By linking women to content that will be relevant to them, interest and enthusiasm are enhanced, while the experience of being overwhelmed and lost in cyberspace is substantially reduced. Women's initiatives demonstrate the development of woman friendly spaces on the Internet. They come from the experienced need for women to work together, not from government initiative or social policy plan. Their existence and continuing growth have developed from a vision of women's participation, largely in spite of policies which have, so far, taken little notice of women's requirements. This self-help approach is commendable, but it requires a consistent policy and input to become sustainable.
Volunteers burn out.
Women must not be left behind, to rely upon volunteer or minimally paid work to provide access and training, or to rely upon inadequate or no equipment. To achieve equal access for women, we need to build on, and encourage, what has already happened and develop greater access and accessibility. This needs to develop in an atmosphere of encouraging universal access, with special emphasis on women and disadvantaged groups. We need socially aware technological development. While schools are beginning to achieve computer literacy amongst the students, the majority of the adult population have little or no knowledge of new technologies.