THE EXCHANGE • Peace Corps’ Women in Development Newsletter
Gender Roles and ICT • September 2001 • 1
ICT – September 2001
VOLUME NO. 35
Peace Corps’ Women in Development Newsletter
Peace Corps • Paul D. Covrdell Peace Corps Headquarters • 1111 20th Street, NW • Washington, DC 20526 USA • www.peacecorps.gov
Inside
• Letter From the Editors ............... 2
• Questions and Answers ................ 2
• WID Reviews in ICE .................... 3
• ICT: Creating New Opportunities
for Women and Girls .................... 4
• Girls in Ghana
Get Computerized ........................ 6
• Jordan Opens Its First
Community Center ....................... 7
• Creating Networks to
Recycle ICT Hardware ................ 8
• Engendering Development:
“The Bigger Picture” ................. 12
• How to Search for
Information on the Web ............. 14
• A Camp GLOW Mosaic ............. 16
• International Women’s Day
and TODTW Day ....................... 19
• Apprenticeships and
Businesses .................................... 24
• Women’s Roles in Agriculture ... 26
• Increasing Awareness
About Deaf Culture .................... 28
HIGH TECH FUTURES: Girls’ Club members in Ghana learn about computers at the
District Assembly office as part of an information technology field trip.
Photo provided by: Trevor Harmon/PCV
Girls in Ghana Get Computerized
By Trevor Harmon/PCV
Girls in Ghana continues on page 10
“What is all this...singing?” asked the
schoolmaster, squinting through his spec-
tacles at eleven young women huddled
around a laptop. “I thought you were teach-
ing them computers.” The girls ended their
song — something about sending your
daughter to school — and he watched
closely as one of them tapped a key. Instantly
the room filled with a digital recording of
their voices, piped through the laptop’s tiny
speakers.
“But I am teaching them computers,” I
replied. The schoolmaster seemed per-
plexed, then frustrated, and finally said,
“Please tell them to reduce the noise. They
are disturbing my work.” As he turned to
leave, anoth