Univercity of azad jammU & kashmir

department of sociology & rural development

Technology advancement change gender role

• Presention no : 2 • Topic : technology

advancement change gender role• Presented by : 51,52,53,54,55,

Gender and technology &

roles of gender

Technology advancement change gender role

Technology advancement change gender role

Gender equality & information and communications technology

(ICT)

– ICT offer flexibility of time and space, end isolation, access to knowledge and productive resources.

– Women suffer most from limited time availability, social isolation, and lack of access to knowledge and productive resources.

• ICTs to empower women and promote gender equality• Connection between ICTs and poverty alleviation

Overall aims of gender and ICTs

• Ensure that women as well as men, at all social levels and in all countries, can access and use emerging information technologies

• Full inclusion of women in all aspects of ICT

• Possibility of more women globally to be technological innovators

Constraints to women’s full use of information technology

Technology policy constraints• Absence to

mentions of gender in policy

• If mentioned, lip service rather than substance

• Belief that all technology is gender neutral

•Policy makers lack awareness of gender issues in technical matters

•Gender advocates lack knowledge on technology policy issues

Gender aspects of technology issues

ICT issue Gender aspect

Technology choice Is the choice affordable to many women? It is user-friendly, especially for neo-literates?

Regulation Who provides what service and under what conditions? Does it provide for universal access and affordable services?

Sector liberalization Competition can bring in needed investment and force down end user prices to make access more affordable to women.

Infrastructure Will the infrastructure be deployed in areas where women predominate?

Gender and information technology data

• Comprehensive gender ICT data across a number of countries do not exist

• Without data there is no visibility; without visibility there is no priority (UNDP)

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Internet penetration % female

Source: ITU, World Telecommunication Indicators 20012 and selected national sources

Relationship between Internet penetrationRelationship between Internet penetrationand proportion female Internet usersand proportion female Internet users

Examining Gender and IT projects: the myth of gender neutrality

Looking at:• Projects with a gender focus• Projects intended to benefit men and women equally• Projects without gender issues• Projects that aimed to be gender transformational• Questions:– Did the project impact men and women differently?– Was your access to resources and benefits different if you

were a man or a woman?

Project examples:Cisco networking training for African

women – ECA

– Single sex training helped, as well as management and gender awareness, exposure to development issues

– Need for follow up on return to help trainees overcome social and cultural obstacles

Some lessons from projects• Access to and use of technology increased

women’s self esteem and their domestic and community status

• While technology empowers, it also affects and alters gender relations

• All projects have gender issues