ADA, du nom d’Ada Lovelace, première femme programmeuse en informatique, est né de la constatation que les femmes sont sous-représentées dans le secteur des NTIC, les Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication.
Les NTIC ont modifié les habitudes sociales de la société civile et plus largement, l’économie dans son ensemble : le mode de production et de consommation des biens, les services offerts aux consommateurs et aux citoyens. Or, qu’il s’agisse de la simple utilisation de nouveaux outils et média (ordinateurs, internet) ou de la participation active au développement de ceux-ci (le travail dans des fonctions informatiques), les femmes restent minoritaires.
Loin d’être la seule « fracture numérique » de la société, nous pensons que cet écart entre les hommes et les femmes, une « fracture transversale » qui touche tous les niveaux de la société occidentale et d’ailleurs, mérite une réflexion à la fois sur le « pourquoi » de cet état des choses et sur « les bonnes pratiques » pour y remédier.
Data de publicació:28/10/2007 Idioma: FR

The Digitales meetings take place in Brussels, in the Interface3 asbl training centre for women in new technologies and the ADA project, the aim of which is to stimulate, to bring together, to convince other partners and actors to reflect on and set up strategies and actions in order to dismantle prejudices concerning the nature of women and the computers / ITC, as well as promoting women’s access to quality jobs in this sector. These meetings bring together women in training, their trainers, researchers, artists, activists, political and labour representatives, etc.
Data de publicació:28/10/2007 Idioma: EN

Blogs for African Women (BAWo) has taken hold of the Nigerian blogging spirit to strengthen women's activism. Oreoluwa Somolu, BAWo's founder, sees blogging as a way to get women "hooked on technology", and gain important skills for community and NGO leadership at the same time. Networking for Success, BAWo's second initiative getting women into the blogosphere, has just been awarded an Harambee Small Grant to increase BAWo's collaboration capacity.
Data de publicació:27/10/2007 Idioma: EN

What is it like to be a young woman training in college for a career in the high stakes professions of science, math, engineering and technology? For every new generation it takes key movements along the way to make a grand leap forward into professional adulthood.
The Gender Chip Project offers both a documentary and companion materials designed to assist teachers, parents and mentors who are encouraging girls to the pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Data de publicació:26/10/2007 Idioma: EN

Editado por Eva M. Rathgeber y Edith Ofwona Adera

Los ensayos en este libro examinan el impacto real y potencial de la explosión de las TIC en África. Se centran específicamente en asuntos de género y analizan hasta dónde estas tecnologías satisfacen las necesidades y preferencias de la mujer. Las autoras destacan la necesidad de acceso a información directamente relevante para las necesidades de la mujer en áreas rurales, ya sea en materia de agricultura, salud, microempresa o educación. Afirman que no basta con que la mujer participe pasivamente en el desarrollo de las TIC en África. También debe tomar decisiones y ser actora en el proceso de uso de las nuevas tecnologías con el fin de acelerar el desarrollo económico, social y político de África.
Data de publicació:17/10/2007 Idioma: ES

Produced within UNESCO’s University–Industry-Science Partnership (UNISPAR) programme in UNESCO’s Science Sector, with a view to promoting gender-disaggregated data in S&T activities.
Data de publicació:11/10/2007 Idioma: EN

GKP and APC WNSP

The Gender and ICT Awards, initiated in 2003, recognise ICT initiatives which promote women's economic empowerment and gender equality, especially projects initiated by women themselves. The awards honour local, small-scale and community-based projects with women and girls as the main beneficiaries to improve the quality of their lives and to make meaningful contributions to equitable human development and the broader struggle for social justice.

The awards recognise sustainable projects that have the potential and ease to be replicated in other areas, taking into account the different contexts and forces at play. They should also foster multi-stakeholder cooperation and active participation among different sectors in the community.

