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Gender and ICTs experience
Brenda Zulu@ictjournalist
Africa Interactive Media/Zambian Bloggers Network
Presentation Outline
• Key message • Strategy• Gender digital divide• ICT revolution• Gender ICT projects examples
Key message
• Women needed to embrace ICTs• Access to new technologies was a
critical for women and girls. • Embracing ICTs would allow women
and girls to advance themselves.
Strategy
• Train women and youth in ICTs• Build ICT capacity to all Youth, older
persons, women, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and remote and rural communities
• Raise public conciousness on women’s rights using ICTs as tools
Gender Digital divide
• No country platform for ongoing platform for women on ICTs
• ICT indicators do not consist of gender disaggregated data
• Lobbying and advocacy should be ongoing
• ICT gender projects need to be promoted to help women to fully participate in the Information society
ICT Revolution
• Widening of the gap between urban and rural areas and individuals between men and women
• No equitable access to information and knowledge for all
• Need to improve connectivity• Develop gender disaggregated
indicators to measure the digital divide
Gender/ICT project examples
• CrowdMap: https://womentechafrica.crowdmap.com• Using the power of crowdsourcing & social-
networking Zambia's Women in Technology organisation Asikana Network is creating the world's first comprehensive map of Africa's Women in Technology organisations, projects and initiatives.
• Lusaka's http://asikananetwork.org/ organises mentoring, training, events and meet-ups for women trying to break into the male-dominated world of ICT in Zambia.
More Examples
• ZARD and the WiDnet Project• ZARD documentation • World Bank Project• Kalomo women project• Tele healthcare project
