Gender and ICT Resources
Other useful resources on Gender and ICT
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Supporting Women's ICT-Based Enterprises - A Handbook for Agencies in Development
- This handbook provides practical guidance on how to advocate, initiate and improve women's IT sector micro-enterprises in developing countries. It includes case and story evidence, best practice advice sheets, and frameworks for analysis and evaluation. The handbook is written by Richard Duncombe, Richard Heeks and Sharon Morgan - IDPM, University of Manchester, UK. Shoba Arun - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
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gkp01032004.pdf
- ICTD Success Stories (Youth, Poverty, Gender) by the Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat (GKP)
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Presentations on ICT for Social Enterprise and Sustainable Development
- Here are a collection of presentations on ICT4D with a focus on social enterprise and sustainable development. A short description of each presentation is given.
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Sachet: Pakistani Development
- Sachet is an organization for Pakistani by Pakistanis with a vision of promoting human development of the disadvantaged Communities with a gender perspective. Program areas include health, poverty alleviation and income generation, education and training (capacity building).
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Collection of case studies on how ICT has influenced women in developing countries
- This book is a collection of case studies about women and their communities in developing countries and how they have been influenced by ICTs. The book is made up of five chapters, covering topics including: (1) the effect of ICT on women’s enterprise creation: a practical example from China; (2) e-business piloting and readiness for rural women weavers in Bhutan: lessons learned; (3) fishers and radios: a case study of Radio Ada in Ghana; (4) development through radio: a case study from Sierra Leone; and (5) gender, ICTs and health in the Caribbean. The paper also includes an annotated bibliography and list of web resources relating to gender and ICTs for development.
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Women's Movements And Information And Communications Technologies
- This paper by Anuradha M Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Gender Issues in ICT and Poverty Reduction
- This paper by Chat Garcia Ramilo, APC, Philippines, explores current ICT for poverty reduction strategies and how these strategies are impacting on women's economic empowerment. This paper was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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ICTs and Women's Livelihoods: How real or tenuous is the connection?
- This paper by Revathi Balakrishnan, FAO, Bangkok, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Incorporating Gender Issues in ICT Policy Making
- This paper by Mridul Chowdhury, D.Net, Bangladesh, provides a systematic framework for incorporating gender issues in ICT policy documents. This paper was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Tintoretto's Daughter and the Public Domain
- This paper by Lawrence Liang, Alternate Law Forum, Bangalore, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Gender, Community and Citizen's Media
- This paper by Sevanti Ninan, The Hoot, New Delhi, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Cyberspace: Bastion of freedom or freedom from responsibility?
- This paper by Anita Anand, Comfirst, New Delhi, explore how women in South Asia have fared in cyberspace. Has it been a liberating tool for them? Or, has it been a free for all, with responsibility thrown to the winds? This paper was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Feminist Perspectives on Media
- This paper by Bandana Rana, Sancharika Samuha, Nepal, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Local Media and Women's Identity Articulation
- This paper by Tasneem Ahmar, Uks Foundation, Pakistan, focus on the main argument of if and how radio FM channels can be an effective instrument in putting forward the true face of Pakistani women's empowerment. This paper was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Cake for the North and Crumbs for the South: The political economy of the information society
- This paper by Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, Bangalore, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Community Media and Women: Forging subaltern counterpublics
- This paper by Vinod Pavrala and Kanchan Kumar, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, examines the manner in which ownership, management and control of media technologies by community self-help groups of marginalized women has initiated a process of transformation of power relationships at the village-level. This paper was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Feminist Perspectives on Gender in the Information Society: Perspectives from Pakistan
- This paper by Najma Sadeque - Shirkat Gah, Pakistan, was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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ICTs for Poor Women: Grameen's experiences
- This paper by Nazneen Sultana, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Has IT Made A Difference?
- This paper by Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, explores the relationship between gender and technology. This paper was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
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Gender Issues in the Indian Software Outsourcing Industry
- This paper by Carol Upadhya, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore was presented at a seminar entitled, "Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar 2005" on 18-19 April 2005. The seminar was supported by APDIP and UNIFEM, and organised by IT for Change and partners. Visit the seminar homepage at http://itforchange.net/WSIS/gis/schedule.php
