Revisiting the topic of Girls and ICTs: Tech Salon Discussions

I recently had the honor of leading a group of tech, development and gender folks in a discussion around Girls and ICTs at the Technology Salon.  The conversation revolved around 5 aspects I wrote about in an earlier blog post On Girls and ICTs:

• Tension between participation and protection
• Online behavior is an extension of, and a potential amplifier of offline behavior
• Qualifying the digital divide
• Girls' involvement in developing and designing ICT solutions for their own needs
• Research on Girls and ICTs

Check out the Technology Salon's page for a round-up of our discussions!


Photo:  Informal evening one-on-one ICT time at a Youth Empowerment through Arts and Media (YETAM) project workshop in Cameroon. 


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