My Site - IT in developing nations helps women and poor people http://webbuildingnews.net/story.php?id=41315 A study by BCS, the UK Chartered Institute for IT, concluded that the introduction of technology to developing nations disproportionately benefits women and poor people. This runs contrary to the anti-IT-development argument that runs, "The world's poor need civil rights and food, not phones and laptops." It found that women in developing countries, and people of both sexes with low incomes or poo... Wed, 12 May 2010 00:19:06 PDT en