Nominees are required to reflect on and express understanding and strategic analysis on the methods and tools they used, and of their own failures and ultimate success in such a way that others can learn from their experiences
Data de publicació:09/10/2007 Idioma: EN

By LiveScience Staff

The days of sexist science teachers and Barbies chirping that "math class is tough!" are over, according to pop culture, but a government program aimed at bringing more women and girls into science, technology, engineering and math fields suggests otherwise.
Below are five myths about girls and science that still endure, according to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) program:

Myth 1: From the time they start school, most girls are less interested in science than boys are.
Myth 2: Classroom interventions that work to increase girls' interest in STEM run the risk of turning off the boys
Myth 3: Science and math teachers are no longer biased toward their male students.
Myth 4: When girls just aren't interested in science, parents can't do much to motivate them.
Myth 5: At the college level, changing the STEM curriculum runs the risk of watering down important "sink or swim" coursework.
Data de publicació:02/09/2007 Idioma: EN

Reportatge de la jornada 'Dona i TIC'.
Tot això a la Xarxa Lil@, un espai que forma part del projecte d'Arenys.Org.

Les experiències de les donesTIC no només són interessants en l'àmbit professional. La seva participació en la vida social és cada vegada més visible a internet. El moviment associatiu va ser present a les jornades a través de l'espai de dones de Pangea.Org. Assumpció Guasch és la responsable d'aquest espai i membre de l'associació per al progrés de les Telecomunicacions. És membre de l’Equip de Pangea, d'on és responsable de l'Espai de Dones i participa en el Consell d'Associació per al Progrés de les Comunicacions. Les seves explicacions ens va servir per conèixer aquest projecte, un espai democràtic que promou la igualtat d' accés de les dones a la informació, al coneixement i en particular a les TICs, potenciant les eines estratègiques necessàries. L'Espai de Dones és un espai col·lectiu obert a les diferents visions del tema de gènere on tenen cabuda totes les dones que lluiten a favor dels drets humans , la justícia social, la igualtat de les dones , l'apoderament de les dones i en contra de la violència de gènere i la discriminació de la dona en tots els àmbits de la societat.
Data de publicació:21/07/2007 Idioma: CA

O Projeto Software Livre Mulheres é uma iniciativa de um grupo de mulheres atentas, determinadas e ativas na comunidade de Software Livre que participam e se identificam com o Projeto Software Livre Brasil. O site do grupo é um espaço de divulgação e debate das questões sob a ótica feminina, mas não é exclusivo e nem faz distinção de gênero, os homens também estão convidados a participar.

O PSL Mulheres tem como objetivo destacar, apoiar e se engajar em projetos da comunidade Software Livre de inclusão social e digital.Também busca ser um agente de uma sociedade mais acessível a todos os níveis de usuários, sejam eles iniciantes ou especialistas na área tecnológica.

O propósito não é ser um grupo de usuárias. Estamos abrindo espaços para que as iniciativas aconteçam e para isso buscamos apoio nas diferentes esferas da sociedade - pública e privada.


Data de publicació:06/09/2006 Idioma: PT-BR

Graciela Selaimen [APC Women’s Networking Support Programme ]

Sulamita Garcia is a 28-year-old consultant who specialises in Unix systems and is completely enthusiastic about free and open source software. She is responsible for the LinuxChix Brasil project. In this interview for GenderIT, Sulamita tells about the recent experience of LinuxChix Brasil, which is delivering online courses on FLOSS for women. She speaks about prejudice, stereotypes and the need for women to overcome initial difficulties when facing new technologies.

Sulamita Garcia is responsible for the LinuxChix Brasil project – one of the most successful regional chapters of LinuxChix International. She is the mantainer of a how-to in Linux, in Portuguese.



Data de publicació:06/09/2006 Idioma: EN

Innovate. Journal of online education.

Studies show that women make up only 35% of the IT workforce, and the schism between boys' and girls' interests in math and science is well documented. Richard Van Eck suggests that providing girls with more positive experiences with technology may impact their overall attitudes toward technology and perhaps even toward math and science. Van Eck chose games, naturally engaging experiences, as the basis of a two-semester study involving 92 fifth- and sixth-graders participating in game playing and authoring experiences in the classroom. He analyzes the differences in experience, attitude, and interest level between boys and girls. His results suggest that the use of a wide variety of games experienced in mixed gender groups may improve girls' attitudes toward technology.


