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 Top 10 women of technology
To celebrate International Women's Day Shaun and I decided to devote the Top 10 to women who have been pivotal in the development of the computing world.
    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20100313/ttc-top-10-women-of-technology-6315470.html
 
 Paroles aux jeunes
Le présent rapport propose un compte-rendu de la Consultation nationale "Parole aux jeunes" lancée par la Défenseure des enfants auprès de 2500 jeunes de métropole et d'outre-mer âgés de 8 à 18 ans. Cet état des lieux porte sur dix questions de société qui concernent directement les jeunes : la famille, l'éducation, la justice, les violences, les discriminations, la santé, le handicap, la précarité, l'expression et la participation, la vie privée et internet.
 
 Is Technology Destroying Our Relationships? by Advice Maven
Our ability to connect more easily to the rest of the world seems to have left many people less connected in their real life relationships. Click on the link below to read the full article:
    http://www.luvemorleavem.com/blog/2009/10/04/technology-relationships/
 
 The No Nonsence Guide to Women's Rights
By Nikki Van der Gaag.2004 How much has life really changed for women during the last decade? Has the women's movement affected women all over the world? Nikki van der Gaag answers these questions with hard, sometimes disturbing, evidence.
    http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1844675025&id=p-9sQyrQgdoC&dq=women%27s+rights+lebanon
 
 Maximum Network Security
By Chris Jordan 2004. "Maximum Network Security" takes a different approach and delves into the technical details of how crackers probe a network for its weak points and the orchestrate an attack.
    http://www.holbornbooks.co.uk/details.aspx?sn=1239862
 
 'The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter
By Katherine Ellison 2005. What if being a mother actually makes you smarter? That’s exactly what new research into this little explored topic has shown...
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7758824
 
 Working moms: You can do it all!
By Carol Evans 2006 “This Is How We Do It: The Working Mothers’ Manifesto,” she gives firsthand accounts of working mothers who reveal their innovative solutions to successfully balancing their careers and their families...
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12632367/
 
 Great Answers! Great Questions! For Your Job Interview
by Jay A. Block, Michael Betrus.2004 Great Answers! Great Questions! For Your Job Interview prepares readers for anything that might come their way during that all important interview. Practical strategies for online job searching .Expert advice on telephone interviews, physical presentation, following up the interview, and salary negotiation .
    http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0071433171&id=NhgcGcKWXbkC&dq=job%27s+interview
 
 The UN Women Watch Initiative
This websites features articles of interest to women issues. In particular, the following is a link to the UNDP Women’s Newsletter where two very interesting interviews were featuredwww.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/network/Network-vol7-4.pdf

    http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
 
 BRIDGE
BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online.

    http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/
 
 Publications of UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme
Very e-interesting reports are always available on this page. In particular, the UNDP-APDIP's ICT4D Series emphasizes developmental and policy aspects of ICT including and the use of ICTs by targeted communities. 

    http://www.apdip.net/publications/
 
 Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon's CS Department has conducted research on the paucity of women in the school's computer-science and engineering academic programs. The department web site contains a series of research papers on this topic.
    http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~women/
 
 Women in the Information Age Project
A project of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, this site contains research on the gender gap in technology.
    www.ksg.harvard.edu/witia
 
 American Association for University Women (AAUW)
The AAUW has a range of research publications on the topic of girls, computers, and science.
    http://www.aauw.org
 
 American Association for the Advancement of Science
The association and the related site http://www.eurekalert.org/ contain interesting and useful articles and topics (not all related to Gender issues!)
    http://www.aaas.org/
 
 101 creative ways to use ICT in your teaching
101 creative ways to use ICT in your teaching .. book from Microsoft : free download. Download this free booklet to discover 101 creative ways to use ICT in your teaching. Covering most subject areas and key stages, you will find a host of teacher-tested ideas to inspire your pupils so that they may realise their full potential.
    http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/default.mspx
 
 
   
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