Gender and e-Trade
Development
Recognizing the need and the relevance of gender mainstreaming, ITC has developed a strategy towards a wider integration of women and gender issues in the technical co-operation activities of ITC.
ICTs offer unique opportunities to overcome certain specific
constraints related to their status as women, such as lack of reliable and comprehensive market information, limited mobility or other social and cultural barriers. In the field of trade, the technology gives women entrepreneurs/managers the opportunity to move their operations up the value chain. In particular, ITC assists women
entrepreneurs and managers to play a more active role in international trade by including ICTs systematically in their
business activities.
Click
here to learn more about ITC's gender strategy and its
identification of ICT as a key focus area. (PDF Format, 334 KB)
For more
information contact:
Sabine
Meitzel
Focal Point for the Gender Working Group
Tel.: +41 22 730 0296
Fax: +41 22 730 0576
e-mail: meitzel@intracen.org
