November 2006
Alana Ortez & Sofia Binioris
New Titles: Information Communications Welcome to the Women, Ink. Booklink, the monthly e-mail bulletin on what's new in our collection for this November. If you have friends or colleagues who you think would find Booklink useful, please let us know. To subscribe to Booklink, send an e-mail to joey@womenink.org and type the word "subscribe" in the subject line.
****ALERT *** NEW! WOMEN, INK CATALOGUE AVAILABLE ***ALERT*** Before beginning, we want to let you know that our new Women, Ink. catalogue is now available. Featuring over 70 new books from women's organizations and mainstream, university and small presses worldwide, the catalogue is a "must have" for academics and activists who want to keep current on new thinking in the field of women, gender and development. To receive a free copy or send a copy to a friend, send an e-mail (if you haven't done so already) with the mailing address to joey@iwtc.org or write to: Women, Ink., c/o International Women's Tribune Centre, 777 UN Plaza, flr 3, New York, NY 10017.This month, we feature an exciting array of titles and additional resources in the area of information communications technologies (ICTs) and media. The new titles for this month are:
1.Cinderella or Cyberella?
Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society2.IT For Advocacy Manual
Making IT Work for Gender Justice3.Women and Media
A Critical Introduction4.Women and Media
Challenging Feminist Discourse5.Women and Media
International Perspectives6. Women in the News
A Guide for Media - Gender Equality ToolkitVisit our website at www.womenink.org for further information and to buy any of the featured titles.
Cinderella or Cyberella?
Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society
Nancy Hafkin and Sophia HuyerWhat is the future for women in the knowledge society: Cinderella or Cyberella? While Cyberella is fluent in the uses of technology and comfortable using and designing computer technology and working in virtual spaces, Cinderella works in the basement of the knowledge society with little opportunity to reap its benefits. Promoting women's empowerment through ICTs is one of the critical development challenges of the 21st century. Hafkin and Huyer, acknowledged as leading scholars on gender and information technology, have assembled a stellar group of authors for this collection. Each essay depicts ways in which ICTs provide opportunities for women to increase their incomes, gain awareness of their rights and improve their own and their families' well-being. Illustrative case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America show the global possibilities for women's empowerment through ICTs.
2006. 288 pages. ISBN 1-56549-219-6. WE776. US$23.95
IT for Advocacy Manual
Making IT Work for Gender Justice
Gender Links and Gender and Media Southern AfricaA sequel to Getting Smart: Strategic Communications for Activists, this manual is a 'how to' for using new ICTs in gender justice campaigns. It covers the full range of information from basic computer technology and software to the various applications for processing and presenting information as well as messaging, setting up websites, Internet exchanges (listservs and e-newsletters) and alerts and petitions. It is designed so that users can start from the beginning or can skip sections familiar to them, depending on their comfort level. Part of an initiative to build the capacity of gender and media activists to use IT effectively for advocacy, networking and training, it also aims to contribute to bridging the digital divide - especially its gender dimensions.
2005. 152 pages. WE767. US$12.50
Women and Media
A Critical Introduction
Carolyn M. Byerly and Karen RossWomen and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s. It provides an overview of the key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last 30 years, beginning with the extant literature in this growing field and ending with a new study of women's media activism in 20 countries. The authors recount and analyze the first-hand narratives of nearly 100 women media activists whose work has contributed to the making of a feminist public sphere that has moved women leaders and agendas more forcefully into their societies. This provides a unique account of women's struggles to improve, create and otherwise employ media in pushing for social change. The text is written in a concise, engaging style, laying out the central concerns about the women-media relationship as it has operated in a variety of political/ critical contexts.
2006. 304 pages. ISBN 1-40511-607-2. WE798. US$34.95
Women and Media
Challenging Feminist Discourse
Kiran Prasad (Ed.)Communication is vital for women's development, and the mass media plays a significant role in shaping social values, attitudes, perceptions and behaviour. The call for gender justice and gender equality through the efforts of women's organizations and eminent women has opened several hitherto closed areas to debate and public discourse in the media. The different perspectives presented by scholars in this book highlight the images and presentation of women in media, women as media professionals, and the contribution of various bodies and the women's movement to gender justice. Some of the areas examined include women's sexuality in film, communications strategies of NGOs for women's development, women in Indian soap operas, and opportunities and challenges. The book offers an examination of media institutions, an understanding of the culture in which media function, and thorough insights into the media: their uses, their significance in contemporary life and their modes of operation.
2005. 244 pages. ISBN 81-89110-05-5 (HB). WE819. US$22.50
Women and Media
International Perspectives
Karen Ross and Carolyn M. ByerlyComprised of original research in diverse genres and medias, this title brings together eight international scholars who address key issues of the gender-media relationship, including an analysis of news media's coverage of women politicians; the marketing of 'girl power'; the portrayal of sexual violence; alternative radio; strategizing for equality in newsrooms; and the move into cyberspace. It provides important insights into how gender is implicated in media industries, and highlights the theme that the media have the potential both to reinforce the status quo in power arrangements in society and also to contribute to new, more egalitarian ones. It includes an introduction by the editors that carefully maps the contours of the international struggle between feminists and the media, section overviews, bibliographies, key terms and discussion questions.
