Gender Case Study- Technology AMR-APARD, Hyderabad ANDHRA PRADESH

Gender Case Study- Technology  Department of science of technology set up technology parks for women  A group of women were taken to a field visit:  Women’s responses were elicited  Woman1: Technology to me is a bus without seats  I should carry vegetables, goats, poultry to market  I can’t climb the bus to the top  I can stand, but want to carry my luggage in to the bus

Gender Case Study- Technology  Woman 2:  It means cotton cloth to me  Some thing to cover my baby,tie up seeds, fodder, firewood-multipurpose

Gender Case Study- Technology  Woman 3:  I work in salt brines  My feet are as hand as a stone  The protective shoes developed by scientists are hot and uncomfortable  Want something soft light and comfortable  To suit to may traditional attire.

Gender Case Study- Technology  Woman 4:  Technology to me is low-cost, easily disposable sanitary napkins  I can use and make my school going daughter use them, too.  MNC products are expensive  Now a days cotton cloth also not available, synthetic saris are used

Questions about this case study  What role can government departments play in meeting the needs of the women quoted above?  How can this type of assistance be built into existing programmes, projects and budgets of ministries and departments?