Mission DIRSI's mission is to create knowledge and stimulate discussion to support the development of policies that enable the effective participation of Latin America's poor and marginalized communities in emerging information societies and economies. Visit our website at dirsi.net

Amy Mahan was a founding member of DIRSI. At the time of her death she had made important contributions to the research and program design of a number of ICT for development initiatives. It is with deep gratitude for her scholarship, personal courage and humanity, that we honor her by establishing his fellowship program. The Amy Mahan Young Researcher Fellowships in ICT Inclusion Policies is one of a number of number of initiatives in honour of our friend and colleague. Other initiatives are: Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program to Assess the Impact of Public Access to ICTs Global Information Society Watch 2009 dedicated to Amy Mahan LACNIC Outstanding Achievement Award - Posthumous honorary mention

Reminder: Deadline for proposals to DIRSI's young researcher competition is 16 November

What is DIRSI?

Founded in 2006, DIRSI is a network of professionals and academic institutions that seeks to create knowledge to support policymaking that promotes effective participation of poor and marginalized communities of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Information Society. DIRSI's publications include the groundbreaking studies Digital Poverty: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean and Mobile Opportunities: Poverty and telephony access in Latin America and the Caribbean.

DIRSI is administered by the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos –IEP– Peru's most established social sciences research centre and receives the financial support of the International Development Research Centre –IDRC– and the Canadian International Development Agency.