Gender and Development e -Brief

DEVELOPMENT
ESCWA opens four-day seminar on water governance
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched "Regional Water Week" on Nov 14^th, with "Water Governance: the Role of Stakeholders in Water Management," a four-day seminar at the UN House. Regional in scope, the lectures assemble speakers from the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean and the Gulf States as well as representatives from UN and European development agencies.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=20072

Run for Social Development - Marathon attracts 17,000 people in Lebanon
Over 17,000 people from 71 countries ran through the streets of Beirut on Sunday in this
year's third International Marathon dedicated for social development, some wearing

standard sportswear, others disguised in costumes. The sports event soon turned into a

political forum with Premier Fouad Siniora sending an implicit message of support to

the Lebanese Resistance by openly calling for the liberation of the Shebaa Farms, a stretch of land occupied by Israel. For more info: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=20007

GENDER
Lebanese American University conference highlights need to end gender disparity
Political and social gender disparity in the region's governments and civil societies fell under the spotlight Nov 18^th as participants at a conference at the Lebanese American University stressed the need to end the practice. The round-table talks entitled "Democracy & Gender: The Role of Women in Politics, the Media, and Education," looked at women's roles in those fields in Germany, a country whose experience with both postwar reunification and gender inequality has much in common with Lebanon's http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=20158

HEALTH
Fund seeks to eliminate child deaths from heart disease – Lebanon

"No child should die from heart disease because of lack of funds," is a mission statement that says it all. It is all what the Brave Heart Fund, a charitable fundraising initiative established in November 2003 at the children's Heart Center of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, has been trying to do for the past two years. Celebrating it's second anniversary this month, the Fund has already saved the lives of 160 child so far. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=19972

Saudi Arabia should export its AIDS awareness campaign According to a United Nations report issued last week there are an estimated half million people in the Middle East and North Africa region who are HIV positive. Such is the nature of the condition, whether in the MENA region or any other part of the world, that the real figure is almost certainly higher, perhaps much higher. Social stigmas, fear of losing a job, being cast out of the family or countless other basic concerns prevent some, maybe many. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=17&article_id=20390

CULTURE
What does citizenship mean to you? "People get mobilized over theatrical issues," says Naeem Mohaiemen, director of the artist-activist group known as the Visible Collective, which presented its work to Beirut audiences last week, in collaboration with media artist Walid Raad and in conjunction with the third edition of the Home Works Forum on Cultural Practices. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=20353

Funding the arts in the Middle East
Cultural production too comes down to a bottom line. So it was that the final session of "Zawaya Encounters," assembling cultural organizations with funding agencies at the same table, attracted a capacity crowd to Masrah al-Madina's little theater earlier this week, A two-day seminar series hosting speakers from around the region. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=20151

DEVELOPMENT
New local community-development plan kicks off in Lebanon
A new plan to improve development in local communities has been launched by the minister of state for administrative development. The project aims to balance development more equally across the country by "activating the role of municipalities in economic and social development in accordance with modern municipal programs," said the project's leader, Paul Kazalonga. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=20098

DEMOCRACY
Hayyabina slams politicians over fiefdoms - Lebanon
Local NGO Hayyabina (Let's Go!) on Tuesday slammed Hizbullah, Amal, Druze leader Chouf MP Walid Jumblatt and former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh as well as other political groups for "violating" Lebanon's sovereignty. Hayyabina, a group which champions secularism, challenged the "fashionable" political slogans of sovereignty and independence and offered a map depicting Lebanon's true political make-up during. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=20399

CNN seeks to show '360 degree view' of the Middle East
CNN has launched a new initiative portraying the multi-faceted Middle East in a region of the world where the mass public believes - whether justified or not - that the network has become the mouthpiece of the U.S. administration. As the senior vice president of the network, Rena Golden has had to answer for CNN International's choice of global news coverage - in her own words - "all the time." For more info:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=20175

GENDER
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence starts on 25 November -Global

The 25th of November marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, which is an international campaign aimed at placing the issue of gender violence on the local, provincial and national agendas of both government and civil society. For more information on the campaign, see: http://www.comminit.com/africa/events_calendar/2005-events/events-4140.html

