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ICTs and Gender - Working Party on the Information Economy

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 4,547 views
This document provides an overview of the gender distribution of ICT and ICT-related employment in OECD countries, and ICT employment patterns are contrasted with overall employment to highlight how different ICT employment patterns are. The document then focuses on participation in ICT-related education and training, and differences in ICT access and use by gender.

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Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 5,415 views
Edited by Sophia Huyer and Nancy Hafkin, this book collects essays by Sonia N. Jorge, Shafika Isaacs, Shoba Arun, Richard Heeks, Sharon Morgan, Maria Garrido, Raul Roman, and Vikas Nath on the current landscape of gender and ICT. According to Claudia Morell, the book "provides an excellent overview of the critical issues addressing the global participation of girls and women in today's…

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A Manual of Possible Interventions to Improve the Situation of Women in High-Level ICTs in South Africa

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 4,446 views
The document is the third part of the report on a comprehensive study on the status of women in high-level ICTs in South Africa. The Manual of Possible Interventions maps out six possible programmes with a breakdown of activities and possible role players to take these actions forward.

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Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector in South Africa

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 5,037 views
The document is the second part of the report on a comprehensive study on the status of women in high-level ICTs in South Africa. The report looks at how girls and women are progressing (or not) in the education system and the workplace.


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Exploring Mechanisms to Stimulate the Increased Participation of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology: International Experiences

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 4,486 views
The document is the first part of the report on a comprehensive study on the status of women in high-level ICTs in South Africa. It describes international experiences, with particular emphasis on Finland, that provide insights for consideration in addressing South Africa's needs on on stimulating the participation of women in high-level ICTs.

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E-Governance Initiatives in an Indian State: Some Observations from a Gender Perspective

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 4,904 views
The paper explores to what extent the women in the Indian State of Chhattisgarh have been able to access and to use e-governance initiatives, as compared their male counterparts, and how far these e-governance initiatives been able to address and include the needs of women.

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Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development: Issues and Options

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 4,939 views
The report is based on field visits, interviews with local and central government and non-government organizations and desk reviews carried out between December 2004-April 2005. It aims to identify policies, technologies, institutions and investments needed to improve access to information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural areas in Indonesia. A critical part of this study is a gender…

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Girls and science: a training module on motivating girls to embark on science and technology careers

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 5,453 views


The module aims to address the inherent gender disparities in the field of science and technology, with a specific focus on Africa.



Social and economic development of a country is closely linked to the educational level of its female population. The under-representation and under-achievement of girls in science and technology subjects can be seen as a serious…

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Francophone Women's Groups in Minority Situations and ICTs

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:34 | 4,361 views
“Francophone women are less likely to use the internet than Anglophone women (40.4% compared with 55.3%, respectively)" says a survey report released lately on the Womyn's Voices website. In the spring of 2002, 50 women’s groups working in minority situations in Canada were surveyed on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The project's scope is limited, looking at…

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Radio: A Post Nine-Eleven Strategy for Reaching the World's Poor

Posted Tue 1 Jun 2010 - 23:33 | 5,150 views
The book provides case studies of the historical use of radio, and an overview of what is being done today. the authors argue that the voice of radio can work as an effective, practical and cost-efficient means of transmitting information that may impact the lives of people in communities all over the world.