Information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold great potential in the education sector. Distance education can enable women who don't have physical access to schools to participate through online, radio or other ICTs in education classes and programs. E-learning, which can involve a wide variety of technologies such as DVD, CD-ROM, or internet, offers students access to a vast amount of information and resources that is not possible in a single instructional setting. Online teaching support programmes for teachers who have minimal teaching background can assist with lesson planning, curriculum design and other learning tools. Training of women in the use of ICTs, media management and content development can enable them to participate in decision-making processes at government, private sector and civil society levels. Moreover, teaching methods and tools must be gender sensitive and responsive to women and girls’ unique needs and learning styles.
Education, training and skill development are critical to ICT interventions. These areas represent an entry point for encouraging women to become more involved in ICT applications development, shaping ICT solutions and framing ICT policies according to female-specific needs and experiences.
The Gender, Science and Technology Secretariat for Latin America (SEGECYT- Secretariado de Géneroi, Ciencia y Tecnología para América Latina) was constituted in november 1999. Framed in the recent developments that were taking place in the region regarding Gender, Science and Technology (GST), this initiative pointed to overcome the conceptual and institutional separation that still remain between these fields, focusing on their integration and articulation.
The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) is a non-governmenti organization based in the Philippines, formed in 1986. FMA seeks to enhance the popularisation and social marketing of development-oriented issues and campaigns through media-related interventions, social communication projects, and cultural work.
The Gender Advisory Board was established in 1995 to provide advice to UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development , national governments and the UN system on the gender dimensions of science & technology policyi. It has two principal functions: to monitor the implementation of the recommendations made by the Commission on gender and science and technology, and to advise on the gender implications of its new work programmes.
Organization created with the aim of contributing with solid institutions towards the gender equityi as a central axis to improve the quality of life through health services, education, communication and information, fostering the citizen participation and the respect for human rights.
INSTRAW is the only United Nations Institute devoted to serve as a vehicle at the international level to promote and undertake research and training programmes to contribute to the advancement of women and gender equalityi worldwide.
A feminist network created twenty years ago with the objective to enhance popular education, and with the mission to empower women considering to conquer a society based on equity, justice and sustentability.
The Women's Electroninic Networkingi Training (WENT) promotes the use of information and communication technologyi to enhance women's role and capacity in social and policyi advocacyi.
The Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC) is an Interneti-based women's information service and network in Asia. It is an initiative geared towards developing cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new information and communication technologies for women's empowermenti.
Jinbonet is an organisation focussing on providing training on the Interneti and communication for NGOs, as well as engaging on communcation rights advocacyi.
APWINC aims at promoting women's informatization and women-related communication technologies in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on South Korea, through providing web-based ICTi trainings.