UN Human Rights Committee Blasts Canada : Women Call for Action
Discrimination against Aboriginal women and women prisoners, and negative impacts on women caused by cuts to social assistance and social programmes, drew severe criticism from the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which just completed its 5th review of Canada’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. “The Committee recognizes Canada ’s failure to protect Aboriginal women from violence, to address the poverty of Aboriginal women, and to correct overt discrimination in the law,” said Sharon McIvor of the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action. Read more at www.fafia-afai.org/abo/news/UNHRC_press_release.php

Iraqi prostitutes now live in fear for their lives
Salima Jabar dresses as a peasant when she goes to the market near Baghdad Gate to sell produce. But the prices she charges for fruits and vegetables are shockingly high. Jabar, a 50-year-old madam who has worked as a prostitute for a decade, has not always run her ring covertly. During Saddam's time, she said, she and her women serviced - and were protected by - Baathists. She described it as "a paradise. We played with money." For more info: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=20333

Saudi businesswomen run for office Male members of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry voted Nov 29^th for a board of directors, with many saying they voted for women standing as candidates for the first time in conservative Saudi Arabia. "Four of the 12 candidates I voted for are women," Humam Attar, a company owner as he left the chamber while campaign activists jostled to hand out pamphlets of the candidates they support under a scorching sun. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=20383 .

Women gain ground in Afghan parliamentary polls
The recent polls showed some surprising gains for women, but it is far too soon to herald a new ag e of sexual equality. Now that the results of September's parliamentary and local council elections have been finalized, officials and international pundits have been little short of gushing in their assessment of how female candidates fared in the various contests. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=20240

Gender And ICTs - Global
ICTs are not gender-neutral. Many countries, especially the rural population in them, have been left out of the information revolution owing to factors like, the absence of basic infrastructure, high costs of ICT deployment, unfamiliarity with ICTs … for more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051398?intcmp=700

ECONOMY & TRADE
Arabs blast U.S. 'Big Brother' approach to Bilateral Free Trade Agreements Arabs attending a conference Nov 10^th in Bahrain blasted Washington's "Big Brother" attitude in bilateral Free Trade Agreements, saying they are political tools to serve U.S. interests rather than enhance economic prosperity in the region. "FTAs are not the ultimate solution for this region. ... I see FTAs as a catalyst for change and reform rather than promoting trade. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=19931

Lebanon determined to cut deficit, boost production Lebanon is aiming at reducing the budget deficit to GDP ratio to less than 3 percent annually in the medium term, Finance Minister Jihad Azour said on Monday. Azour, who was speaking at the opening of the "Improving Investment Opportunities in Lebanon" conference, insisted this target can be achieved through a series of measures.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=20041

Lebanon to begin privatization of EDL Lebanon's Energy Minister said he is pushing forward with a long-stalled 2002 law which calls for the gradual privatization of state electricity company Electricite Du Liban (EDL). Mohammad Fneish, the first Hizbullah member to serve in the Lebanese cabinet, broke with the recent history of his party, which along with fellow Shiite group Amal had traditionally opposed privatization. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=20313

Dubai firm unveils plans for $120 million tower in Beirut
Dubai-based DAMAC Properties announced a $120 million project to build a luxury apartment tower in Downtown Beirut, the company's first real-estate investment outside the United Arab Emirates. The 27-story building at the intersection of Fakhreddin and Omar Daouk Streets will include 70 apartments, the company said. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=20398

EURO-MED
Euro-Med partners fail to agree
The Barcelona Declaration and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership did not succeed in creating a circle of Mediterranean countries that share effective political and economic relations, according to Patrick Renauld, head of the European Union delegation at La Sagesse University on the second day of a three-day event organized by the EU to mark the 10th anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=20371

Euro-Med to tackle southern 'strategic challenges'
The Euro Mediterranean Summit in Barcelona on November 27-28 will enable the heads of state and of government of the European Union, for the first time in its half a century's existence, to meet their counterparts from the southern and eastern Mediterranean. For more information: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=20153

