Information and communication technologies for women's socio-economic empowerment /

The report will provide a brief overview of major themes for women and ICTs, including issues for girls versus women; the ICT workforce; and opportunities versus the threat of ICTs for women's lives. The report will discuss as well the issue of women and Sciences and Technologies. Several polic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melhem, Samia
Otros Autores: Tandon, Nidhi, Morrell, Claudia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:World Bank working paper ; no. 176.
Temas:
Computers and women > Developing countries.
Information technology > Developing countries.
Technology and women > Developing countries.
Women in computer science > Developing countries.
Women > Employment > Developing countries.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
Computers and women
Information technology
Technology and women
Women > Employment
Women in computer science
Developing countries
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; 1. Overview; Box 1: Introductory Notes to Keep in Mind; 2. Women, Gender, and ICTs: Why Does It Matter?; Figure 2.1: Proportion of Females in New Entrants at Tertiary Level by Field of Education; Figure 2.2: Women and Internet Access; 3. Outcomes and Impacts of ICT Policies and Projects for Women; Figure 3.1: Internet Usage in China by Gender; Box 2: Key Collections on Gender-Sensitive Polices and Programs; Box 3: Considering ICTs as General Purpose Technologies; 4. The Threat of ICTs for Women.
  • Box 4: Public Policy: Gender-Transformative StrategiesBox 5: Women Encounter Technology; 5. Implementation Issues for Women and ICTs; Box 6: Bridging the Rural Digital Divide: Livelihood Approaches Policy Framework; Box 7: Eight Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives; Box 8: Ways in Which ICTs Can Contribute to Women's Economic Opportunities; References; Appendix 1. Potential Action Plan Matrix for Gender-Sensitive Approaches to ICTs; Appendix 2. List of Case Studies To Be Reviewed; Appendix 3. Recent ICT Evaluation Studies (Not Necessarily Gender Focused).

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