Feminist Approach to Technology Society

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NGO Details :

Name : Feminist Approach to Technology Society

Chief Functionary : Gayatri Buragohain

Chairman : Dr Monisha Behal

Secretary : Gayatri Buragohain

Treasurer : Rambishnu Sasmal

Umbrella/Parent Organization : Sonali Mahila Vikas Charitable Trust

First Registration Details :

Unique Id of VO/NGO : DL/2012/0050407

Registered With : Registrar of Societies

Type of NGO : Society

Registration No : S/62718/2008

City of Registration : New Delhi

State of Registration : Delhi

Date of Registration : 09-07-2008

Sector/ Key Issues :

Key Issues : Information & Communication Technology, Science & Technology, Vocational Training, Women’s Development & Empowerment

Operational Area-States :

Delhi

Details of Achievements :

Major Activities/Achievements : Feminist Approach to Technology Society has been running a technology center for underprivileged girls in South Delhi since 2010 – Have been providing capacity building services to women groups and other NGOs on ICT usage – Have an advocacy initiative to promote participation of women in science and technology

Technology is the application of science for the benefit of human beings. This includes the tools Feminist Approach to Technology Society uses for communication (mobile phones, the internet and radio), the technology that produces electricity, various forms of transportation, as well as the machines used to monitor health. Technology has been integral to human society, from the discovery of fire in the Stone Age to the manipulation of metal in the Bronze or Iron Age. Yet, as in other many fields, over the centuries, men and their inventions have dominated the scientific and technological discourse, while the contributions of women in science and technology have not been much recognised. In spite of well-known examples before us like Kalpana Chawla and Marie Curie, the idea of women and girls “doing“ science is still somewhat alien. One does recall the first “man on the moon”, but does anyone know that the first computer programmer was a woman? It is important that women take their rightful place in these fields too, as they have in many others. In personal, social or professional spaces, women need to engage equally in technology, take initiative for their own learning and be comfortable in understanding and experimenting with it.

A feminist approach to technology is an outlook that questions the existing structures of technology and seeks to incorporate women as equal partners within it. It critiques the design, use and impact of technology. Equal participation of women in technology and decision-making around it helps ensure that widely used technologies do not affect women adversely.

Feminist Approach to Technology Society at FAT make an attempt to question this pre-conceived notion about the inability of women to participate in Science and Technology fields, and further incorporate women as equal partners to it. At FAT has  identified 6 themes that it work on to achieve our goal:

  • Awareness Building on the Issue of Women and Technology
  • Promoting Women in Technical Professions
  • Gender Advocacy in Technology Education
  • Skill Building of Women in Technical Skills
  • Capacity Building of Women’s Organization
  • Policy Advocacy to Bridge the Gender Gap in Technology

Contact Details :

Address : Feminist Approach to Technology Society, K 83B, Third Floor Lajpat Nagar 2 New Delhi-110024 [codepeople-post-map]

City : New Delhi

State : Delhi

Telephone : 011-41004951

E-mail : fat@fat-net.org

Website Url : http://fat-net.org

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