Comments on: Women: The World’s Greatest Untapped Resource http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/06/30/women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource Ideas, Development, Data and Design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Justin Boland http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/06/30/women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Justin Boland Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:11:20 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=62#comment-561 This was a really beautiful read, and it definitely needs to be repeated as often as possible -- thank you for this. This was a really beautiful read, and it definitely needs to be repeated as often as possible — thank you for this.

]]> By: Social Science » Are Women The World's Last Untapped Natural Resource? http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/06/30/women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Social Science » Are Women The World's Last Untapped Natural Resource? Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:47:47 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=62#comment-294 [...] Women The World's Last Untapped Natural Resource? This article http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/62 explores the argument that women are the worlds most untapped resource because in most parts of the [...] [...] Women The World's Last Untapped Natural Resource? This article http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/62 explores the argument that women are the worlds most untapped resource because in most parts of the [...]

]]> By: admin http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/06/30/women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-38 admin Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:09:27 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=62#comment-38 "In the developing world, it’s particularly challenging because empowering women can result in a backlash from men who are still suffering the disempowering effects of multi-generational poverty." @ Barbara, I agree. That seems to be the exact case in some areas where one of Sarah's friends described that exact scenario. Women are given loans and financial support from Microfinance institutions only to be beaten and robbed by their husbands. “In the developing world, it’s particularly challenging because empowering women can result in a backlash from men who are still suffering the disempowering effects of multi-generational poverty.”

@ Barbara, I agree. That seems to be the exact case in some areas where one of Sarah’s friends described that exact scenario. Women are given loans and financial support from Microfinance institutions only to be beaten and robbed by their husbands.

]]> By: Sarah http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/06/30/women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Sarah Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:36:26 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=62#comment-36 We have come a long way in the United States towards gender equality. However it's important to remember that we still have a ways to go. Women still earn approximately 71 cents to every dollar that men earn. I don't say it to whine and cry, "Poor women." I say it, though, to remind us what a long road we still have to go in developing countries--not only in the technology field, but in communities more generally. We have come a long way in the United States towards gender equality. However it’s important to remember that we still have a ways to go. Women still earn approximately 71 cents to every dollar that men earn. I don’t say it to whine and cry, “Poor women.” I say it, though, to remind us what a long road we still have to go in developing countries–not only in the technology field, but in communities more generally.

]]> By: Barbara Sparks http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/06/30/women-the-words-greatest-untapped-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Barbara Sparks Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:10:16 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=62#comment-23 I agree that women are sorely under-representated in IT -- both here and elsewhere. But that's a fixable problem in the Western word -- When I was growing up, a woman doctor was a rarity; now more than half the people in med school are women...so things can change, given the opportunity and the courageous efforts of many risk-takers. I look forward to that happening. In the developing world, it's particularly challenging because empowering women can result in a backlash from men who are still suffering the disempowering effects of multi-generational poverty. I would hope that the opportunities created by an emerging IT industry could somehow be the "rising tide that lifts all boats." My hat is off to those of you who are working towards that. I agree that women are sorely under-representated in IT — both here and elsewhere. But that’s a fixable problem in the Western word — When I was growing up, a woman doctor was a rarity; now more than half the people in med school are women…so things can change, given the opportunity and the courageous efforts of many risk-takers. I look forward to that happening.

In the developing world, it’s particularly challenging because empowering women can result in a backlash from men who are still suffering the disempowering effects of multi-generational poverty. I would hope that the opportunities created by an emerging IT industry could somehow be the “rising tide that lifts all boats.” My hat is off to those of you who are working towards that.

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