Creating Gender Equal Access to ICT in Digital Economy

Creating Gender Equal Access to ICT in Digital EconomyCreating Gender Equal Access to ICT in Creating Gender Equal Access to ICT in

Digital Economy: ICT Capacity Building for Digital Economy: ICT Capacity Building for

women, and Gender-awareness ICT Policieswomen, and Gender-awareness ICT Policies

Kio Chung KimAsian Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC)

Sookmyung Women’s University, Republic of Korea

Joint UNCTAD-UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Regional Conference

“E-commerce Strategies for Development”

20-22 November 2002

Joint UNCTAD-UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Regional Conference

“E-commerce Strategies for Development”

20-22 November 2002

AgendaAgenda

Gender Digital divide Current status of women’s informatization

Gender-awareness ICT Policy and Project in Korea ICT Capacity Building

APWINC’s Activities on Gender & ICT

Informatization in APECInformatization in APEC4353

2002

349

4995

1045

260

4586

186

4547

5107

2395

259

3631

3370

556

49

3723

2807

Canada

Chile

Mexico

U.S.A

Brunel Carussalam

China

Hong Kong, China

Indonesia

J apan

Republic of Korea

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Chinese Taipei

Thailand

Viet Nam

Austrailia

New Zealand

Internet Users

InformatizationInformatization

39

8

7

62

7

2

38

1

35

25

13

2

51

22

3

1

52

39

Canada

Chile

Mexico

U.S.A

Brunel Carussalam

China

Hong Kong, China

Indonesia

J apan

Republic of Korea

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Chinese Taipei

Thailand

Viet Nam

Austrailia

New Zealand

PC Penetration

0% 50% 100%

Australia

Hong Kong, China

India

Japan

Mexico

New Zealand

South Korea

Chinese Taipei

US

Canada

Singapore

Male Female

54.9 45.1

Ratio of Male/Female Internet Users

Source: Report by Neilsen/Net-Ratings, E-marketer, the Korea Internet Information Center

Women’s InformatizationWomen’s Informatization

Indicator for Women’s Informatization in Asia and the Pacific RegionIndicator for Women’s Informatization in Asia and the Pacific Region

• Pilot study on women’s informatization Indicator (2000.12.)

• Status of Gender Informatization inequality in Korea (2001.12.)

• Pilot study on Survey and Indicator for Women’s Informatization (2002.1.- 2002.12.)

Pilot study on women’s informatization Indicator (2000.12.) : Output of women’s informatization indicatorsPilot study on women’s informatization Indicator (2000.12.) : Output of women’s informatization indicators

2) indicator of Women’s Informatization by Section

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

Items of Indicators

Index of Information Equipment Index of Information Utilization (Internet)Index of Information Utilization (PC)Index of Acknowledgement of InformatizationIndex of Information ProductivityIndex of Educational Program AcquirementIndex of Women’s Informatization Policy

•indicator

• Total indicator of Women’s Informatization :2.67

• Information Equipment : 3.16

• Information Utilization (Internet): 2.72

• Information Utilization (PC): 2.65

• Acknowledgement of Informatization :3.51

• Information Productivity : 0.8

• Educational Program Acquirement :1.95

• Women’s Informatization Policy : 2.73

Gender Digital Divide Ministry of Gender Equality

100%

95.8%

77.1%71.8%

95.1%97.3%

KWDI Research

Source:KWDI, Korea Ministry of Gener Euqlity, 2001. Dec.

Men Awareness Access Utilization Capability Effect Women Men Awareness Access Utilization Capability Effect Women

88%

Korean Women’s Informatization IndicatorKorean Women’s Informatization Indicator

Survey and Indicator for Women’s Informatization in AsiaSurvey and Indicator for Women’s Informatization in Asia

• Regional Expert Group Meeting • Pretest • Real survey: (May, 2002)

– Scientific Sampling, – men and women 1000 samples in capital city, age 15 - 65

• Coutries to cover: – South Asia: Sri Lanka, India– SE Asia : Philippines, Indonesia– NE Asia: China, Republic of Korea

• Objective:– to provide basic data for policy maker to bridge the gender digital divide– to feed into WSIS (World Submit on Information Society)

–Pacific Region (2002.1.- 2002.12.)–Pacific Region (2002.1.- 2002.12.)

