The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America

The objective of this report is to understand the rationality that underpins public and business policies for promoting the IT and SIS industries and to determine whether they incorporate gender equality and/or provide incentives for women’s participation. The report also explores how this group of...

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Otros Autores:	NU. CEPAL
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	ECLAC 2014
Materias:	MUJERES TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION TECNOLOGIA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES IGUALDAD DE GENERO EMPLEO DE LA MUJER INDUSTRIA DE LAS COMPUTADORAS WOMEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT COMPUTER INDUSTRY
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spelling	oai-11362-374592020-11-17T01:15:48Z The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America NU. CEPAL German Society for Technical Information Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo MUJERES TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION TECNOLOGIA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES IGUALDAD DE GENERO EMPLEO DE LA MUJER INDUSTRIA DE LAS COMPUTADORAS WOMEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT COMPUTER INDUSTRY The objective of this report is to understand the rationality that underpins public and business policies for promoting the IT and SIS industries and to determine whether they incorporate gender equality and/or provide incentives for women’s participation. The report also explores how this group of women is symbolically constructed within the firms, what issues are emphasized by the women themselves and what solutions or resources they propose for overcoming the problems. It then contrasts this discourse and intervention with the experiences, visions and demands of women leaders in the SIS sector. For this purpose, the policies, programmes and best practices of Europe are analysed and compared with instruments currently in place in Latin America and the Caribbean, in terms of their specific characteristics and degree of progress. Special attention is given to the cases of Argentina, Costa Rica and Colombia. Introduction .-- I. Women in the IT field: why so few? .-- II. Those who made it: aspirations, conflicts and negotiations .-- III. Public policies in and for the SIS sector: an apparent neutrality .-- IV. Policies and programmes in multinational ICT companies .-- V. European public policies and programmes for the development of the information and knowledge society .-- VI. Reflections and suggestions for gender equality in the SIS sector. 2014-12-16T18:10:38Z 2014-12-16T18:10:38Z 2014-11 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/37459 LC/W.611 en Documentos de Proyectos 611 .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ECLAC
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topic	MUJERES TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION TECNOLOGIA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES IGUALDAD DE GENERO EMPLEO DE LA MUJER INDUSTRIA DE LAS COMPUTADORAS WOMEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT COMPUTER INDUSTRY
spellingShingle	MUJERES TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION TECNOLOGIA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES IGUALDAD DE GENERO EMPLEO DE LA MUJER INDUSTRIA DE LAS COMPUTADORAS WOMEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT COMPUTER INDUSTRY The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
description	The objective of this report is to understand the rationality that underpins public and business policies for promoting the IT and SIS industries and to determine whether they incorporate gender equality and/or provide incentives for women’s participation. The report also explores how this group of women is symbolically constructed within the firms, what issues are emphasized by the women themselves and what solutions or resources they propose for overcoming the problems. It then contrasts this discourse and intervention with the experiences, visions and demands of women leaders in the SIS sector. For this purpose, the policies, programmes and best practices of Europe are analysed and compared with instruments currently in place in Latin America and the Caribbean, in terms of their specific characteristics and degree of progress. Special attention is given to the cases of Argentina, Costa Rica and Colombia.
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title	The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
title_short	The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
title_full	The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
title_fullStr	The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed	The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
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The software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America

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