Hi Jon, The digital divide between men and women is an interesting topic. We have done a research about it in project Acessa São Paulo, here in Brazil, focusing specifically on the difference frequency to the center and the reason for this difference between the genders. Acessa São Paulo is responsible for telecentres which provide free Internet access at low income areas of the state of São Paulo. We have noticed in several surveys that have been carried out along the almost 5 years since the program has started, that the average percentage of men using the centers is 60% against the other 40% of women. The research that we conducted here tried to explain this difference and we have reached some interesting results, for example that the fact that children younger then 11 are not allowed in the centers is a complicated limitation for for women, as well as the fact that there is no covered space for them to make a line. Unfortunately, again, we don't have the whole article translated to English, but if anyone is interested, we have some data that we could share. Best regards, Daniela Matielo ________________________ Escola do Futuro da USP - www.futuro.usp.br <http://www.futuro.usp.br> LIDEC - Laboratório de Inclusão Digital e Educação Comunitária ++ 55 11 3091 6366
2005/7/13, Anna Badimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > There is also Linuxchix Africa at www.africalinuxchix.org > <http://www.africalinuxchix.org/>. > > Merci Beaucoup, > Anna Badimo > > -- > WITS University > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: Jon maddog Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:48:51 -0400 > Subject: [DDN] Another Digital Divide: Women in computing > > > Hi, > > > > Often on this list we talk about the Digital Divide in terms of > > money or access to technology. But there is another Digital Divide, > > and that is in terms of gender.....and in some ways it is even > > harder to conquer. Often I will give a talk at a university, and > > out of 200 people in the audience, only in the range of one to 10 > > will be a woman. > > > > I ran into a group of women in Brazil called "LinuxChix Brazil", > > part of a larger organization called "LinuxChix International" > > (www.linuxchix.org <http://www.linuxchix.org/>), founded by a friend of > mine, Deb Richardson > > (who has since "retired" from LinuxChix), and is currently run by > > Jenn Vesperman out of Australia. The Brazilian group recently > > published this page (which inspired me to write to the Digital > > Divide list today): > > > > http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=193 > > > > which shows the wonderful work that they are going both for the Free > > and Open Source Software (FOSS) community, and also for the > > inclusion of women into that community. > > > > The movement has spread to other groups (another group in Brazil called > > "GNUrias" was started by the daughters of a friend of mine), and > > they are also doing good things by teaching, doing translations, > > writing code, etc. You can find information about them at > > http://www.gnurias.org.br/ but unfortunately this is only in > > Portugese (rats, should have spent more time at the HUMAN language > > lab when I was in college). > > > > There are, of course, many other groups advocating women in > > computing, but in my travels I have found one very interesting > > country, Malaysia. In Malaysia over 70% of the country's university > > graduates are women, and (not surprisingly) 70% of the people in IT > > are women. Apparently it is easy for men to get jobs right out of > > grade school, but harder for women, so the women go on to the > > university. It is the only country I know where the government has > > an active program to try to increase the number of MEN to enter and > > graduate from university, just to make the ratio an even 50-50. > > > > So while we continue to talk (and hopefully act) on the other issues > > of Digital Divide, let's not close our eyes to the lesser realized, > > but still potent social issues that can also affect it. > > > > Warmest regards, > > > > maddog > > -- > > Jon "maddog" Hall > > Executive Director Linux International(R) > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. > > Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. > > WWW: http://www.li.org > > > > Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association > > > > (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several > countries. > > > > (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used > pursuant > > to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus > > Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis > > > > (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other > > countries. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the > > message. > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in > the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