Gender & ICT

• Gender & ICT play vital roles in all disciplines – Capacity building for Women – Mainstreaming Gender & ICT in Knowledge based

Society

Two Cross-Cutting ThemesTwo Cross-Cutting Themes

Gender-awareness IT project Gender-awareness IT project

• Guidelines • Four categories:

• Gender Mainstreaming, • Gender Analysis, • Sex-disaggregated Data, • Budget

– IT project areas:• IT Capacity Building: Education, Training, • Information Service, Contents • Research• Infra Structure• Technology Development• E-commerce• Policy

Government

Academia

Women’sOrganizations

PrivateSectors

Women’s Informatization

Korea Cases

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building

Gender-awareness IT projectGender-awareness IT project• e-Korea National Project

– Ministry of Information and Communication Project (2001-2005), $400million Budget (500,000,000,000won)

– Infra Structure, Technology Development• High Speed Internet connected in 8.5 million

households in 2002– Educate 200,000 IT Experts by 2005

• e-Korean National Project– From March, 2001, – Follow-up project of 2 million housewife Internet training.– For 20 years older men and women – Training use of ICT at 1000 private Institutes– 75% women,– 40 years 47%, 50 years 20%, 60years 2,900, 70 years 814,

80 years 18

Korea Case 1:

Internet Classes for One Million Housewives

2000. 3 ~ 2001. 8

Introduction to PC

Internet Shopping

E-mail

Searching for Information

Child Education

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building

Housewives who used the Internet

1.8%

1999

19.6%

2000

• Digital Ministry of Gender Equality– Focus on ICT training in specialized areas for women:

• e-Biz courses, Web-design courses• OJT (onsite Job Training)

– Women-Net• Portal sight for women

– Cyber IT Edcation Center (2002 - 2004)• produce 1000 women IT experts(2002.1- 2002.6)• connect to Job

– Online Learning Center for Women IT Trainers• Collaborative project in Asia and the Pacific region• UNESCO, MOGE, UNESCAP, APWINC,

Gender-awareness IT projectGender-awareness IT project

Ministry of Gender Equality

12 University

8Vocational

Center

e-Business

Small Enterprises

Cyber Law

On-line Trade & Marketing

Shopping Mall Solution

On-line Promotion

Korea Case 2:

e-Business Education for Women2001. 8 ~ 2001. 10

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building

1,000 Female ICT Professionals

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building

SookmyungWomen’sUniversity

SamsungMulticampus

Korea Women

Development InstituteMinistry

ofGender Equality

Korea Case 3:

Cyber IT Educational Center for Women2002. 3 ~ 2002. 12

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building

240 women

64.5%

/ 598 women

Korea Case 4:

Kyonggi Province Women’s Development Center1997 ~ present

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building Aisa-Pacific Case 1:

WENT (Asia-Pacific Women’s Electronic Networking Training)WENT99, WENT2000, WENT2001, WENT2002

Supported by UNESCAP

116 women

from 18 countries

LocalArea

Networking

Web-basedInformation Management

Using ICT

BasicWebsite

Development & Networking

Diversified

training courses

• http://www.apolc.org• UNESCO & Korea Ministry of

Gender Equality

OLC (Online Learning Center)

ICT Capacity BuildingICT Capacity Building

Women’s Economic ActivitiesWomen’s Economic Activities

Effect from Kyunggi IT Professional Education

Eemclick

Intool

Cdism

Air Mobile

NCY World

Computer FacilitiesConsultingMentoringBusiness Networking

Services

Venture Business Incubating Center

Vivi-mallhttp://vivi-mall.com

BNP Enterprisehttp://www.bnpworld.com

Anystoryhttp://www.anistory.com

Women’s Economic AcitivitiesWomen’s Economic Acitivities

Effect from e-Business Education

Cyber Rural & Mountain Village

APWINC Activities on Gender & ICTAPWINC Activities on Gender & ICT

• Gender-awareness ICT Education Capacity Building (on-line, off-line)

• Web Information Sevices on Gender & ICT• Researches on Gender & ICT• Workshops and Symposiums• Builds Regional Gender & ICT Center• Gender & ICT mainstreaming Advocacy

• Established at Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea (1996.11)• Web Women’s Infromation Services (1997.12 ~.) • UNESCO Chair executing Institution in communication technology for women (1998.6

~)• Regional Center of UNDP for Women and ICT (2000.6 ~)• MOU with Korea Network Inormation Center (KRNIC) for Bridging the Gender Digital Div

ide through Internet (2001.4 ~)• Sister organization of Research Institute of Asian Women

– http://asiawomen.org• Membership in AWORC (1998.8 ~ Present)

– AWORC(Asian Women’s Resource Exchange) – http://www.aworc.org

• Global membership in WomenAction (1998.10~ Present)– http://www.womenaction.org

APWINC http://apwin.sookmyung.ac.kr http://women.or.krAPWINC http://apwin.sookmyung.ac.kr http://women.or.kr

To promote women’s status Through ICTTo promote women’s status Through ICT

ICT EducationICT Education

• Computer Training for Girls' High School Alumni (1998.8~ )• Computer Training for University Students (1998.8.~ )• Computer Training for housewife at SamSung Apartment (1999.10~ )• Computer Training for the Silver Age (2000.6~ )

Bridges the gender digital divide through basic computer skills training by group.

