UNDP and UNIFEM Release New Report on Gender and Information and Communication Technologies
Friday, August 20, 2004 8:10 AM

UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS and UNIFEM Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have announced the release of a new report, "Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: A Regional Report on Gender and Information and Communication Technologies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States" (PDF, 128 pages). The report examines the gender dimensions within Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and stresses the need to address gender inequality in terms of access to and participation in ICTs in the region. It also highlights the importance of ICTs as a mechanism to promote gender equality.