Flamme/Flame: African Sisters On-Line “is a network of African sisters online committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally.” In the 1990s, “women's media networks, both global and regional, met as a Global Communications Forum with many NGOs, and discussed ways in which women could remain in touch once they returned home to their regions and countries, and be able to participate fully in the review process. Out of this Forum came the initial plans for this Women Action 2000 Network...”