Resources

Here is a repository of the latest research reports, policy documents, presentations, issue papers, and other relevant publications focusing on the area of ICT and gender.

The paper highlights four key areas that affect women and girls where priorities have changed, funding has been cut, research findings distorted, important social differences masked, and critical committees and programs dismantled. <br />

Missing: Information About Women&#8217;s Lives
The primer is a guide to the current debates on new reproductive technologies (NRTs), how they are changing political landscapes, and their potential effects on women's human rights.

Tackling Debates and Challenges of New Reproductive Technologies
The paper explores ICTs in relation to gender, specifically focusing on gender and ICT applications in agricultural and rural development in developing countries.

Gender and Agriculture in the Information Society
The brochure highlights ways on how to engender ICTs and explores the World Bank's efforts to address gender issues in information technology projects.

Engendering Information & Communication Technologies: Challenges &...
The presentation covers the political and economic context for development of the ICT sector, reviewed the dominant approach to ICT sector development, outlined challenges for mainstreaming human development and gender equality issues, and identified strategic questions for the World Bank. <br />

Getting Gender into ICT Policy: easier said than done
The statement demands for financing that accounts specifically for women's development priorities and their information and communication rights.

Statement of the Gender Caucus to the WSIS PrepCom2
The statement outlines the principles needed to form the basis of any discussion on financing the information society, as well as specific recommendations on how to hurdle the challenges of financing an equitable information society.

Statement read to WSIS2 plenary on financing the information society
The document is a preliminary report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) to PrepCom-2 on the status of its work.

Preliminary Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance submitted to the...
The Women's Electroninic Networking Training (WENT) promotes the use of information and communication technology to enhance women's role and capacity in social and policy advocacy.

Women's Electronic Network Training (WENT)

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