2004. 232 pages. ISBN 1-40511-609-9. WE803. US$29.95
Women in the News
A Guide for Media - A Gender Equality Toolkit
Pennie Azarcon de la Cruz (Ed.)Since the United Nations Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi in 1985, the issue of women and the media has been on the agenda of international governmental and non-governmental conferences, and women's groups have continuously questioned the mass media‚'s patriarchal hierarchy. Key players in the field, together with media activists and civil society campaigners, have long searched for a concerted way of redressing the inequality in treatment of both women media practitioners as well as women's concerns in news delivery. This toolkit from Isis International - Manila tackles the issues straight from the shoulder in terminology that any media practitioner would recognize. It focuses on issues of gender inequality in a variety of familiar situations and examines the mindset from which the unfairness stems. Its primary aim is to gender-sensitize media practitioners, and it leads them as well as campaigners and policy makers towards ways to shape a balanced, fair and diversified image of women.
2004. 135 pages. WE808. US$10.00
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RESOURCES
This section is a compilation of free resources on ICTs and media available on the Internet:
1. Gender for Journalists
Trish WilliamsGender for Journalists is an online training toolkit from the Commonwealth Press Union designed to sensitize print and broadcast journalists on gender issues and ensure that they adopt best practices when writing about gender and related news items. This website offers facts on gender inequality, information about the women's rights movement, background on gender violence, gender tools for journalists, and useful links.
Learn more at: http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/
2. The Communication Initiative: Case Studies
This website offers case studies, which demonstrate the development impact and lessons learned from the practical implementation of ICTs for development, including several cases focused on women, such as the use of radio by an NGO in Brazil to promote communication and information on gender issues.
To read about this case and others visit: http://www.comminit.com/ict.html
3. Engendering ICT Toolkit: Challenges and Opportunities for Gender-Equitable Development
This toolkit from the World Bank (WB) identifies opportunities, highlights innovative projects and activities, and suggests how the WB and other agencies can help realize the potential for gender equality in access to and use of ICTs. The toolkit has been designed for general distribution to researchers, educators, and development practitioners interested in gender-equitable development within their respective fields.
To access the toolkit, visit: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/
TOPICS/EXTGENDER/EXTICTTOOLKIT/0,,menuPK:542826~page
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4.Gender and ICTs Cutting Edge Pack
This toolkit, produced by BRIDGE, of the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), considers the effects of ICTs on gender relations. The Pack outlines the main arguments and approaches with regards to gender and ICTs; provides resources, including summaries of essential texts, case studies, tools, and a listing of key organizations; and includes a Gender and Development In Brief newsletter. It is available in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic.
For details, contact BRIDGE at bridge@ids.ac.uk or
visit: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_CEP.html
5. Impacting Through Media: A Guide to Using the Media in Technical Cooperation
K. BohmannThis publication offers practical guidelines for employing the media in development cooperation with a focus on women's rights It is based on the experience of NGOs using media in their information, education, communication and advocacy work, as part of The German Agency for Technical Cooperation‚'s (GTZ) Strengthening Women‚'s Rights Project. The guide covers the themes of HIV prevention, gender, and youth and targets development practitioners who wish to utilize the media as a means of strengthening the broad effect of their work in different sectors.
To view the complete document, visit: http://www.gtz.de/de/
dokumente/en-impactingthroughmedia.pdf
6. Gender Mainstreaming Learning and Information Pack: Information, Communication and Knowledge Sharing
Produced by the United Nations Development Program ‚- Gender in Development Program, this information pack includes practical strategies for using ICTs in gender mainstreaming. The Pack introduces emerging concepts and trends in the area of knowledge-sharing and knowledge management for development and offers practical how-to resources on using and developing ICTs. It is intended for both general and training use.
To view the pack online, visit:
http://www.gdrc.org/gender/mainstreaming/7-Information.doc
7. ICTs, Globalization and Poverty Reduction: Gender Dimensions of the Knowledge Society
Huyer, S. and Mitter, S.This paper examines women's use of ICTs and the potential of ICTs to promote gender equality in poverty reduction strategies. The paper focuses on the six 'policy clusters' or areas on which poverty reduction depends, as identified by the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD): human development; food production; infrastructure investment; supporting non-traditional private sector initiatives; human rights and social equality; and environmental sustainability and urban management.
To view the document online, visit: http://gab.wigsat.org/partI.pdf
You can also download a PDF version at: http://gab.wigsat.org/partI.pdf
8. Women‚'s ICT-Based Enterprise for Development: Other Online Resources Page
The University of Manchaster's Institute for Development Policy and Management has created this website with links and descriptions of close to 30 online resources that are relevant to women's ICT-based enterprises for development. The links are divided under the categories: Women/Gender and ICTs, Women and Enterprise, ICTs and Enterprise, ICTs and Development, and Gender and Development.
To access the links, visit: http://www.womenictenterprise.org/links.htm
9. Information and Communication Technologies and Gender Seminars
In 2000 the World Bank began a series of seminars around the theme of gender and ICTs. Practitioners, policy-makers, and academics have come together over the past 7 years to discuss the impact of ICTs on gender relations, and the ways in which ICTs can be used in overcoming gender inequalities.
To view videos of these seminars, visit:http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS
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