| Short
Summary |
| Title |
Gender Perspectives on Telecenters |
| Author |
Jorge, S. |
| Publication Date |
April 2000 |
| Publisher |
International Telecommunications Union
(ITU)-Telecom Americas 2000 |
| Short Summary
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What are the strategies for facilitating access
to community Telecenters for women living in rural and peri-urban
areas? Although Telecenters currently provide an innovative
alternative for areas traditionally lacking in access to
telecommunications infrastructure and services, little attention has
so far been paid to facilitating the use of community Telecenters by
women and girls in developing countries. According to the author,
failure to integrate a gender component in Telecenter planning,
design and implementation has so far lead to the marginalization of
rural women and girls from potentially beneficial information and
telecommunications services. To create a sustainable female
customer/user base for telecommunications services, gender analysis
and training should be an integral component of Telecenter planning.
In addition, the needs and specific contexts of women's and men's
lives need to be taken into consideration. This can be achieved, the
paper suggests by engendering telecommunications policy through such
measures as providing affordable prices for the use of Telecenters
and ensuring that 50 percent of all Telecenters are owned or
operated by women. |
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