Gender, ICTs and violence

May 10th, 2005 | by aobaoill |

The Association for Progressive Communications has announced a discussion on the impact of ICTs on violence against women:

Explaining the relevance of the event, Kee and Simerska said: “Women largely being in the poorest sections of community are much affected with regards to the issue of access to infrastucture, skills and information communities, particularly in new ICTs. Content and development of the technology also mainly rests in the hands of men. Apart from that, ICTs play a large role in the development and
dissemination of culture. This ties in with the issue of sexist and mysogynistic content which enable the perpetuation of violence against women.”

How to take part?

To participate in the email discussion, send an email to Lenka Simerska To view the summary of the discussions and post your comment on the themes, visit the www.genderIT.org’s Feminist talk section.

  1. 2 Responses to “Gender, ICTs and violence”

  2. By Simon McGarr on May 11, 2005 | Reply

    What is an ICT?

  3. By Andrew Ó Baoill on May 12, 2005 | Reply

    Ah – good question. One gets so caught up in jargon that one forgets that it is jargon. ICTs are Information and Communication Technologies.

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