(Fwd) [Gender&ICT] women in global science and technology

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

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From:           	"Erna Kotkamp" <Erna.Kotkamp@let.uu.nl>
To:             	"'genderandict@let.uu.nl'" <genderandict@let.uu.nl>
Date sent:      	Wed, 4 Jun 2003 15:27:28 +0200 


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> From: Shobita Parthasarathy <sp73@cornell.edu>
> Date: Wed Jun 4, 2003  7:50:23 AM US/Eastern
> To: STSGRAD-L@cornell.edu (STSGRAD-L)
> Subject: women in global science and technology
> Reply-To: sp73@cornell.edu

Women in Global Science and Technology would like to announce a new
list:

ICTsforRuralWomen is an information and announcement list which
circulates information on resources, events and organisations working
on issues related to how women can use ICTs to support their
grassroots productive enterprises. Topics on the list include: -
information on productive technologies to reduce the burden of
domestic chores or increase the productivity and quality of their
enterprises; - information on prices and markets and other forms of
small enterprise support, such as training and product monitoring.
-women's needs for appropriate technologies; - developing appropriate
software packages and training women how to use them; - extension
services and commerical producers to assist with translating
information into action; - linking the use of ICTs with other
communications strategies such as radio and church meetings to expand
the outreach of information available; - monitoring impact of
strategies for widespread replication of pilot projects; -
documentation of best practices and packaging of results for policy
makers, development practitioners and women themselves. - and many
more.

To subscribe to the list,  send a message to
majordomo@matrix1.matrixlinks.ca with the following command in the
body of your message:

subscribe ictforruralwomen your email address.

To circulate announcements and information on the list, send them to
shuyer@wigsat.org.

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