Policy Research Programme
- Papers commissioned for the GAB Policy Research Programme, "Gender Dimensions of Science and Technology Policy: Research in New Critical Issues" with funds from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC):
- ICTs, Globalisation and Poverty Reduction: Gender Dimensions of the Knowledge Society
- Poverty Reduction, Gender Equality and the Knowledge Society: Digital Exclusion or Digital Opportunity? by
Sophia Huyer and Swasti Mitter .doc | .pdf
- Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction in the Knowledge Society by Sophia Huyer .doc | .pdf
- Globalisation and ICT: Employment Opportunities for Women by Swasti Mitter .doc | .pdf
- Critical Issues Pertaining to the Gender Dimensions of Biotechnology Policy, by Sandy Thomas, Nuffield Ethics Foundation. .doc | .pdf
Gender Advisory Board Reports and Recommendations
Increasing the Participation of Women in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE):
Recommendations to the World Summit on the Information Society submitted by the Gender Advisory Board and the Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce
International experience and best practice with regard to women in science and technology, presentation by Dr. Shirley Malcom, co-Chair of the Gender Advisory Board, to the South Africa Reference Group on Women in S&T.
Gender Equity in Science and Technology: Does it Matter?, Keynote Presentation by Geoffrey Oldham, Conference on Gender, Science and Technology, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 26, 2000.
Missing Links: Gender Equity in Science and
Technology for Development, 1995, Gender Working Group, UNCSTD
Only an abstract is posted, but document can be ordered on-line from this site.
National and International Reports
Promoting Excellence through Mainstreaming Gender Equality, Report of the European Technology Assessment Network (ETAN) Expert Working Group on Women in Science, 2002.
Report of the Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development. USA. September 2000.
Mainstreaming Women in Science and
Technology, APPROTECH-Asia. 1992.
Winning with Women in
Trades, Technology, Science and Engineering, National Advisory Board on Science and
Technology, Government of Canada, 1993
Only an abstract is posted, but document can be ordered on-line from this site.
The Rising Tide: A Report on Women in
Science, Engineering, and Technology, Office of Science and Technology, London UK,
1994
This is link to the London Office of Science and Technology, not to the
document itself.
Science and Technology Issues in the Beijing Platform for Action, 1995
CGIAR Gender
Programme Papers, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Towards Sustainable Development:
Achieving the Four E's: Education, Employment, Equality, Empowerment, Vol 1-3,
SATWAC Foundation, Ahmedabad, India, 1996. GASAT 8 International Conference on Gender
and Science and Technology
Gender in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development
IDRC and World Women's Veterinary Association, 1994
World Science Report, 1993 & 1996, UNESCO
These documents are not available on-line, but can be ordered through
UNESCO at the above address.
Barriers Faced by Developing Country Women Entering Professions in Science and
Technology
Office of International Affairs, Board on Science and Technology for International Development
(BOSTID), National Research Council, USA, 1994
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