Data de publicació:04/09/2006 Idioma: EN

Catedra regional Unesco

Ámbito regional de producción, formación y difusión de nuevos conocimientos sobre la participación, contribuciones, usos y demandas de las mujeres en la Ciencia y la Tecnología.
Data de publicació:01/09/2006 Idioma: ES

Bridge

¿Quién se beneficia de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC)? Las TIC han creado nuevas oportunidades económicas y sociales en todo el mundo. Sin embargo, los cambios positivos que han generado aún no alcanzan a toda la humanidad. Su uso continúa siendo regido por las relaciones de poder existentes, en las cuales las mujeres a menudo permanecen desfavorecidas. Pese a ello, muchas personas y organizaciones están trabajando a fin de utilizar estas tecnologías para promover la igualdad de género. Esta Canasta Básica considera los efectos que las TIC tienen en el género.

La Canasta Básica consiste de tres partes:

- Informe General – por Anita Gurumurthy

- Colección de Recursos de Apoyo – por Susie Jolly y Lata Narayanaswamy con Ra’ida Al-Zu’bi, que incluye resúmenes de textos clave, estudios de casos, herramientas y organizaciones relevantes

- Boletín Género y Desarrollo En Breve, el cual presenta un artículo que describe los asuntos clave y artículos referidos al trabajo que realizan Radio Internacional Feminista (FIRE) en Costa Rica y la Asociación de Mujeres Auto-Empleadas (SEWA) en la India.

La Canasta Básica sobre Género y TIC de Bridge fue traducida en su totalidad al español y está disponible solo en formato electrónico. Puede ser descargada gratuitamente del sitio de BRIDGE.
Data de publicació:29/08/2006 Idioma: ES

The Center for Women & Information Technology

The Bibliography on Gender and Technology in Education has been created by gender equity specialist Jo Sanders. Focusing primarily on information technology, the bibliography is comprehensive as of 2005 and draws on international research as well as intervention literature. It contains nearly 700 entries and is extensively annotated, key-worded, and searchable. Sanders compiled the bibliography for her 2005 review article, "Gender and Technology: A Research Review."


Data de publicació:29/08/2006 Idioma: EN

Jo Sanders

When I started doing computer equity work in the early- to mid-80’s, the typical reaction from teachers and administrators who had computers for student use was that there was no problem because there was no computer gender gap. In visiting schools, it quickly became apparent to me that educators
simply didn’t notice it. I remember touring a middle school in the Midwest with a principal who was proud to show me around his beautiful new building, built with clusters of two or three computers in various places. The first cluster we came to was unoccupied. The second had one boy. The third had two boys. The fourth had three boys. Finally, we saw a girl and two empty computers at a fifth cluster. The principal turned to me and said, “Well, I’ll be damned. I had no idea!”.

I came to expect the “Well, I’ll be damned” realization. Unfortunately, it was usually followed by the observation that boys’ preponderance of computer
use didn’t matter, because boys were “naturally” more interested in computers than girls. So we were back to “no problem.”
Data de publicació:29/08/2006 Idioma: EN

World Bank

Females have less access to skills training and development that would enable them to gain employment in the ICT sector. When females are employed, they generally work at lower levels, with less pay.

These initial disadvantages prevent girls and women from benefiting equally from the opportunities offered by the new technologies. Paradoxically, these same technologies offer opportunities for them to overcome these disadvantages by obtaining the education and the technical skills that will enable them to participate equally in the knowledge economy.


Data de publicació:28/08/2006 Idioma: EN

Sophia Huyer, Tatjana Sikoska

Síntesis de los documentos y seminarios de INSTRAW sobre Género y TICs.
Data de publicació:19/08/2006 Idioma: EN

Linuxchix Africa was formed in 2004 by African women and for
African women. It is a chapter in Africa affiliated to Linuxchix worldwide.
The aim of the African chapter is to help toward building the critical
mass of Linux skills among African women, and to advocate for the
use of Free and Open Source Software for the many community
development challenges being faced by Africans, especially African women.

Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: EN

Asia Source was an eight day hands-on workshop aimed at building the technical skills of those working with NGOs in South and South East Asia. It took place on the outskirts of Bangalore during the end of January/beginning of February 2005.

Asia Source brought together nearly 100 NGOs and NGO technology support professionals working at the local level across the region, together with a handful of field leaders from Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America. Asia Source was a free and open source software (FOSS) event. It's primary goal was to act as a focal point in increasing the practical uptake of FOSS desktop and tools amongst the voluntary sector in South and South East Asia.
Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: EN

Interés particular sobre Género y TICs

Esta sección incluye definiciones de conceptos de género, una bibliografía anotada, así como referencias a documentos claves en el área de género y TICs.


Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: ES

Online activism for women's rights and civic participation

Womenspace is a Canadian non-profit organization which promotes women’s participation in information and communication technology. Our activities include the development of online resources and learning, research, education and initiatives which support the use of Internet for women’s equality. We work for the inclusion of women and women’s organizations in all areas of ICT policy development and implementation.
Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: EN

itrainONLINE

El audio y el video en línea se están convirtiendo en una herramienta importante tanto para que las emisoras de radio aumenten su público, compartan programas e incrementen su perfil y el perfil de historias importantes como el video permite incrementar la efectividad de la presentación de una noticia o el complemento al material de un curso on line.

También constituye una salida valiosa para las ONGs que producen audio y/o video y quieren difundirlo con amplitud. En esta sección, se presentarán recursos sobre los aspectos generales, técnicos y de contenido del audio y video en línea, junto con algunos materiales sobre radios comunitarias e Internet.

Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: ES

INSTRAW

The "Virtual Seminar Series" on Gender and ICTs --ICTNet-- were designed as forums for the exchange of research based knowledge and information through discussions and background materials. They aimed at highlighting good practices and lessons learned, identification of research and policy gaps, and outlining policy options and recommendations.
Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: EN

As a result of interest in the demographics of IT users and developers as well as increasing concern about under represented groups in the IT profession, a diffuse body of research related to women in IT and, more broadly, the role of gender in human interactions with information technology has emerged in recent years.

This body of research spans a number of disciplines including information science, information systems, computer science, education, women's studies, gender studies, labor studies, human resource management, and technology and society. In an effort to bring together this diffuse body of research I am editing an Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology. The goal is to develop an international compilation of research about gender and IT.
Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: EN

Los videojuegos representan, en la actualidad, una de las entradas más directas de los niños a la cultura informática y a la cultura de la simulación. Muy utilizados por niños y adolescentes, son muy criticados por sus contenidos y muy poco empleados por los educadores que, en nuestra opinión, desaprovechan una potente herramienta educativa.

Si nadie discute el valor educativo de los juegos, ¿por qué los profesores rechazan el papel de los videojuegos como un elemento de interés educativo?, ¿por qué no son utilizados en los centros escolares? ¿Qué hay que hacer para incorporar los videojuegos en la escuela?. El objetivo fundamental de este artículo es responder a estas cuestiones y mostrar como, desde nuestro punto de vista, los videojuegos representan en este momento la entrada de los niños al mundo virtual dotando a éstos de las competencias necesarias para vivir en la sociedad digital.
Data de publicació:18/10/2005 Idioma: ES

Papers of the 3rd European Symposium on Gender & ICT

Gender and technology at work: experiences of IT professionals.
Gender and learning issues: e-Learning strategies and solutions.
Gender and ICT : private and public spaces.
Gender and Identity at Work: Crossing boundaries, changing roles.
Women's groups and women's training: policy and practice
The future of women in ICT: young women's attitudes and career choices.
Ethics and career progression in Computer Science education
Data de publicació:15/10/2005 Idioma: EN

Regional Initiative of Women's Groups for Promoting ICT as a Strategic Tool for Social Transformation Women’s Information Technology Transfer (WITT) launched today a portal site to link women’s organizations and feminist advocates for the internet in Eastern and Central Europe. www.witt-project.net is a website, providing strategic ICT information to all, and supporting, in a collective way, Central and Eastern European women in developing the web as an instrument in their social activism. WITT is committed to bringing women’s actions, activities and struggles into the spotlight, promoting the use of free software as a way to highlight women’s voices.
Data de publicació:13/10/2005 Idioma: EN

Christina Haralanova (WITT)

This article contains a list of downloadable versions and book titles, which I have considered important for the self-education in the area of ICTs. Feel free to add new resources to the provided ones!

Data de publicació:13/10/2005 Idioma: EN

Publisher World Bank (WB)
Siyanda

This is a tool to help policymakers, planners, educators, researchers, managers and other development specialists to create practical country-led and country-specific plans for educating girls. It is intended to be part of a serious program of planning, to explore issues, perhaps carry out some research, assess and analyse project materials and assemble them in a set of forms that will assist with identifying the issues in the project country or area.