DisseminationDissemination

ICT Education (cont.)ICT Education (cont.)

• Knowledge Information Leader Training (Directors of Girls High School) (1999.11~2000.2)

• ICT Training of experts for Internet Solution, supported by the Ministry of Information and Communication (2000.3-2000.8)

• e-Biz Specialty Training Program 2000 (2000.10-2000.12)• Multimedia Specialty Training Program (2000.10-2000.12)• KWENT'99 (Korean Women's Electronic Network Training

Workshop) (1999.6)• KWENT'2000 (Korean Women's Electronic Network Training

Workshop) (2000.6)• e-Biz Specialty Training Program 2001 (2001.7-2001.8)• Cyber IT Education Center (2002.1 - 2002.6)

Specialization

Develops women's potentiality and produce women professionals through intensive technical training on ICT

ICT Education (cont.)ICT Education (cont.)

• WENT'99(Asian Pacific Women's Electronic Network Training) • GWENT'99(Global Women's Electronic Network Training, 999.9)

– 45 participants from North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific region

• WENT2000(Asian Pacific Women's Electronic Network Training)• WENT2001(Asian Pacific Women's Electronic Network Training)• UNESCO Online Learning Center for Women and the Use of ICT

– Women ICT Trainers’ Exchange (2001.11)• WENT2002(Asian Pacific Women's Electronic Network Training)

– 50 participants from 13 countries (outreach to Central Asia)

Globalization

Executes international training programs on ICT for Asia-Pacific and global women

Online Information on Gender & ICT Online Information on Gender & ICT

• Asia-Pacific Regional Informatization Status• Internet Statistics• ICT Education • International e-Biz Forum • Web hosting and ICT Consulting Services

– Kyunggi Girl's High School Alumni http://www.kyunggi.or.kr– Korea Women's NGO Network http://www.wngonet.or.kr– Consumer Economic Research Center http://www.cerc.co.kr– Vision21 Tech Inc. http://vision21.women.or.kr– e-Biz Specialty Training program http://ebiz.women.or.kr

• Digital Media Forum

Web Information Service on Gender and ICT

Symposium & Workshop Symposium & Workshop

• The Present and Future of Women's Network in Korea (1997.12)• Network Promotion of Korean Women'sOrganizations(1999.6)• Web Information Service System for Supporting Women's Informatization

Workshop(2000.3)• Network Promotion of Korean Women's Organizations(2000.6)• The First Edutainment Symposium for Transformation of Educational directi

on in Korea(2000.8)

• E-Biz Networking (2001.8)• Consumer’s Information on e-Life (2002. 6 )

National

Symposium & Workshop (cont.)Symposium & Workshop (cont.)

• UNGASS Women and ICT Workshop(2000.6)• Asia Pacific ICT Workshop (2000.6)

– New Directions for Women's Knowledge Network on the Internet– Beyond 2000 : Women's Growth in Connection and Interconnection

• Chennai Follow up Meeting:ICT Workshop for APGEST(2000.11)

• WENT Trainers Meeting(2001.3.26-3.28)• UNESCO Chair Symposium (2001.3.29)

– "Gender Equality/Equity through Information and Communication Technology(ICT)”

• Regional Meeting on Gender Equality and ICT/Internet(2001.3.30)• Fourth AWORC 2001 Meeting(2001.3.31-2001.4.1)• ITU workshop on Assess on Gender and ICT (2001.10.24)

• UNESCO Chair Sumposium (2002.5.30 – 31)– “Women’s Rights, Cyber Rights”

International

International e-Biz ForumDistinguished Lecture Series (2000-2001)International e-Biz ForumDistinguished Lecture Series (2000-2001)

• “Internet Ventures : Emerging Technologies and Business Opportunities” (December 2000)

• “Competitive Strategies for e-Business, Internet & World Market” (October 2000)

