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Gender and ICT (pdf 980kb)

This paper by the UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) looks at ICT for development through a gender lens. It provides a gender perspective to issues of ICT policies, access and control, education, training and skill development, and content development.

It also introduces a framework to integrate gender in ICT for development and empower women.

Chapters include:
- Taking a closer look at women's realities
- Placing women's empowerment back into the gender equality framework
- Gender analysis in development as a conscious choice
- Lessons learned
- Implications of integrating a gender perspective at a national level

 

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