An Overview |
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The
goal is not only to encourage more
women to do scientific research and
design new technologies, but also to
shift science and technology to
being more women -centered
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To enable women to play a more
active role in redefining the
direction of research and
policy-making
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The UN
Commission on Science and Technology
for Development (UNCSTD) raised
gender issues with government
ministries dealing with science and
technology
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UNIFEM
is working in partnership with NGOs
on projects to improve women’s
access to, and mastery of new
technologies, ranging from
electronic sharing of information to
initiatives for e-commerce and ICT
policy
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Innovative public
access sites are being set up
through "Tele-Centers" located in
community centers, public schools,
libraries and women’s centers, where
people can obtain and share
information through technologies
such as computers, Internet, e-mail,
faxes and telephones as well as
through linkages between these
technologies and more traditional
media with broader
outreach, such as community radio
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Tele-Centers are also becoming an
important tool for education,
technology-based community learning
centers to support literacy work in
developing countries
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Mobile telephones may hold out more
promise for the future as they
become capable of transmitting
e-mail and other forms of
information |
