Asian Women Face Gender Digital Divide
[from GK Partners Vol. 2 No. 11, December 2000]
Asian Women Face Gender Digital Divide
A new report by womenasia.com says few Asian women are players at a
business or personal level in Asia's New Economy. And the resulting
gender digital divide may ultimately limit the region's economic
growth. Prepared for the World Economic Forum, Asia Pacific Economic
Summit on the Gender Digital Divide in September, the report, Turning
Analog Women Into A Digital Work Force says that while women
represent nearly 50% of the labor force in Asia, and own more than
one-third of small and medium businesses in the region, they account
for only 22 percent of Internet users on average. Including women
fully in the Internet economy is essential for Asia's economic
health, the report says. To read the paper, visit
http://www.womenasia.com/divide/index.html
