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URUGUAY: Schoolgirls Access Computers but Can’t Shake Gender Stereotypes
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 12:38pm
MONTEVIDEO, Jul 30 (IPS) - The girls who attend the school of Villa García, a township on the outskirts of the Uruguayan capital, are still playing dolls and dress up - only now they do it on their laptop computers.
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Q&A: "Massive Transfer of Power to the Poor" Needed In Crisis
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 12:38pm
LA PAZ, Jul 8 (IPS) - Innovative solutions at a time of crisis, extending services and technology to the poor and building democracy around the initiatives of ordinary citizens are the prescription to combat poverty that Roberto Haudry, head of IFAD for the Andean subregion, would suggest to Latin American governments.
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TRADE-MAURITIUS: Paradise Island, Pirates’ Den
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 12:38pm
PORT LOUIS, Jun 25 (IPS) - Pirated goods - from music and vehicle parts to clothes, perfumes and software - are sold at ridiculously low prices on the streets or in local shops. This is big business in the paradise-like island state of Mauritius.
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