Part of the Solution
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Post-conference notes by BJ Wishinsky
This panel was part of a split session with Social and Cultural Impact on ICT Women ( SocialAndCulturalImpactOnICTWomen). ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. The focus was on increasing the participation and leadership of women in ICT and improving the lives of women through ICT.
The panelists discussed examples of successful initiatives:
- Grameen Phone: individuals buy cell phones and rent time on them, which improves access for everyone.
- SchoolNet Africa (http://www.schoolnetafrica.net/) which provides access to computers in African schools
- Kudumbashree in India (http://www.kudumbashree.org/), a woman-based poverty eradication program
- Telecenters in Latin America and Africa
Sophia Huyer, described as the ICTW voice of the United Nations, talked about ICTW in the context of the Millenium development goals (http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/).
For more information:
- Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society by Sophia Huyer and Nancy J. Hafkin; http://www.kpbooks.com/
- Women in Global Science and Technology: http://www.wigsat.org
- The Center for Women and Information Technology: http://umbc.edu/cwit
- Eldis Gateway to Development Information: http://eldis.org