Euro-Arab Neighborhood – Europe The German Commission for UNESCO has launched the project "Euro-Arab Neighborhood: Students Build Bridges" within the scope of the programme "Dialogue with the Islamic World" that was initiated by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. The aim of the project is to promote the Euro-Arab dialogue among young people by co-operation of school magazines. All types of schools and young people of any age who are interested in a journalistic co-operation are welcome to take part in this project...
http://www.comminit.com/experiences/pds2005/experiences-3333.html

French Muslims Live In "Ethnic Ghettos"
Hadi Yahmid, IslamOline correspondent, reveals that a report by the French intelligence service states that many French city suburbs mostly populated by Muslims are becoming "ethnic ghettos." But a French sociology professor, according to Yahmid, rejects the findings ... for more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051337?intcmp=700

ICT
Fund for IT projects in developing countries seeks support at Tunis summit
An innovative fund that poor countries have endorsed to help them harness the IT revolution is urging more wealthy public and corporate donors to join the venture at an international summit in Tunisia WSIS II. Lebanese President is expected to attend the conference during a trip to Tunisia. Organizers of the three month-old Digital Solidarity Fund, which has attracted a lukewarm reaction from rich governments, said they would present their first full project at the World Summit for the Information Society in Tunis on Nov 16th. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=20003

Brothers of Lebanon bridge a 27-year divide by Web Bassam Kantar has a special relationship with the brother he has not seen for 27 years. The youngest brother of Samir Kantar, the longest serving Lebanese prisoner in Israel, Bassam, 28, has been communicating with Samir for five years through a Web site dedicated to the detainee. "When Samir was taken away, he was 16 years old," Bassam said, "and I was just a year old. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=20069

Yemen Online – Yemen With USAID support, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) is wiring selected Yemeni high schools to the internet. Two-thirds of these schools are girls' schools; literacy rates for Yemen's girls and women run as low as 30%. One strategy is student-centred teaching, which organisers describe as "a significant development in a culture where schooling is traditional, top-down, and teacher-centered". For more info: http://www.comminit.com/experiences/pds82004/experiences-2055.html

Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Development Gateway Foundation Announce Plans for an Arabic Language Web Portal
A partnership between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) and the Development Gateway Foundation to unveil a new Arabic language portal in 2006 was announced at the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunisia, in November. The project will enable the formation of an online community of practice in Arabic-speaking regions that addresses reform and other development issues. The Library is a founding Cooperating Organization of the Development Gateway's Culture and Development topic page. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture?intcmp=905&intcmp=905

New portal - Open Educational Resources
A new Web initiative launched at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), will connect anyone with Internet access and the desire to learn to a world of free, high-quality open educational materials. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051605?intcmp=700

Al-Hilal Digitization Project The Digital Library of The Modern History of Egypt, a project of Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s (BA) integrated digital library, is designed to include collections of specialized libraries belonging to eminent Egyptian politicians, authors and historians… for more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051547?intcmp=700

HUMAN RIGHTS
'Lebanon will improve conditions in Palestinian refugee camps'
The Palestinian State Minister for Refugees' Affairs Abbas Zaki said he was confident relations between Palestinians and Lebanon will improve. Zaki said he was convinced the Lebanese government will "adopt practical measures to improve the conditions of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and establish good relations with the Palestinians in the country." http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=19948

Samir Kantar’s case to be presented to head of UN rights commission The case of Samir Kantar, "the dean of Arab detainees in Israel," along with thousands of other Arab prisoners, will be presented to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as a "great violation of human rights." "There are 32 detainees that have been held for more than 25 years, which is a clear violation of human rights and should not be ignored," said his brother Bassam Qantar. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=20317

Child labor still a major problem in Lebanon
Child labor, and how to eradicate it, is the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the International Program to Fight Child Labor, as recent studies have shown that millions of children in the Arab world have to work. Opening Thursday at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut, the conference is part of the ongoing cooperation between the Labor Ministry and the International Labor Organization (ILO).
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=20132

POLITICS
Mideast reform forum ends in confusion A Middle East reform conference promoted by the U.S. ended in confusion on Nov 12th without a final declaration after Egypt tried to introduce language which Washington said would restrict aid groups. In result, U.S. officials called disappointing, the conference ended with no final document on promoting political and economic reform in the Middle East and North Africa, the goal of the meeting. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=20001

