Canada's Gender Digital Divide

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June 23, 2006

summary:

Kathy Marshall, Executive Director of Womenspace, says the world of Information Communication Technologies, or ICTs, is male-dominated territory. She and other cyberfeminists are taking up the challen

Length: 28:55 minutes (19.85 MB)
Format: Mono 44kHz 96Kbps (CBR)

(00:00) RPN stinger, oh yeah!

(00:18) It's 2006, still the gender digital divide is wide.

(01:42) Going beyond geography in Canada's approach to digital access. Womenspace is engaged both at the policy level and in creating tools for resource-strapped women's organizations.

(15:32) Womenspace goes international, getting involved with Communication Rights campaigning. But it still comes back to what are we doing about women's access, safety and participation on line in Canada.

(28:43) Thanks Kathy! To find out more about womenspace, visit www.womenspace.ca [2]. Contact me with your comments at homebrew.podcast@gmail.com [3].

Canada's Gender Digital Divide

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