2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414786The purpose of this report is to provide the reader with an overview of some of the issues relating to women and information and communication technology (ICT) in the developing world in contrast to the developed world. Where possible, men's engagement will be added also as a contrast, but the focus of this working paper is on women, not gender. This is not to suggest that a focus on gender is not of value, it is. But understanding the unique perspectives of women is the first step in addressing the larger issues of diversity and, specifically, gender, which has started to receive much attention from other organizations. This paper presents how and why ICT impact women and men differently and the implications of women's lack of engagement, participation, and leadership in the knowledge society through ICT for business and development. The paper will also highlight examples of best practices and weaknesses in assumed best practices to provide opportunities for full scale execution of efforts to achieve measurable outcomes in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). An important focus is the need to move many of the carefully incubated gender policies and initiatives, developed through thoughtful leadership in specialized women's programs, into the mainstream. This will help ensure that well-designed initiatives do not inadvertently become 'ghettoized' or ignored by the mainstream programs that desperately need the knowledge to enhance and achieve their outcome goals.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igoWorld BankABUSEACCESS TO COMPUTERACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO THE INTERNETACTION PLANADOLESCENTSADVANCEMENT OF WOMENAGRICULTUREBASIC HEALTH CAREBROADBANDBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTCAPABILITIESCAPACITY BUILDINGCELLULAR PHONESCITIZENCITIZENSCLIMATE CHANGECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMPUTER SCIENCECOMPUTERSCOPYRIGHTDECENTRALIZATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT EFFORTSDEVELOPMENT GOALSDIGITAL DIVIDEDISCRIMINATIONDISEASESDISSEMINATIONDOMAINE-GOVERNMENTE-LEARNINGECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYECONOMICSEDUCATED WOMENEDUCATION FOR GIRLSELDERLYELEARNINGEMPLOYMENT OF WOMENEMPOWERING WOMENEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENETHNIC GROUPSEXTENSIONFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY MEMBERSFARMERSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFOOD PRODUCTIONGENDER AWARENESSGENDER BIASGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER PERSPECTIVESGENDER RELATIONSGENDER ROLESGENDER STEREOTYPESGENDER WORKING GROUPGENERIC DRUGSGIRL CHILDGIRLS IN SCHOOLGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT INITIATIVESGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSGOVERNMENT SERVICESHARDWAREHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE ACCESSHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTHCARE PROVIDERSHIGHLY EDUCATED WOMENHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSHUSBANDSILLITERACYILLNESSESINCOMESINDIVIDUAL WOMENINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINHERITANCEINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL WOMENINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERSISPSISSUE OF GENDERJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB TRAININGKNOWLEDGE SHARINGKNOWLEDGE SOCIETYLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLACK OF INFORMATIONLARGE NUMBERS OF WOMENLEGAL RIGHTSLEGAL STATUSLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLICENSESLIFELONG LEARNINGLIVELIHOODSLOCAL COMMUNITYMALARIAMANDATESMARKET PRICESMARKET RESEARCHMARKETINGMATERIALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMINORITYMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMORTALITYMOTHERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATIONAL POLICIESNATURAL DISASTERSNEED FOR RESEARCHNETWORKSNEW TECHNOLOGIESNURSENURSESNUTRITIONOPERATING SYSTEMSOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPEACEPERSONAL INFORMATIONPHOTOPOLICY DEVELOPMENTPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL POWERPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPRACTITIONERSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE SECTORPROGRESSPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC POLICYQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF CAREQUERIESRADIORADIOSRECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTIONREFUGEEREFUGEE CAMPSREFUGEESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESPECTRESULTSROLE MODELSROLE OF WOMENRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POVERTYRURAL WOMENSCIENTISTSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSEGMENTS OF SOCIETYSELF-ESTEEMSENSITIVE POLICIESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICES TO WOMENSEXSEXUAL EXPLOITATIONSMALL ENTERPRISESSMALL VILLAGESSMART CARDSSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL BARRIERSSOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL CONFLICTSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSPILLOVERSPOUSESSTATUS OF WOMENSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL EDUCATIONTELEVISIONSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRAINING WOMENUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSITIESURBAN AREASUSABILITYUSERUSERSWARWEBWOMANWORKFORCEWORKING CONDITIONSYOUNG AGEYOUNG MENYOUNG WOMEN