Bahrain forum to push for U.S. reforms plans in Mideast Foreign ministers from industrialized nations and Middle East countries began a conference in the Bahraini capital on Friday aimed at speeding up controversial U.S. reform plans for the region, which U.S. and British officials insisted was a "partnership." http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=19968

CHILDHOOD & YOUTH
Youth employment in the Machreq-Maghreb Region: a situational assessment

Produced by: World Bank (2005) This paper investigates the youth labour market in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region in order to identify factors contributing to the persistently high rates of unemployment and joblessness among MENA youth. Available online at:

http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC19975

Children as partners: child participation promoting social change
The International Institute for Child Rights and Development / Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA / ACDI) This report shows how important children's participation, through children's partnership, is to promote social change. By examining a number of good practices, the results show that children's participation through partnership supports more informed and sustainable programme and policy outcomes as well as strengthening individual capacity for self-efficacy and communication skills. Available online at www.eldis.org/children

Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children
Produced by: Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2005)
This study, undertaken in Northwestern Tanzania, finds evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes. In particular, it finds that maternal death causes a permanent height deficit of about 2 cm and a persistent impact on years of education of almost 1 year. It also finds that that paternal orphanhood has an impact on educational outcomes, but only for particular groups. The paper illustrates that living arrangements and whether the child was in school at the time of losing a parent strongly influence the impact of maternal and paternal death. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20126

In best or vested interests?: an exploration of the concept and practice of family reunification for street children
Produced by: Consortium for Street Children (CSC) (2005)
This study examines the concept and practice of family reunification for street children -programmes which are rapidly taking off in many countries around the world, in spite of, as the author argues, the inherent methodological uncertainty. The author contends that family reunification programmes have been full of problems of ungrounded methodologies as well as a lack of response to the growth of urbanisation, and an understanding of the complex and diverse urban context. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20146

Investing in children of the Islamic world
Produced by: United Nations (UN) Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2005)
This report asks whether we are fulfilling our commitment to children. It reviews the situation of children in 57 Muslim countries, assesses progress in the areas of health, education, child protection and HIV and AIDS, and identifies necessary action. The paper includes statistical tables with indicators on background indicators, healthy lives, HIV and AIDS, education, protection and economics. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20121

Beyond the Fire – Global
This online interactive educational project features the stories of 15 teen refugees from 7 war zones (Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Bosnia and Kosovo, and Liberia) who are now living in the United States. Designed for young people and their teachers, this web documentary features an individualized virtual passport and travel diary, war zone timelines, and country quizzes. http://www.comminit.com/experiences/pds2005/experiences-2934.html

DEVELOPMENT
WWF4 & Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s). Decisions made regarding public affairs have always been the realm of governments. In the past decades, however, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) have played an ever-increasing role in the decision making process. For more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051842?intcmp=700

Networking Research, Development and Innovation in Arab Countries
This study is ultimately intended to encourage research, development and innovation (RDI) networking in Arab countries. RDI networks designed to promote innovative inputs can secure competencies in areas of expertise… for more information:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051241?intcmp=700

Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa This book explores the current challenges and opportunities of research for development in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Experts from the region and development professionals from around the world provide a detailed portrait of the research... for more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051267?intcmp=700

Promoting fair human flows: an Arab human development perspective
Produced by: Global Development Network (GDN) (2005)
This article deals with the provision of a fundamental element of the supreme public good, freedom, i.e., freedom of movement of people from the perspective of Arab countries and the role of governance arrangements, especially at the regional and global level. This subject is anchored in the Arab Human Development Report which emphasizes the currently hotly contested Euro-Arab migration stream. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=doc20325

ICT
Livelihoods Approaches to Information and Communication in Support of Rural Poverty Elimination and Food Security
This publication provides a review of the theoretical background literature on sustainable livelihoods, with an emphasis on the "potential of livelihoods approaches to improve the impact of information and communication initiatives in developing countries."...
http://www.comminit.com/materials/ma2005/materials-2528.html

