[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Gender Advisory Board Comments on the Information Society

[Atanu Garai]

Sophia Huyer wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> For your information, here are our comments to the CSTD on the 
> theme "Development-oriented policies for a socio-economic inclusive 
> information society, including access, infrastructure and enabling 
> environment".
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> Best,
> Sophia Huyer
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> Sophia Huyer
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In the recommendation section, it reads: For these reasons, universal 
access strategies need to take into account the differing opportunities, 
access to resources and perspectives of different groups in society, 
including but not restricted to women.    Special steps will need to be 
taken and disadvantaged groups may need to be targeted to ensure that 
all members of society benefit from broadband internet access, in 
particular those in rural areas.

May be it is desirable to have some topical examples of these "special 
steps" and "universal access strategies" as part of the recommendation 
for the education of vast majority of government delegates from the South.

Atanu

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