Women, ICT and the information society: Global perspectives and initiatives

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 126, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Huyer, Sophia ^a  

^a Women in Global Science and Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

development; digital divide; gender; global; information and communications technologies; information society; women

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIVIDE; GLOBAL INFORMATIONS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION SOCIETY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 77953485834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1117417.1117418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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