Data de publicació:07/10/2005 Idioma: EN

BRIDGE: development and gender

Overview Report by Anita Gurumurthy
Supporting Resources Collection by Susie Jolly and Lata Narayanaswamy with Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi

New technologies in the information and communications arena, especially the Internet, have been seen as ushering in a new age. There is a mainstream view that such technologies have only technical rather than social implications. The dramatic positive changes brought in by these information and communication technologies (ICTs), however, have not touched all of humanity. Existing power relations in society determine the enjoyment of benefits from ICTs; hence these technologies are not gender neutral. The important questions are: who benefits from ICTs? Who is dictating the course of ICTs? Is it possible to harness ICTs to serve larger goals of equality and justice? Central to these is the issue of gender and women’s equal right to access, use and shape ICTs.
Data de publicació:21/02/2005 Idioma: EN

Dafne Sabanes. Coordinadora de PARMAPC en América Latina y el Caribe
Cuadernos Internacionales de tecnología para el desarrollo humano.
Federación Española de Ingeniería Sin Fronteras

La relación entre las mujeres y los saberes tecnológicos está cambiando, pero la presencia de alumnas en los estudios técnicos y científicos, y de investigadoras en estos campos, es mucho menor que la de los varones. Este es uno de los factores que hacen necesaria la perspectiva de género para analizar el mundo de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC).
A partir de este enfoque, el artículo presenta el camino recorrido por los movimientos de mujeres para apropiarse de las TIC, deteniéndose en algunos de sus hitos más importantes

Data de publicació:11/01/2005 Idioma: ES

Save the Children

En 2005, el 75% de los niños y niñas europeos utilizarán Internet de forma habitual. Internet es un soporte más de información y comunicación, pero su configuración le hace ser una ventana al mundo, con todo lo positivo y negativo que conlleva. Save the Children lleva a cabo diferentes actividades relacionadas con la protección de los derechos de los niños/as en Internet.
Data de publicació:09/01/2005 Idioma: ES

Wendy Faulkner

Paper presented to VII Jornada Internacionales de Coeducación en Ciencia, Tecnologia y Sociedad

Valencia, 17-19 October 1996
[© - W Faulkner]

This paper is a personal reflection on feminist scholarship and activism over technology. It is concerned not so much with the position of women in technology as with women and technology - and thus gender and technology more broadly - on the basis that vastly more women encounter technology as users than as designers. What is notable about these encounters is the extraordinary juxtapositions of positive and negative feelings women have about technology.
Data de publicació:10/12/2004 Idioma: EN

In this way the capacity of women's groups is strengthened to form new partnerships and influence policy and decision-making on issues concerning gender equality and ICT.

Data de publicació:03/12/2004 Idioma: EN

BCNET Xarxa ciutadana de Barcelona

Un catalizador para el activismo de género y TIC: primera conferencia sobre políticas para el cambio y el empoderamiento del programa de mujeres de APC.

“Nos exhortan constantemente a explicar por qué género y TIC”, dijo Karen Banks, coordinadora del Programa de Apoyo a la Red de Mujeres (PARM) de APC en su discurso de apertura de la primera conferencia del PARM sobre políticas de género y TIC. “Los y las responsables de formular políticas de TIC, quiénes las financian, los gobiernos e incluso la comunidad activista de TIC de la sociedad civil preguntan `¿por qué la cuestión de género?´, y los movimientos de mujeres preguntan `¿por qué las TIC?´”, siguió. El debate fue la dominante durante los dos días que duró la reunión realizada en Río de Janeiro, en junio.
Data de publicació:03/12/2004 Idioma: ES

(Versión beta hasta Diciembre 2004)

Was created by and for Women who use or want to learn more about Free and Open Source Software, also called F/OSS, or OS, and sometimes Linux. F/OSS is the first successful, sustainable, community developed and owned software model that can provide new access to communication rights for people worldwide.

WOWEM.org brings together established Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with technical F/OSS expertise to connect, discuss, and develop new ways to use F/OSS in practical subject areas such as organic gardening, Health care, and the Arts around the world. Therefore, some of us are programmers, some system administrators, and some not-so-technical but very interested in F/OSS as a tool to do other tasks and communicate and learn from new friends online.


