Staking Their Claim - Rhonda O. Bautista

Recap: Rhonda O. Bautista goes on to tell about the internet and the access granted to women in the Asia. Most women do not have access to the internet and the cost to do so is huge when compared to our normal costs. It would be interesting to see where the population stands now just less than ten years later. She also talks about how the women in the Asian countries have started to claim areas of use in the male dominated societies. Her main focus is on the group, AWORC, Asian Women’s Resource Exchange. This group has set up facilities for women to use to gain knowledge about a variety of issues; Violence against women, The Status of women, Globalization, Women’s access to information- focusing on gaps among different sectors. These are just a few of the issues AWORC covers for women. They are providing a huge resource in many Asian countries to allow hands on training and education with internet technologies.

Comments: The culture of the Asian countries is definitely male dominated. It is nice to see that there are some changes coming along to help move the gender divide to an equal balance. Granted it will be some time before the women can really feel independent there. It is very similar to how the women have been treated here and really shows how far we have come as a society. I feel that we still need to move farther along to make the genders equal here. Once many of the stereo types are broken, we will be able to move along as a society.