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  Gender and ICTs: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  Mainstream perceptions of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet, are invariably positive, where barriers are understood to be technical rather than social. The reality is that the use of ICTs is governed by existing power relations, and vast numbers of people are excluded from the benefits of these technologies.
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  Gender and ICTs Cutting Edge Pack

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  Who benefits from information and communication technology (ICTs)? ICTs have created new economic and social opportunities the world over. The positive changes brought about by ICTs, however, have not touched all of humanity. Their use continues to be governed by existing power relations where women frequently experience relative disadvantage.
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  The World Summit on the Information Society: Creating Your Own National Gender Programme - A Practical Guide

  Global Youth Action Network - Taking It Global, 2003

  This guide provides an overview of The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process and detailed information on how to engage as gender advocates in the WSIS process. It begins by outlining the case for gender equality in the Information Society, and provides some background on UN processes.
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  Women and the Politics of the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean

  2001

  As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to grow, questions persist as to their gendered impacts. The period following the many world conferences of the 1990s saw women and women's organisations come out in force.
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  Sisterhood? The Casual Link between Gender-Focused NGOs and the Grassroots Women of Uganda

  2002

  Do advocacy efforts on the part of NGOs actually lead to benefits for women? This study in Uganda looked at why there are gaps between advocacy around policies for women's empowerment and the impact of this advocacy on women's lives.
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  Women in sync: toolkit for electronic networking

  Women's Networking Support Programme, APC, 2000

  Women in Sync is a collection of stories about the experiences of women and their organisations who have become part of the Association of Progressive Communications" Women's Networking Support Programme, or who have worked closely with the programme. These stories are designed to be a toolkit for women's electronic networking.
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  Developing Gender-sensitive Local Services

  One World Action, 2000

  In many developing countries public services are poor or non-existent for the majority of people, and in others, including European countries, new forms of public service provision, including contracting-out and public-private partnerships are being considered.
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  Gender Makes a Difference: Gender Analysis Workshop Increases Skills of Those Working to Link Agriculture and Nutrition

  Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage Project, 2003

  Gender analysis is rarely used to improve the effectiveness of nutrition interventions and their links to agriculture to reduce hunger and malnutrition. To address this issue, the third Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage Project workshop was held for ICRW/IFPRI/USAID country team members from Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda.
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  BRIDGE Report 50: Economic Reform and Poverty: A Gender Analysis

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1997

  Economic reform in many developing countries is associated with structural adjustment programmes supported by international financial institutions (IFIs). Many countries have experienced increases in poverty or greater inequality. There is increasing evidence of negative effects of structural adjustment on women, particularly on poor women.
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  Shadow Report, Ethiopia 2003 (Executive Summary)

  Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, 2003

  This shadow report, produced by NEWA and EWLA, offers a critique of the Ethiopian government's CEDAW report by looking at three broad areas: economic and socio-cultural status of women, equality in marriage and family relations and violence against women.

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