-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quarta-feira, 29 de Maio de 2002 12:47 To: all Subject: [IFIP] Women & ICT
Dear All,
ITU tells us that women have expressed overwhelming support for the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs). A survey of women from all regions of the world shows striking solidarity in the belief that ICTs are critical to women for meeting their personal and professional goals, in overcoming the inequality of the 'Digital Divide' and as entrepreneurs The survey was released on World Telecommunication Day, which commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union in 1865.
Women make up 42% (on average) of all the Internet users globally, ranging from less than 30% in Morocco, India and Turkey to more than 50% in Canada and the United States. 99% of women surveyed in 6 geographic regions have expressed the view that access to information and communication technologies are important to women entrepreneurs. When asked if ICTs helped them meet their professional goals, 97% have agreed that they did. The information gathered from this survey will provide input for the World Summit on the Information Society.
Detailed information and the complete survey is available at http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2002/13b.html
Greetings,
The Delivery Co.
********************* Fun zone
Apropos, two women were overheard talking
"Men are simple things", said the first.
"That's true", agreed her companion. "They can survive a whole weekend with only three things: beer, boxer shorts and batteries for the remote control".
-------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/