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Study of Women's Electronic Networking
Results of the first international study in women's use of electronic networking tools have been released. They show differences in access, use and networking strategy regionally, analyzing barriers of access to equipment, inadequate training, lack of funding and English language dominance.
The study was conducted by the Association for Progressive Communications' (APC) Women's Networking Support Program, who surveyed women and women's organisations from 36 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, Eastern and Western Europe, North and South America. Participants were asked about:
- their use of electronic communications tools,
- barriers to women's participation in the Internet,
- women's needs for networking, and
- telecommunications policy issues affecting women.
Most respondents from Eastern Europe and the South use electronic mail primarily, while respondents from the North, and some countries in Latin America, report greater use of Internet tools such as search engines and the Web. The study includes opinions on the gender gap present in the information technology culture. Most respondents consider technology contributes to achieving their goals, citing examples of cost-effectiveness, reliability, increased productivity, balancing information flows, broadening perspectives of the world and streamlining collaborations.
Women's electronic resource information has been pooled in a database, together with the survey information and results. All are available by email request to apcwomen@laneta.apc.org or from:
community.web.net/apcwomen |
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