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Engendering the Knowledge Society: Measuring Women's Participation |
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Contrary to
what might be expected, gender patterns in Internet use do not vary
equally with Internet penetration, or improvement of a country’s Infostate.
Women’s rate of Internet access and use will not automatically rise
with national rates of Internet penetration. A range of socioeconomic
and political factors affect and frame the gender divide, including
social and cultural barriers to technology use; education and skill
levels; employment and income trends; media and content; privacy and
security and location/mode of access.
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This 2007 report
was therefore written by two outstanding international experts, Sophia
Huyer and Nancy Hafkin, to help women make full, active, informed and
creative contributions to the knowledge society.
It provides a framework
for policy makers to use in establishing what sectors of the economy
and society are the most strategically relevant to women’s development
goals. It will help them make informed decisions towards a vibrant and
competitive national knowledge society, taking full advantage of a country’s
human resources.
In order to achieve this, data are needed: data
that provide the best and most useful information on gendered opportunities
and challenges, data that will allow the best decisions to be made.
The report aims to provide the framework for the necessary data analysis
to achieve these goals.
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Dernière mise à jour : ( 2007-11-28 )
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Engendering the Knowledge Society