Technologies for Education for All: possibilities and prospects in the Arab Region
Produced by: Academy for Educational Development (AED), USA (2005)
This collection of essays looks at the state of the art of ICT for education and presents five case studies representing the interaction between education and technology from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine. It shows how Arab countries have home grown solutions to their unique educational challenges, and innovative approaches to using technology as a tool to empower and enhance education. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20072

Information Society Profiles for Western Asia - 2003 Within the efforts to assess the status of its member countries in relation to the information society, the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) prepared profiles of the Information Society for its member countries (2003)... for more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/elearning/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051144?intcmp=700

Review of Science and Technology in ESCWA Member Countries: This fourth a series of Reviews of Science and Technology by the U.N. Economic and Social Council for West Asia (ESCWA) discusses four new materials technologies, all involving organic polymers: fiber-reinforced composites, polymer blends, polymer modified cements... for more information: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051233?intcmp=700

GENDER/ THE REGION
Household arrangements and economic poverty: a subjective well-being approach
Produced by: Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico (2005) The paper starts by reviewing the literature on household arrangements which refer to the intra-family distribution of economic resources and its link with economic satisfaction and economic poverty. It argues that a person's economic satisfaction is an important, although not determinant, component of a happy life. Thus, it assumes that the alleviation of economic poverty may imply the lessening of human poverty but stresses on the importance of reducing economic poverty in a way that does not distress human poverty. Available online:
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20169

Contradicting commitments: how the achievement of Education For All is being undermined by the International Monetary Fund
Produced by: Action Aid International (2005) This paper intends to demonstrate the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) role in constraining countries from increasing public expenditure in education to meet the Education for All (EFA) goals and the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The findings are based on research and country case studies undertaken by ActionAid International offices in Guatemala, Bangladesh, India, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Sierra Leone during 2004-05. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC19948

Is microfinance a "magic bullet" for women's empowerment?: analysis of findings from South Asia
Produced by: Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), India (2005) This paper seeks to examine the empirical evidence on the impacts of microfinance with respect to poverty reduction and empowerment of poor women. Its central thesis is that generalized conclusions cannot and should not be drawn; in order to understand the contribution microfinance is making, it is imperative to set findings in the context of the type of services offered and the social and cultural relevance of particular changes. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20236

Cycles of violence: gender relations and armed conflict
Produced by: Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development (Acord) (2005)
This book describes ACORD's research "Gender-sensitive design and planning in conflict-affected situations", carried out during 2000 and 2001 in five communities living in the shadow of violent conflict in Juba (Sudan), Gulu (Uganda), Luanda (Angola), Timbukta (Mali) and the Lower Shabelle region (Somalia). It also includes analysis of data collected in Eritrea and Rwanda and addresses the challenges in methodologies and tools for research in turbulent environments. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20240

Why did economic liberalization lead to feminization of the labor force in Morocco and de-feminization in Egypt?
Produced by: Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR), Tunisia (2004)
The purpose of this paper is to explain the different trajectories followed by Egypt and Morocco with regards to feminization of the labor force. While both have experienced significant informalization of their labor markets, Morocco has undergone noteworthy feminization of its work force, while Egypt (excepting the civil service) has largely de-feminized. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20190

A Gender Jihad For Islam's Future
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~itemId=1050960?intcmp=905&intcmp=905
Gender and the Digital Economy - Perspectives from the Developing World
New book edited by CECILIA NG, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok and SWASTI MITTER, International Consultant on ICT and Gender. - In the global discourse on ICTs, the concern so far has primarily been outsourcing and the loss of service sector for more information:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1051797?intcmp=700

Beyond access: transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education
Produced by: Oxfam (2005)
This book focuses on transforming policy and practice to promote equitable processes in education, in response to the need for equality, quality, and justice for all. It considers the significance of gender equality in education, and the ways in which gender inequality relates to other sources of division and conflict in society. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC19898

EDUCAITON
Education For All Global Monitoring Report 2006: literacy for life
Produced by: Education for All, UNESCO (2005)
This fourth edition of the EFA Global Monitoring Report focuses on literacy. The report measures the world's progress towards achieving the six Education For All goals, and especially the neglected one of universal literacy. It stresses the urgency of devoting increased policy attention and resources to literacy, emphasizing the profound benefits it confers on individuals, communities and nations. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20151

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