Kathleen Mogelgaard a Senior Program Manager of the Population and Climate Change Program says "there is no quick fix to overcoming climate change's sexist tendencies".
Eve Ensler the playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" and the founder of V-Day wrote this commentary based on her remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommitte on Internation Operations and Organisations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues.
Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 20/05/2009 - 11:04
Publisher:
e-Learning Africa
Publisher / Organization Main page URL:
http://www.elearning-africa.com/
Published Date:
2009
Abstract:
What role can ICT play in women's aspirations? How can ICT advance their hopes for equal opportunity in societies in developing countries? This is a topic Dr Nancy Hafkin has been devoted to for over 30 years. The well-known scholar is not only a pioneer in the field of ICT for Development. Her work with the Association for Progressive Communication, for example, helped bring e-mail connectivity to nations that had no Internet connection. She is also a strong advocate of gender equity in technology usage. Nancy Hafkin will bring a broad perspective to the plenary discussion on Thursday, May 28th.
Women have won four seats in Kuwait's parliament, the first women to do so in the Gulf Arab state's history, official election results showed on Sunday.
Women's representation in the South African national assembly has jumped to 45% since the country's recent elections, giving South Africa a third place spot in the global women in parliament rankings.
The Grace Institute and Women at Work Programme in New York offers free computer training to women of which 20 percent are single mothers, 65 percent are immigrants, and 97 percent live under the poverty line.
