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Taking a byte of technology: Women and ICTs |
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This issue of Agenda focuses on the
intersections between gender and Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs). As an organisation working precisely at this intersection, Women'sNet
is privileged to be associated with the publication of this important issue of
the journal. We argue that, as feminists and women's rights activists, it is
imperative that we engage with ICTs - from the level of policy and regulation
to content development - to ensure that women benefit from the ICT revolution.
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Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and opportunities for using ICTs to promote gender equality |
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abstract
This article
examines how Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used
effectively to empower African women, promote gender equality and help achieve
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It argues that lack of gender analysis
and inadequate understanding of social cultural contexts inevitably leads to
differential impacts and benefits accruing from development processes between
men and women. The author notes that, although ICT has been hailed as a
powerful tool for empowering women, there are several challenges that exclude
women from effective access to and use of ICT. She concludes that there is need
to create an enabling environment for the promotion of gender equality and
socially deconstructing ICTs to make them sensitive to the needs of women.
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Nepali women and ICT – An identity crisis |
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This reportback
is a synopsis of the recommendations presented at a workshop entitled
‘Women in ICT: In Search of an Identity', which was attended by more than 30
female Information Communication Technology (ICT) professionals as well as a
number of gender-aware, male ICT professionals in Kathmandu, Nepal, in December
2006. The outcomes of the workshop suggest that governments and civil society
working in the area of Information and Communication Technology for development
(ICT4D) should collaborate strategically to bridge the gender digital divide.
It was recommended that the Nepali government should play a key role in
promoting women's ICT leadership as well as their access to financial
resources. At the same time, workshop participants proposed that civil society
should play a critical role in promoting gender-sensitive ICT4D awareness and
advocating for woman-friendly ICT environments.
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ICTs – closing or expanding the gender digital divide? |
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Agenda
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Kristin Palitza spoke to three African women who are professionally involved in
the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector and passionate about
helping women to gain access to new technologies. Robynne Erwin from South
Africa, Jane Godia from Kenya and Goretti Amuriat from Uganda discussed via
teleconference the successes, challenges and barriers to gendering ICTs throughout the continent.
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Rural women’s ICT use in Uganda: Collective action for development
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Reflections on a collaborative experience: Using ICT in a trans-cultural women’s health module
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Engendering ICT policies: Practices from Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Challenges to women’s empowerment through ICTs: the case of Makerere University
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