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  Gender equality in the information society: a review of current literature and recommendations for policy and practice

  BRIDGE, 2014

  The rapid global spread of information and communication technologies (ICTs), and particularly the proliferation of mobile Internet devices, is redefining not only the realms of information and communication, but the very nature of social structures and institutions.
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  Moving towards malaria elimination: developing innovative tools for malaria surveillance in Cambodia

  Malaria Consortium, 2013

  In collaboration with the national malaria control programme in Cambodia (CNM), Malaria Consortium developed a diverse set of tools to improve malaria surveillance and to provide the information needed by national and district staff to manage the national malaria programme, respond to malaria outbreaks and individual cases and monitor in real-time the levels of critical malaria supplies at heal
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  Community in Cyberspace: Gender, Social Movement Learning, and the Internet

  Adult Education Quarterly, 2011

  How well are organisations able to make use of information and communication technology (ICT) to further their goals of promoting social movement learning and activism? Feminist non-profit organisations are sites of informal and non-formal learning where citizens learn advocacy, literacy, and the practices of social democracy.
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  Digital Storytelling

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011

  How can the public be engaged to tell their stories in their own words and have an impact on the people who shape policy? This article looks at a particular participatory methodology – Digital Storytelling (DST) – and how it can be used in a development setting to draw out stories and engage both storytellers and their future audiences.
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  Self Employed Women's Association, Gujarat: A case study

  IT for Change, 2012

  How can Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) change how an organisation functions? This document describes the Self Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) ICT and Community Learning Centre (CLC) initiative.
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  Through the 'information society' prism: Scoping gender equality for the post-2015 agenda

  IT for Change, 2012

  What does the information society offer for women’s empowerment and gender equality? This paper argues that information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer the potential for marginalised women to access public spaces.
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  Role of ICTs and egovt to promote gender equality in the Asia Pacific - Input for the research by United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) on "Role of e-Government to Promote Gender Equality in the Asia Pacific"

  IT for Change, 2012

  How can the perceived gender neutrality of egovernance be overcome? Due to the technocratic vocabulary and direct private sector involvement, egovernance is generally not perceived as an area of governance reform or public administration.
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  Empowering Women Through ICT-Based Business Initiatives: An Overview of Best Practices in E-Commerce/E-Retailing Projects | Maier | Information Technologies & International Development

  Information Technologies and International Development, 2007

  Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are consistently hailed as one of the most effective tool for economic development, and the spread of IT-enabled services has been beneficial to both women and men, especially those who have limited skills.
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  Economic Empowerment of Women through Information Technology: A Case Study from an Indian State

  Journal of International Women's Studies, 2007

  P. N. , V. It is universally accepted that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) offer immense opportunities for the comprehensive social and economic development of the people all over the world, but there is a growing digital divide between the North and the developing South and between women and men in terms of access to ICTs.
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  Women’s ICT Sector Employment in Developing Countries: Dualism of Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Case of Sri Lanka

  Centre for Development Informatics, 2012

  How gender-inclusive is the ICT sector? This paper reports on the institutional tensions faced by women in Sri Lanka pursuing jobs in ICT. It notes that women are finding relatively few opportunities in this rapidly growing industry and are encountering gendered stereotypes and a male-centric work environment when they do find work as ICTs professionals.

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