Data de publicació:24/11/2004 Idioma: EN

Work & Technology Research Centre

Why are there so few women among the professionals of information and communication technology (ICT)? What are the barriers to women choosing and developing careers in ICT professions, and what changes are likely to improve their access and position in this labour market? This European project (Information Society Technologies, 5th Framework Programme) hinges on the development of an integrated approach to the different aspects of gender disparity in the ICT professions. It combines explanatory factors linked to education and training, with the conditions of work and employment, and with the technical and professional culture of ICT.

Final synthesis report: Downloadable in two PDF versions: electronic version of the printed document (736 kB) or active PDF document with bookmarks (882 kB, compressed)
Data de publicació:11/11/2004 Idioma: EN

This is a list of current disseminations of SIGIS results based on research and case studies.

Gender and the Information Society: For a long time there has been a concern that women are excluded from computers and thus from the information society. Still, women are relatively absent from computer science and the design of ICT products. However, there are important changes going on: the transformation of ICTs and their penetration into the home, education and the workplace means the level of use of computers, the internet, mobiles phones and other systems by women and men is converging. Moreover, in many European countries this is the result of explicit public and private initiatives to include women.


Data de publicació:04/11/2004 Idioma: EN

Autoras: Anna Escofet Roig, Olga Herrero García y Mª José Rubio Hurtado

Comunicación y Pedagogía. Revista de nuevas tecnologías y recursos didácticos. Nº 191 (2003).

Evolución del mercado del videojuego para niñas en España. En primer lugar, se dan a conocer los antecedentes sobre esta temática, básicamente centrados en la situación de los Estados Unidos, para pasar después a la situación actual.
Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: ES

Rocío Jiménez Cortés
Licenciada en Pedagogía. Becaria del Programa Nacional de Formación del Profesorado Universitario. Universidad de Sevilla. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Dpto. DOE y MIDE.

Estudio sobre webs educativas desde el punto de vista de la identidad de género.
Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: ES

Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, 1991; [Madrid]

La introducció de les noves tecnologies en les aules ha de realitzar-se tenint en compte els estereotips sexistes que persisteixen en la societat i tractant d'estimular la participació activa de les alumnes i les professores en aquest camp.
Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: CA

Autoritat femenina, autoritat científica: les dones i la ciència

CIRD Centre municipal d'informació i recursos per a les dones

Aquest material vol mostrar l'existència de les dones en tots els camps de l'activitat social i, molt especialment, en els camps que han estat definits com exclusivament masculins, com la producció científica. Els llibres d'història de la ciència, les obres de divulgació i, en general, la bibliografia especialitzada, no inclouen l'estudi de la contribució que moltes dones han fet de la ciència.

Podeu sol·licitar-la al CIRD
Diagonal, 233, 5a.
Tel. 93 413 27 23
Fax: 93 413 27 19
Mail: cird@mail.bcn.es
Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: CA

Founded in 1989, WITI's mission is to empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity.
Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: EN

Women Working in information communication technologies:
Experiences from the APC Women's Networking Support Programme
By Peregrine Wood


Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: EN

This section of the WNSP site provides access to useful resources for women seeking support in developing networking capacity for campaigning, lobbying, activism and fundraising. Don't miss the brand new The Women in Sync Toolkit for Electronic Networking.


Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: EN

Writers: Karen Banks, Sally Burch, Irene Leon, Sonja Boezak and Liz Probert

We are women from more than 20 countries from North, South, East and West. Technicians, media communicators, information providers, project managers, web developers, financial workers, coordinators and executive directors — we have decided to work together online to build a strong Internet-based network that will support other women's networking initiatives. We are the APC Women's Networking Support Programme.

Eight years after we made our first step together, we offer these articles which chronicle the history of the APCWNSP and examines how we grew from a small band of women to a global network that served as an incubator of networking initiatives world-wide. We also examine emerging issues and challenges in gender and ICT policy advocacy and in the integration of new and old technologies to strengthen women's networking. Finally, we share the story of the WomenAction whose gestation and emergence into an effective global information and communications network we are very proud to have played a key part in.

Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: EN

Writers: Nani Buntarian, Cheekay Cinco, Karin Delgadillo, Dorothy Okello, Dafne Sabanes Plou, Chat Garcia Ramilo, Sonia Jaffe Robbins, Marie-Helene Mottin Sylla, the Women’sNet Team

From the Baltic to the South China Sea, from the Mexican Gulf to the Andean mMountains, from. From New York to Senegal, from Johannesburg to Seoul — . Aall over the world, women in towns, cities and mountain villages are being connected to the Internet. While some feared the loss tof identities and self-determination in cyberspace, there are are those who found find their own voice and will to action.

In "Connecting Locally, Acting Globally," women from diverse geographies and cultures tell how their communities are defining the Internet, and how they are themselves redefined by the experience. The telling comes in different tones: some voices were are terse, some verbosevoluble, and some quietly passionate. But all are, in the end, inspiring


Data de publicació:02/11/2004 Idioma: EN

Open Source
Ann Tothill, APC

A growing number of organizations are turning to Free/Open Source software for everything from computer networks to office productivity tools. Among the advantages of Open Source software are:

Cost effectiveness
Security
Flexibility and adaptability
Ongoing support and development by a community of users
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

Ana Lamas Clemente
Asignatura: Sociología de la Ciencia
Curso 5º, especialidad comunicación cultura y conocimiento

Este estudio pretende ofrecer una explicación, o al menos aportar suficientes datos objetivos para la reflexión sobre la escasa participación de la mujer en el mundo del software libre.

Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: ES

La incorporación de la mujer a la investigación, la docencia o la gestión de la Ciencia y las Humanidades supone un progreso social. La participación de las mujeres en estas esferas, sin embargo, no es igualitaria respecto a los varones en la España de comienzos del siglo XXI. La presencia de la mujer es dramáticamente decreciente a medida que se sube en los escalones profesionales.

En Diciembre de 2001, un grupo de mujeres de variadas disciplinas, de la Universidad, el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) y la industria, creímos necesario fundar (Fundadoras) la "Asociación de mujeres investigadoras y tecnólogas" (AMIT). Es una asociación no excluyente que pretende ser voz, foro de discusión y red de apoyo para todas las investigadoras y universitarias concienciadas de que tenemos que trabajar juntas. Solo así lograremos la plena participación de las mujeres en la Investigación y la Ciencia.
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: ES

Cátedra Regional UNESCO

Es un ámbito regional de producción, formación y difusión de nuevos conocimientos que trata la participación, contribuciones, usos y demandas de las mujeres en la ciencia y la tecnología.

Juventud, Género y TICs: Investigación Regional
“Del Dicho al Hecho: Equidad de Género en el acceso y usos de Internet por parte de La Juventud Latinoamericana”.

Iniciado en Enero 2004, con una duración estimada de 2 años, su propósito fundamental es generar conocimientos sobre las características educativas, sociales, culturales y de equidad en materia de género de programas destinados a brindar a los y las jóvenes latinoamericanos el acceso y desarrollo de capacidades para la utilización de TICs. Complementariamente se propone impulsar el “mainstreaming” de género en este tipo de iniciativas, mediante la difusión de “buenas prácticas”, el estímulo a la formación de redes y la capacitación de recursos humanos e instituciones.

http://www.catunescomujer.org/tics.htm
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: ES

Is an Internet-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 empowerment.
The members of the growing AWORC community include women's information, resource and documentation centers, women's information providers and users; as well as communications organizations working closely with women's networks.
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

Nurturing the Network: Women and the Communications Industry

Meet the exceptional women who overcame social barriers to make achievements in the fields of math and science and the ordinary women who made contributions to the telegraph, telephone, industrial manufacturing, and computing industries.
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

GreenNet has been training organisations and individuals in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) since 1986. Our courses deliver a range of internet skills by combining practical knowledge and hands on experience.


Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

Is a joint initiative of six organisations all with exceptional expertise in computer and Internet training. Organisations involved in this initiative include: APC; Bellanet; INASP; IICD; IISD and Oneworld.


Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

Sage Publications Journal

An international, refereed journal, Gender, Technology and Development serves as a forum for exploring the linkages between changing gender relations and technological development.