• “e-Business Strategies & Vision for Microsoft” (September 2000)• “Competitive Strategies for e-Business” (June 2000)• “Role of the World Bank in a Knowledge-Based Economy” (May 2000)• “Technology Road Map: NT, BT, ET, CT” (November 2001)• “Mobile Commerce: Hype and Reality" (September 2001)• "New Trends in Data Mining Techniques and Applications" (June 2001) • "E-branding & E-commerce in Korea" (May 2001)• "New Opportunities in Internet Industry" (April 2001)

Digital Media Forum : Distinguished Lecture Series (2002 - )

Digital Media Forum : Distinguished Lecture Series (2002 - )

• “Internet MBC" (March 2002)• “Convergence Art and Technology (May 2002) • “Creativity in Digital Economy" (October 2002)

PublicationPublication

• APWIN I– Communication Technology for Women(1999.3)

• APWIN II– WOMEN2000 : Global Strategies for Electronic

Networking and Information(2000.3)• APWIN III

– Gender Equality through ICT (2001.3)• APWIN IV

– Strategies of Bridging the Gender Digital Divide(2002.5)

Periodicals

PublicationPublication

• Knowledge-Based Strategies for Women's Informatization ( 2000.3)– Dissemination, Specialization, Globalization

• New Directions for Women in the Digital Society (2000.6) – Women's Knowledge Network

• Women @ Cyberspace II (2002.2) • Issue papers on Gender and ICT(CD) (2002.3)• Interactive Computer Class(CD) (2002.3)• Capacity Building for Women, such as Economic relate IT (2002.

9)• APEC-GEIT (CD)(2002.9)

Books

PublicationPublication

• Study on the Basis of Strategies for Informatization of Women's Organization – sponsored by Ministry of Gender Equality, 1999.11-1999.12.

• Study on Status of Women's Informatization and Educational Models for Bridging the Gender Digital Divide in Asia Pacific region– sponsored by Korea Information Network Center (KRNIC), 2000.10-2

000.12.• “Gender Awareness Issues in IT and Strategies for International Coopera

tion” – sponsored by MIC, APII Cooperation Center (2001.7 - 2001.12)

Research Reports

Asia-Pacific Regional Gender and ICT CenterAsia-Pacific Regional Gender and ICT Center

• On-Site (off-line) Learning Center – WENT (1999, 2000, 2001,2002 )

• Partner: AWORC, UNESCAP, APCWNSP– WE-Biz

• On-Line Learning Center ( http://www.apolc.org)– Online Learning Center for Gender and ICT Trainers

• Partner: APCWNSP, UNESCO, MOGE

• Online Information on Gender and ICT

Asia-Pacific Regional Gender and ICT CenterAsia-Pacific Regional Gender and ICT Center

• Research on Gender and ICT– “Gender Awareness Issues in IT and Strategies for International Coop

eration” • sponsored by MIC, APII Cooperation Center (2001.7 - 2001.12)

– “Indicator for Women’s Informatization in Asia and the Pacific Region”• cowork with Korean Commission for UNESCO (2002.1 - 2002.12) • pilot project • Nepal, Sri Lanka (SE Asia), Philippines, Indonesia (South Asia), Ko

rea, China (NE Asia) – “ICT Capacity Building for Women’s Economic Empowerment”

• Sponsored by MOGE (2002.4 – 2002.8)

Gender-sensitive ICT Policies & Projects

Regional& NationalGender & ICT Foundation

Facilities & Programs

Promotion of e-Business Networks

ICT Capacity Buildingfor Access & Use of ICT

Open Access to the Resources

Evaluation System

Commitment of Nation

ConclusionConclusion

•UN world conference like Rio Earth Summit, Beijing World Conference on Women, etc

•It aims to develop a common vision and understanding of the information society and adopt a plan of action to facilitate effective growth of the information society and bridge the digital divide

•International Telecommunications Union - lead Agency (www.wsis.itu.int)

World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)

Preparatory process

Global Prepcom meetings (July 2002, March 2003 and September 2003)

•Regional Prepcom meetings: Asia - January 13-15, 2003 in Japan (Gender round table meeting)

•UN Division for the Advancement of Women Expert Group on ICTs and Women’s Empowerment November 11-14, 2002 in Seoul

•UNESCAP Expert Group Meeting on Gender and ICT Policies (December 2001) in Bangkok

World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)

GEITGEIT

Contact InformationContact Information• APWINC Website

– http://www.women.or.kr– http://apwin.sookmyung.ac.kr

• Address – Chung-Pa Dong, 2Ka, 53-12 Yong-San Ku,– Sookmyung Women’s University

Seoul, 140-742, Korea – Tel: +82-2-710-9428– Fax: +82-2-710-9896

• E-mail – kiochkim@sookmyunmg.ac.kr