website from the Tunisia-based Arab League ICT Organization, whose mission is to act as an Observatory of ICTs for the Arab speaking countries and has had several events lately of which one is based on increasing women access to ICTs in the Arab region for economic empowerment, improved knowledge, and as a means to combat illiteracy.

A book called WOMEN IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY: THREE DECADES OF UK INITIATIVES, by Alison Phipps has just came out in the UK. The book is recommended to anyone looking for an answer why the issue of women's participation in IT and other fields keeps on persisting to read this book.

The Information Technology career is now not happening in the cities only but in the gaining ground in rural areas of the district. And guess who? Women are taking the lead, for a change. Following their urban counterparts, large number of rural women are opting for computers as a career option. The recently conducted training programmes by Pune Zilla Parishad have shown that out of total applicants, near 25 per cent of women have opted for training related to computers.

Surveys indicate that women hold a single-digit percentage of tech company CEO jobs and the fact is that women are enrolling in electrical engineering and computer science courses at rates much lower then men.

The computer assembly class at Mound Westonka High School is one of 12 sites nationwide for a three-day camp intended to get girls involved in all types of technology. There was a camp at Inver Hills Community College last week. The Geek Squad has a special summer mission: Getting more girls interested in computers and computer careers.

World's Largest Gathering of Technical Women in Computing The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) has announced that Google will be funding more than 50 scholarships for women to attend the 8th Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing Conference. These scholarships cover conference registration as well as travel and hotel expenses.The scholarships are available in multiple areas.

The RAISE Project, a program of the Society for Women's Health Research to increase recognition of women in science, technology, engineering and medicine through professional awards, has documented more than 1,000 awards. A resource for scientists and women's advocates, the RAISE Project features a searchable database with information on application processes and award histories.

According to the most recent Taulbee survey for the academic year 2006-2007 [1], 19.1% of new Ph.D.s and 22.6% of the Master's degrees were awarded to women. These numbers represent a slight increase in the ratio of women among new Ph.D.s and about the same ratio of Master's degrees as the previous year.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL EDITION about Computers in the Classroom Changing Girls' Attitudes About Computers.

Warsaw, October 10, 2008
The large - scale international event within the ERANIS Project will be held on 10th of October in Warsaw. The event is directed to most potential organisations from ERANIS partnering NIS: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova and interested scientific institutes and enterprises from European Union.