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Doing IT on Paper

Reba Shahid
Reba Shahid on 19 December, 2006
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This article examines the discrepancy between Pakistan's national IT policyi and the reality of access and use on the ground. It argues a case for the revision of this policy by taking into existing account socio-cultural inequalities.
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Gender and ICT policies: how do we start this discussion?

Dafne Sabanes Plou
Dafne Sabanes Plou on 23 February, 2005
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"Although the women’s movement has adopted ICTis in their work as an important tool, it has given little attention to ICT policies". This and many other issues were discussed in the workshop “Networkingi for Change and Empowermenti: Building a Feminist Agenda for ICT Policies” that APC Women’s Networking Support Programme and APC LAC ICT Policies Monitor organised during the World Social Forum, in Porto Alegre, 2005. This article relates the outcomes and recommendations that resulted from this event.

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Gender in the information Society: Emerging issues

on 19 December, 2006
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This publication is a collection of 13 papers developed for a pre-World Summit on the Information Societyi seminar, produced by UNDP-APDIP in partnership with UNIFEM and IT for Change. It showcases perspectives that critique the engagement with new technologies in various development sectors such as the governancei, media and work.
 
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E-Governance Initiatives in an Indian State: Some Observations from a Gender Perspective

Dr. Anupama Saxena, Dr. Malathi Subramanian
Dr. Anupama Saxena, Dr. Malathi Subramanian on 10 December, 2006
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Chhattisgarh, ICT policy, eGovernance, e-governance, cybercafe, Bilaspur, Durg, digital gender divide, gender divide, literacy, access
The paper explores to what extent the women in the Indian Statei of Chhattisgarh have been able to access and to use e-governancei 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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Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction in the Knowledge Society

Sophia Huyer
Sophia Huyer on 15 February, 2005 · Global
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
The emphasis on ICTi as a tool of economic and social empowermenti for underprivileged women raises new research questions that are relevant both for advocacyi and project work by NGOs as well as for policyi intervention by national and international bodies. The paper assesses women’s access to and use of ICTs for social empowerment and poverty reduction.

 
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ICT policy: a beginner’s handbook

Chris Nicol
Chris Nicol on 10 February, 2005 · Global
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The book outlines issues and processes involved in ICT policymaking and advocacyi. It looks at specific issues in policy and regulationi including gender and ICTsi.
 
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