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| Date Added to Site: 26th January 2007 | ||
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| Title | Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector in South Africa | |
| Author | James, T. (editor), Smith, R., Roodt, J., Primo, N. and Evans, N | |
| Publication Date | July 2006 | |
| Publisher | The Meraka Institute | |
| Donor | Embassy of Finland, South Africa | |
| Short Summary |
To what extent are women successfully participating in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector in South Africa? What support is the government and industry providing them? This report describes the level of female participation in ICTs and analyses the performance of government, private sector, civil society, and research and academia in supporting women's participation in ICTs in South Africa. It finds that government is taking significant steps towards addressing the gender issues, including proposals within its draft 'ICT Charter' for 15% quotas for women in senior management positions, and committing to extra funding for science-related opportunities for girl pupils. However, current efforts need better co-ordination. Although heavily outnumbered, female employees are an increasing minority in the ICT sector, and the industry is slowly recognising the current and potential value of women employees. However, ICTs still remain 'a man's world', and this is reflected strongly in women's experiences and perceptions of the sector described. Document file size: 1,200 KB This document forms the second of three parts of a study on stimulating the participation of women in high-level ICTs in South Africa. All three can be found on the following website:) http://women-in-ict.meraka.csir.co.za |
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