The diverse perspectives of the Asian region provide the main focus but dialogues along East-West and North-South lines are also an important aspect of the journal. The objective of the journal is to facilitate the recognition, promotion and coordination of opinions concerning the extended and shifting boundaries of meaning in gender, feminism, equality, technology and science for non-Western societies and cultures. Multi-disciplinary in nature, the journal links the activities of women and men to institutions or governments, on the basis of technology, social relations and management. It develops the theory and practice of gender and technological development and define policy and programmes in their political, economic and social context. In addition to articles from individuals or collectives, the journal publishes book reviews, NGO profiles and news bulletins relating to issues of gender and technology.
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

Ggroups Development trough dialogue

Summary of Discussions, prepared by Anuradha Dhar, Moderator.

If you want to join the ongoing debate of a digital gender divide, this is the right place to bring in your perspectives and ideas. This platform will attempt to increase awareness, raise concerns and make our commitments to give a gender perspective to policies and design of development tools. It will circulate information on resources, practices and events on how women globally are being empowered by ICT.
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: EN

En el Informe sobre el empleo en el mundo titulado "Life at Work in the Information Economy", elaborado por la OIT, 2001, se señala que "el desarrollo de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) brinda un gran número de nuevas oportunidades para las mujeres. Sin embargo, salvo que estas posibilidades se vean respaldadas por la formulación deliberada de políticas capaces de garantizar la participación, la asunción de responsabilidades, la educación y la formación en materia de TIC destinada a mujeres, así como las políticas de apoyo a la familia en los lugares de trabajo en los que se desarrolla la economía de la información, los viejos sesgos vinculados al género persistirán".

Cinterfor, centro interamericano de investigación y documentación sobre formación profesional : Documentos de referencia / Artículos y ponencias / Experiencias / Enlaces
Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: ES

O grupo Gnurias tem por objetivo maior, integrar a figura feminina na campanha pelo uso livre de software.

Queremos não apenas nos centrar em sites e listas de discussão , queremos firmar um grupo que atue junto a comunidade acadêmica e fora dela, através de palestras, cursos e tudo mais que venha a ser sugerido e esteja ao nosso alcance.

Data de publicació:27/10/2004 Idioma: PT-BR

Mujeres en Red

Zona TIC es una iniciativa de Prosa - Mujeres en Red para apoyar y fomentar la formación, el acceso y el uso de las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC).

Apostamos por el Software Libre y la libre circulación del conocimiento porque creemos en una tecnología democrática, transparente y abierta.
Data de publicació:23/09/2004 Idioma: ES

Issue No. 24, September 2004

ICTs can become effective tools for gender equality and women's empowerment only if a gender-sensitive approach is adopted when developing ICT policies and programmes.

Quick Guide: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). BRIDGE Publication: Gender and ICTs Cutting Edge Pack.
Data de publicació:04/09/2004 Idioma: EN

Joëlle Palmieri – May 12, 2004

In the context of liberal communications, how is it possible to provide the means to groups of women who are carrying economic, social, cultural and political alternatives to make visible their practices, their experiences and their know-how? How is it possible to break men and women inequalities? In what way can the Icts arm our resistance?
Data de publicació:12/05/2004 Idioma: EN

The Dutch Association for Gender and Technology started out as a meetingplace for researchers in the field of gender, science and technology and people working in these fields as policymakers.

Data de publicació:11/04/2004 Idioma: EN

Digitales was organised around different themes:

E-education and cognitive processes
Research results and techniques
Autonomy, self-control and new professions
Stereotypes, image analysis and language
Digital memory and archiving techniques

Data de publicació:11/04/2004 Idioma: EN

Autoras:
Mª Teresa Gómez del Castillo Segurado: Doctora en Pedagogía. castillo@cica.es.
Manuela Álvarez Girón: Profesora de la Universidad de Sevilla. giron@us.es

Publicado en: Comunicación y Pedagogía nº 183 / 2002

Este artículo se refiere a una investigación donde analizamos los valores y actitudes transmitidos a través del software educativo en relación a los contenidos que se vienen enmarcando en la transversal de Educación para la Igualdad, referidos al género, raza, cultura, edad, clase social...etc. En ella se ve como las editoriales de programas educativos informáticos empiezan a mostrar algún cuidado con las diferencias de género, pero no así con los contenidos que ayuden a romper los estereotipos de raza, edad, deficiencias físicas o psíquicas...
Data de publicació:01/07/2003 Idioma: ES