A Policy Analysis Framework for Gender and Development in the Information Society Strategy Planning

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A Policy Analysis Framework for Gender and
Development in the Information SocietyStrategy
Planning Workshop of the GDISP NetworkBangalore,
5th-7th October 2007

• IT for Change

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Institutions / Structures ICTs as elements of
architecture
Individual / Agency ICTs as Enablers

• Enabling/Disabling
• Communication Rights

• Structural/Gov elements
• Macro Level/
• Global

• Meso Level /
• National

• Capability Rights

• Micro Level /
• Community

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Sites of IS Changes

• Communication Rights
• Freedom of Expression, Right to Privacy, Right
  to communication opportunities, Voice, Media,
  Participation in Governance
• The CR discourse sees communication as an imp
  social process
• Does not address far-reaching IS shifts in social
  systems
• ICTs not just media but impact I and C processes
  of all structures and systems

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Sites of IS Changes

• Capability Rights
• Dev as freedom and Dev policy as expansion of
  freedoms
• ICTs as expanding capabilities valuable states
  of being and doing
• Parallel between ICTs and Literacy
• Participation in IS systems eco, health, etc
• Lack of access is capability deprivation

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Sites of IS Changes

• Macro
• Globalisation eco, social and cultural Global
  governance (including IP), Global Media, CS
  networks, Sub-altern globalisation
• A new global polity?
• A more equitable global gov system
• Meso
• Egov Public Private Partnerships consumer vs
  citizen
• Development policy shifting away from the IT
  ministry
• RTI
• Decentralisation
• Participatory governance
• Micro
• Telecentres, new ICT-based systems, local info
  systems (CI) , community linkages with pub
  institutions

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Globalisation
Communication Rights
Globalization, glob gov, feminist networks, CS
networks, global media
Portrayal, Privacy Voice, access to communication
opportunities, participation
National / E-governance
Citizen v/s consumer gender and development
policy, partici in gov
Community Informatics
Capability Rights
Education, Participation in IS systems, Sexuality
and Identity, critical agency, collective agency
Access to Information / Linkages, Women as
infomediaries / leaders
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Communication Rights
Globalisation
National/ E-governance
Community Informatics
Capability Rights
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Globalisation
Communication Rights
- CS networks (censorship), - Cultural
diversity (UNESCO treaty) - IP

• - Portrayal
• FoE
• Voice

Using the Policy Analysis Framework for Content
Policy
National/E-governance

• Public content
• IP

Community Informatics
Capability Rights

• VAW
• skill-building content
• - development content

- Bottom up content
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Globalisation
Communication Rights
- MNCs control
Using the Policy Analysis Framework for Telecom
Policy
National/E-governance

• Effective access
• (support market,
• use public finance)

- Public connectivity, - Centralised/ decentralise
d networks
Community Informatics
Capability Rights
- Community Networks
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Globalisation
Communication Rights
- MNC control
- Right to use, create, share
Using the Policy Analysis Framework for Software
Policy
National

• Public Software
• Local industry

Community Informatics
Capability Rights

• Localisation
• Appropriation
• - Enabling new IS systems

- Local skill-building