries
 Information services etc.

The conference was preceded by a number of workshops aiming at providing practical skills and knowldedge regarding certain ICT tools, including the use of Free and Open Source Software among women and women’s groups.

The only participant from Bulgaria, and one of the few who came from Central and Eastern Europe was Christina Haralanova, Board member of IRBF. Christina presented a paper in the two-hours session: "The digital gap, gender and development". The title of the presentation was called: "Challenges and successful practices in the use of ICTs by women from Central and Eastern Europe".

The paper helped the participants to learn more about the advancement of women in technologies in CEE, and to bring announce the results from the Gender and ICT research made in 2005 in Bulgaria. "Being on of the few CEE women who participated in this conference, my participation has definitely made an impact to the ones who were interested in the changes produced in the region, as well as partnering with local organizations from Eastern Europe," said Christina.

This conference helped to make a link from local activities and struggles to the global Gender and ICT movement and to gain better representation of the CEE region into it. It has brought many new ideas for projects and initiatives on both local and international levels. At last, this conference provided a chance to make valuable partnerships for the future and to open women’s horizons and think how they can work with organizations from other parts of the world by providing an added value to each other.

More information could be found on :

 The website of the Know-How Conference.
 Know-How community
 Linux Magazine World News : "Open Source for the Women of this World", issue #72, author: Christina Haralanova.