dgGender and Development Newsletter- April 10, 2006
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1. Highlight Article - Online
Education and Gender - Innovation and
Extended
Outreach
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Five Most Popular
Resources in March
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Relationship of Gender to Faculty Use of Online Educational Tools
Research
shows that men and women use the web differently. This difference may dictate
what online tools faculty make available to enhance student learning. This paper
presents the results of a research study that questions whether this gendered
use extends to higher education faculty, and discusses possible
implications.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054462?intcmp=911
- Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap
This study by
the World Economic Forum to assess the current size of the gender gap by
measuring the extent to which women in 58 countries have achieved equality with
men in 5 critical areas : economic participation, economic opportunity,
political empowerment, educational attainment, and health and well being.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1052680?intcmp=911
- The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base
The Gender,
Institutions, and Development Data Base (GID) represents a new tool for
researchers and policy makers to determine and analyze obstacles to women?s
economic development. It covers a total of 162 countries and comprises an array
of 50 indicators on gender discrimination.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1058262?intcmp=911
- Gender and Information Revolution in Africa
The essays in this book
examine the current and potential impact of the ICT explosion in Africa. They
focus specifically on gender issues and analyze the extent to which women's
needs and preferences are being served.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~158824?intcmp=911
- Reference Documents on Gender and Land
Gender determines the
individual's and group's access to and control over resources. While women are
primary agricultural producers and users of natural resources in many parts of
the world, there are still many institutional, social, cultural and economic
obstacles that prevent women from having adequate access to and secure tenure of
land. Two dozen resources and fact sheets are available.
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