BRINGING JOB PROSPECTS TO WOMEN THROUGH COMMUNITY ICT ACTIVITIES

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BRINGING JOB PROSPECTS TO WOMEN THROUGH COMMUNITY
ICT ACTIVITIES
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VALUES

• WOMEN-HELPING WOMEN

• SELF RELIANCE

• RIGHT TO MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES

• INNER STRENGTH

• FAMILY LOVE AND CARE

• HOME BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

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DEFINITION

• Types of Work / JOB

Paid Work, Unpaid Work
Target Groups
Homemakers, working from home-ners, working women
Most Vulnerable
Disadvantaged Women
Job Prospects at the Home-Front
Free-Lance Work
Piece-Work
Teleworking
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DIVERSITY CHALLENGES

• MOTIVES

QUESTIONS
How do I earn money when priority is my family?
Mother Gorilla
Hungry Wolf
Will I be rich?
Tired Guard Dog
How much can I make?
Rabbit Sleeping Under the Tree
How much time do I need to work?
Scared Turtle
Help.. Me!
Running Deer
What other options do I have?
Cunning Fox
How do I take from these women without them
knowing?
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WHY USE IT?

• Individual Level

Pioneers
Efficient, Effective!
Time Resource Constraints
Homebound- mother of necessity
Allow us to work from home!!
Networking and share info
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WHY USE IT?

• Group Level

Influence from Core groups successful IT
activities
Govts pro - IT policy
Dotcom boom - left out, retraining
Dotcom BUST - Lessons Learnt
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ICT USAGE - CHALLENGES

• INDIVIDUAL

Learning ICT Takes Time
Gender Imbalance at Home
Expensive Hard/Software
High Maintenance
Virulent Attacks,Fakes, Mine Field
New Users
Learning Attitude
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• Cont

Lack Relevant Portal/Activities
Cant See Economic Relevance
Huge Malaysia Boleh! Gap
Social Status Discrimination
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BUILDING WEBSITE

• SOCIAL PREJUDICE

Unknown --- Who are you?
Funny --- Housewife??
Disbelief --- You can?
Skeptical --- How can?
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LACK TECHNICAL KNOW HOW

• Updating Hassles

Pay This B-4 We Fix It
Stolen Databases
Changing Volunteers
Web-Management Problems
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LIMITED HUMAN RESOURCES AND NO FINANCIAL RESOURCES

• Cant Meet Demand For Assistance

Cant Do Follow-Ups
Need To Address Family/Emotional Issues As Well
Lack Control Of Our Own Website
Cant Expand Content, No Interactive Capability
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CHALLENGES FACING US

• Hi Interest To Work From Home By Using ICT

Need Training and Follow-Up Assistance
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INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
Technology Environment
Business Environment
Exploitation?
Lack Marketing Mechanism
Lack Sympathetic and Trustable Clients
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Cont

• GROUP LEVEL

Need End-User Studies
My Fair Lady Project
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LESSONS LEARNT

• 1. Did the reverse of the trend!!

2. Need access to resources but also focus on
local needs and demands.
3. Existence of a viable network
4. Not just IT training. Needs others.
5. Need community empowerment
6. Address technology and reality gap -- Merge
earth and cyber activities
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Cont

• 7. Community-based - conceptualization to
  implementation. Homemakers for Homemakers

8. Very cost conscious
9. Dont put the horse before the cart
10. Need successful models
11. Not afraid to fail.
12. Sustainability is a challenge short,
medium, long term.,
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Cont

• 13. Expensive spread from urban to rural.

14. Countrys position in world market .
15. Quality, quality, quality.