Step 3
Gender and Technology Training Guidelines
participants to identify the number of technologies used in each task.
Remember the definition of technology that the group developed.
Discuss how long a woman works in a day. What are the tasks she performs?
What technologies does she use in performing these tasks? How long is a
man’s day? What tasks do they perform? What technologies do men use? Is
there any difference between the technologies used by women and men?
Facilitators note:
Three sets of picture cards are needed, one for each group. These cards are included
in the resource pack. The facilitator needs to photocopy from the available set and
duplicate.
IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROLES PLAYED BY WOMEN AND MEN
(alternative exercise in Session 9)
PURPOSE
TIME
MATERIAL
ACTIVITY
Step 1
Step 2
To identify the daily tasks of women and men in different communities
3 hours
Time charts - one for each participant (see resource pack)
Copies of “A day in my Life” case studies (see resource pack)
Newsprint
Select a case study. Give each participant a copy. Ask someone to
read the case study aloud.
Ask participants to individually list the tasks that the women in the
case study perform on the twenty-four hour time chart. What tasks do
the men in the case study perform? (If the case study does not give
descriptions of men’s tasks, then ask the participants to imagine what
they might be).
Step 3
Facilitate a group discussion on these tasks:
What are the tasks that the women in the case study perform over a
twenty-four hour day?
Which tasks involve the use of technologies?
What tasks do you think the men in the case study perform?
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