>From: "vivian Hutchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:03:08 +1200 >X-Distribution: Moderate >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: The Jobs Letter No.131 >Reply-to: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Priority: normal >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from Quoted-printable to 8bit by >watserv1.uwaterloo.ca id DAA28077 >Status: > > >T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 3 1 >------------------------------------------------- >published in New Zealand 25 September 2000 > >S P E C I A L I S S U E >------------------------------------- >THE DIGITAL DIVIDE >POVERTY AND WEALTH IN THE INFORMATION AGE > >This special issue of The Jobs Letter is now freely available on >the internet at > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm > >or to download as a PDF file (require Adobe Acrobat reader) at > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl131.pdf > > >E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y >------------------------------------------------- > >* The "digital divide" is now the catch-phrase of concern >throughout the world's leading economies � there are also >clear signs that the "new economy" is seeing many people - >and countries - falling through the net. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#ddd > >* Louise May of Caritas Aotearoa argues that access to information >technology used to be looked upon as a privilege. Today it is becoming a >necessity. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13110.htm > >* Statistics That Matter - New Zealanders and the digital divide. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#stm > >* Britain and the United States are gearing up programmes to create >information technology opportunities for the poor. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#intini > >* State Services Minister Trevor Mallard is keen to see schools providing >public access to government services delivered over the internet. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#nzini > >* New Plymouth has opened a Community Computer Access Centre > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#npini > >* The Tairawhiti Development Taskforce is distributing around 2000 >computers to local schools and community groups. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#tairawhiti > >* The Science and Innovation Advisory Council (Siac) has been set up to >help steer NZ's progress towards a knowledge economy. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#knowecon > >* Britain, Europe and the United States are changing immigration laws in >moves which are expected to further exacerbate the "brain drain" of young >high-tech employees from Australia and New Zealand. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#bdrain > >* The Turning Point coalition is asking whether we are rushing towards a >high-tech future without fully considering the consequences. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#mania > >* The Digital Divide Network says that addressing the digital divide will >require a multi-faceted approach. > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#ddnet > >* Internet Bookmarks on the Digital Divide > > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13100.htm#links > >C R E D I T S >------------------------------------- >ISSN No. 1172-6695 >edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust >P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand >phone 06-753-4434 fax 06-753-4430 >email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Associates - Rodger Smith, Dave Owens and Jo Howard >Secretary - Shirley Vickery > >T H E J O B S L E T T E R >is an essential information and media watch >on jobs, employment, unemployment, the future of work, >and related economic and education issues. > >The Jobs Research Trust is a not-for-profit Charitable Trust >constituted in 1994 to develop and distribute information >that will help our communities create more jobs and reduce >unemployment and poverty in New Zealand. > >Kia taea ai te tangata te whiwhi mahi >ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai. >Our objective is that every New Zealander will have the >opportunity to be in paid work. > >visit The Jobs Research Website >Premier Award Winner of the 1999 Media Peace Awards >http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/ > >U N S U B S C R I B E >------------------------------------- >To remove yourself from this free update mailing list, >simply send a blank email to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
