Importance of women's political empowerement - Gurmai Zita

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Edit Herczog Importance of women's political empowerment Political empowerment of women through digitalisation Closing the gender GAP is a continuous challenge for politicians who believe in solidarity, equal opportunities and social mobility. While several success stories are reported of women leaders, the economic crisis, the demographic challenges, the environmental changes and the latest political trends, the rise of the right and extreme right movements are pushing us back. Although in the last 30 years, a new threat has been shadowing the gender issue: the application and the access to ICT technologies. This has got a little attention so far from researchers, but we all feel that the accumulated effect of the lack of women in professions like entrepreneurs, professional ICT experts or political decision-makers is causing a fast growing GAP. There is a unique negative consequence of this, namely the growing age GAP. The younger generation is "internet native", while the older generation is only "internet immigrant" or even "internet illiterate". The different levels of using ICT based technology plays a major role in the increased misunderstanding between youth and a political class, including women. The long term consequences are easier to imagine if you examine how much the ICT means contributed to the Arab Spring: The use of simple mobile phones accelerated political movements more vertically than before. Or if you realise that on the other side of the world the full Occupy Movement in Wall Street was also ICT organised. So the question is the following: Are we OK with it if the ICT technology originating from a simple garage will remain an exclusively male, especially young male opportunity? The answer is clear. NO! It's time to wake up and act! 1. The EU new digital agenda will go for 100% universal coverage and broadband access for all households, therefore, we have to encourage half of the society - 33
34 Political empowerment of women through digitalisation women - to maximise their advantages and opportunities from this technological change. 2. Have to promote the ICT sector, a double digit growing sector as a career for women, because most jobs are created here. 3. Have to push for more women entrepreneurs and women politicians with high ICT skills to stay in the race of the 21st Century. 4. Have to concentrate on elderly people - where women are in a higher percentage - and offer them ICT based solutions to make their lives easier and happier (with the help of a photo blog to have all the family photos, or to have access to e-health solutions, for example). If you think it is impossible, it is just one more reason to start today as the GAP is growing every minute. Are you ready? Yes! Then START IT TODAY! Source: European Commission Digital Agenda 2012 More information: http://www.herczogedit.hu
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