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Women and Technology

November 4th, 2011

It has been a long time, technology and women as well as knowledge and women are assumed to be two separate categories and are not interconnected. Such stereotypes continue to grow. Women are considered incompatible with science and technology. Then came the stereotype: that technology is not the woman, but a man’s world in need of masculinity. Meanwhile, knowledge and technology of two inseparable things: knowledge and technology to create technology to create knowledge, the two entities coexist and support each other.

Next, how to actually influence the development of science and technology to the construction of women, gender relations and the structure and implementation of knowledge and the technology itself? Is there a gender construction linkages with science and technology? In the midst of a not very strong tendency to link the development of technology and women, is certainly not easy to answer these questions.

The history of science and technology invention (invention and discovery) that we studied often only provide information that the creators of technology and the inventor of science with all the theories advanced his mighty, the philosophers with the results of his philosophical musings that gave birth to many concepts and streams, the rulers religion and even the prophets were men. That history did not show women as inventors, creators, thinkers, initiators, and so forth. No of course not; existence and work of women cut off and removed so that history does not record it. » Read more: Women and Technology

Most Excellent Women in the Field of Technology

October 21st, 2011

Women and technology, once again, like two worlds apart. Many of the stereotypes in the society that finally awakened to marginalize women from the world of technology development. While technological development is so rapid and open up great opportunities for groundbreaking efforts women’s movement and women’s empowerment, women still have not become central in the development of it. Real, women are still a lot just being objects of world development technology, and can not fully utilize the technology plays a crucial role for empowerment.

Would you agree to say that our technology is very masculine face?

First, I want to question the term. Said to be masculine since the beginning of its development, if we look at the history of its development, mainly because women are not in the public domain at that time, just like science. Because of that, then comes the impression that the technology is masculine. Then I ask, the definition of technology that is not what it masculine? Is it because the big machines, and technologies to be masculine? Indeed, the structure of the machine are often not adapted to women’s bodies. Now the car has been mending construction. Back then, women can not drive because his car is not in accordance with the structure of their bodies. If in that case, is yes (the technology is masculine). In terms of idea development, we are going to say, for example, reproductive technologies, most do look masculine. For example, are often so the problem is now in a reproductive technologies: why women are always the object of family planning? Why not men? Not because men do not like it, but because it is considered easier to do family planning in women, because of the biological structure is the easy way if female hormonal regulated. That’s an example. There is the impression that, but we must be careful, do not average out. » Read more: Most Excellent Women in the Field of Technology

Business and Educational Grants For Women

October 9th, 2011

Women have some advantages, for example, women can be very intuitive and they have the ability to integrate analysis and creativity; quality is very useful for startup and expansion of a successful business, as evidenced by the increasing number of successful Businesses owned by women.

The United States Government to provide economic aid from the federal revenues that are common to various recipients in the form of Government Grants, to carry out public support or stimulation, as permitted by the laws of the United States. Hundreds of billions of dollars of funds that are distributed by 26 grant making agencies for approximately 900 grant programs administered by states, local governments and various agencies. This grant was made in order to stimulate economic growth.

business grants for women that are not available directly from the U.S. government, but the government does not provide free assistance for planning, starting and expanding businesses and cheap loans. Small Business Administration provides planning, funding, training and advocacy for small businesses and working with thousands of lending, educational institutions and national training and is able to provide low interest loans. » Read more: Business and Educational Grants For Women