Gender Centred: Women's Health & ICT Policies from GenderIT.org
GenderIT.org approaches the problematic issue of women´s health and its interconnection with information and communication technologies (ICTs) policies.
ICTs have an enormous strategic potential to locate women at the centre of health initiatives. There are many examples of ICTs’ transformative potential on gender relations and roles, such as health clinics equipped with information technologies in low-income communities offer women information on available services.
On the other hand, new reproductive and genetic technologies such as sex-selection or human cloning, are used to manipulate fertility or reproductive practices and, in this way, ensure the continuation of gender inequality and discrimination.
Thereby policy interventions must plan and evaluate the gendered impact of new technologies applied in the health sector, as well as support community actions to extend the access of women to health services.
In an attempt to contribute to this discussion, in this edition GenderIT.org writers analyze some of the existing challenges and experiences about this subject in Uruguay, West Africa, Uganda and a summary overview around integration of ICTs into health initiatives around the world.
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