Be a Participant, a Maker, and a Shaper As with telephone trees, pamphlets, conferences, posters, faxes, magazines, books, courses, and speeches, we can use e-mail and web sites to further women's equality, to increase women's visibility, and to work for change. Some women online connect with other women and women's organisation to work in their own areas of interest, such as women's health, prostitutes' rights, or violence against women. Other women work to increase women's online visibility and equality, covering issues such as Internet access, women's spaces online, and online harassment. There's a difference here between using the Internet as a tool to work in other areas, and using the Internet as a tool to reshape the Internet itself. Both kinds of work are essential.
Some women start out online by connecting with others to work together.
Other women start out as individuals, working primarily on their own with some contact and support from other women. There are enough women online, working in enough different areas, that we can almost always find support and community as we work toward our goals. Women online can be Internet activists, or activists who use the Internet. We and our organisations are working for change. We are working hard toward our goals, and we are often underfunded or not funded at all.