Gender in the Information Society: Emerging issues

Editors: Anita Gurumurthy, Parminder Jeet Singh, Anu Mundkur and Mridula
Swamy
(c) UNDP-APDIP, Elsevier, 2006, 142 pages
ISBN: 81-312-0632-7

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This publication features a collection of 13 papers developed for a
Pre-World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) seminar, Gender
Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar, on
18-19 April 2005 in Bangalore, India.

This selection of papers makes available a valuable body of information in
areas that have rarely been central to the dialogue on information and
communications technology for development (ICT4D). Rooted in the ground
realities of women, the publication provides frameworks of analyses and
actions based on a range of experiences in the South Asian region. Key
issues discussed included gender roles and needs in e-governance, the ICT
industry, cyber regulation, freedom of expression, right to information and
communication, and media.

Highlighting the developing interplay between economic opportunities and
socio-cultural hierarchies, the papers are special because of the unique
lens that has been used to treat them. They provide an admirable resource
for fresh thinking and learning on issues that is meant to open up the
debates and pave the way for a sustained engagement of gender activists in
the information society.

The seminar was organized by IT for Change, in partnership with Development
Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) and the Centre for Public
Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and supported by APDIP and
UNIFEM.

To download full text of the publication and for more information on the
seminar, please visit http://www.apdip.net/news/genderis