We asked a wide range of questions about online activities, barriers, success stories and lessons learned, training, support materials, funding and anticipated needs. Following is a sampling of quotes from women electronic communicators, to provide some context for our discussions here in gk97-gender, and to show some of the many local faces of gender and information technology issues. That's why e-mail is so important and useful to us, now that telephone lines are more available. I agree that electronic communications has a potential for changes and in our continent it is starting to change the way we communicate with each other, discuss issues, get related to one another, get information, plan lobbying, and work in solidarity with others. We have achieved increased participation in the broader women's movement at a national and international level.
Most people find it impossible to fax or phone in.
Courier services take 2 days from the nearest city. So E-mail for us, is contact with the outside world more than anything else. The only negativity is being afraid to start a Listserv or chatroom or conference or newsgroup because I don't want to deal with people who are hostile to feminism, and my work is absolutely feminist. It'll take so much energy to respond appropriately. I can only spend a certain amount of time online each day, and do not want to be swamped by difficult types.