[GRACE] Cinderella or Cyberella - a new book release!

[Anne Webb]

Thanks for sending this around Jenny -- it looks like a very interesting 
and relevant book.
Anne

Jennifer Radloff wrote:

>Nancy J. Hafkin and Sophia Huyer, acknowledged as leading 
>scholars on gender and information technology, have assembled a 
>stellar group of authors for a collection or terrific articles, entitled 
>Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge 
>Society. Each chapter depicts the ways ICTs provide opportunities 
>for women to improve their incomes, gain awareness of their rights, 
>and improve their own and their families’ well-being.  Illustrative 
>case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America, show the global 
>possibilities for women’s empowerment through technology.  
>
>Contents
>1: Understanding Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in 
>the
>Knowledge Society 2: Women, Gender and ICT Statistics and 
>Indicators
>3: Engendering ICT Policy and Regulation: Prioritizing Universal
>Access for Women’s Empowerment 4: Cyberella in the Classroom? 
>Gender,
>Education and Technology 5: "We Have Womb": Engendering ICTs 
>in
>Education, The Schoolnet Africa Experience 6: Improved 
>Livelihoods and
>Empowerment for Poor Women through IT Sector Intervention 7: 
>Women in
>Latin America Appropriating ICTs for Social Change 8: 
>Empowerment of
>Women through ICT-enabled Networks: Towards the optimum ICT-
>impact
>Model
>
>Nancy J. Hafkin has worked on issues of gender and information 
>technology and development for over thirty years. She was formerly 
>the coordinator of the African Information Society Initiative at the 
>United Nations and is now the director of Knowledge Working.  
>
>Sophia Huyer is Executive Director of Women in Global Science 
>and Technology and Senior Research Advisor with the Gender 
>Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and 
>Technology for Development. She is a Fellow of the World 
>Technology Network.  
>
>Other contributors: Sonia N. Jorge, Shafika Isaacs, Shoba Arun, 
>Richard Heeks, Sharon Morgan, Maria Garrido, Raul Roman, and 
>Vikas Nath.  
>
>Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge 
>Society, is published by Kumarian Press, June 2006, Paper $23.95 
>(1-56549-219-6)  
>
>To order visit:
>http://www.kpbooks.com, call 800-289-2664, or fax 800-243-2867.
>
>In Europe, visit:
>www.eurospanonline.com
>
>Bulk discounts, examination and review copies available. Contact 
>Erica Flock, Head of Marketing and Sales, eflock at kpbooks.com  
>
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