Anita Gurumurthy, Director of IT for Change wrote to ask if we could help them with identifying country consultants in Kazakhstan, South Korea, Philippines, and the Pacific islands, for a short term research assignment. And to disseminate this email widely. IT for Change is an India-based NGO working on information society theory and practice from the standpoint of equity, social justice and gender equality. They are currently working with the United Nationals Regional body - The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UN ESCAP) - to undertake a rapid research, based on case studies, to influence the Beijing plus 20 inter-governmental process (focussing on womens rights articulated in the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) document). ESCAP, in partnership with United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), wants to undertake this study on e-Government for womens empowerment to enhance the capacity of governments to use e-Government as a tool to innovate for womens empowerment by increasing knowledge and awareness of good practices in this area. The project is looking for researchers who will work with IT for Change and undertake a quick study (based on desk research and field visits) to build a gender-based understanding about egovernment practices in Kazakhstan, South Korea, Philippines, and a Pacific country. The rationale is build a body of work on how innovations in e-Government can contribute to realising gender equality and to policies required to strengthen the contribution of ICT and e-Government to womens empowerment. Particular focus will be on the delivery of e-Government services to advance the political, social and economic autonomy of women through the improved communication and access to information, facilities, educational, business and other resources, and networks. The key challenge is to be able to identify up and running initiatives in the domain of e-government that have a clear focus on womens empowerment. There are not too many initiatives that incorporate a gendered analysis of the situation on the ground. However, practices that have attempted to bring in an inclusionary perspective, and have, as a result of the architecture and implementation design, impacted women favourably, will be a good starting point for this exploratory research. The Beijing document, in 1995, little expected that the world will be a new place because of ICTs... But the plus 20 review process requires a solid grounding in contemporary issues. IT for Change is currently developing the framework for the country studies. 1. We would be grateful for leads on country consultants who can document case studies (based on desk research and field visits) about gender sensitive egovernment initiatives in their countries (urban or rural, covering public information delivery or services), 2. We also welcome information on ICT initiatives of governments that were designed for women or had a positive impact on womens rights, in Kazakhstan, South Korea, Philippines, and the Pacific islands 3. We would also like to be pointed to other countries in the Asia Pacific, where case studies on e-government for womens empowerment may be feasible If you have any suggestion, please contact directly [email protected], cc [email protected]
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:09:58 +0000
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