In order to meet the needs of students in today's world, access to technologies must be equally available to all students. Accessibility issues include social, economic, and educational status, gender, funding, hearing, visual, and other physical disabilities.

Describes recipients of the grants in the year 2000.

BBC News Online concerning the international digital divide. Case studies focus on Burkina Faso, United States, Morocco, nd Mongolia.

Grants computers to communities, schools, and individuals to support digital inclusion for underserved individuals.

Works with other groups such as National Urban League, AOL, National Endowment for the Arts to help provide solutions for bridging the digital divide. Links to various foundations including Ford, Kellogg. Offers free on-line versions of reports dealing with technology and access.

International NGO aiming to help people in developing countries use ICT to improve their lives. Has online newsletter.

Many people, mostly those already poor or socially disadvantaged in some other way, cannot or do not have access to new technologies and the opportunities they bring. These people stand on the wrong side of the "digital divide."

Pacific Research Institute director Sonia Arrison says that rhetoric notwithstanding, the digital divide is not a crisis and is certainly not destined to become the civil liberties issue of the 21st century.

Based in Brazil, this organization's slogan is "Say No to the Digital Apartheid." The organization works with and seeks partnerships with industry in provide equal access in all the school. In English and Portuguese.

Computers for Africa refurbishes and ships used computers to organizations in East Africa. We work to bridge the digital divide, focusing on women and youth groups and organizations working for social development.

Texas organization refurbishes donated computers from businesses and gives them to kids to use at home. Good layout of how to do this in your area.

Research and recommendations to encourage the creation of low-barrier content and the careful evaluation of existing content to ensure that low-income and underserved individuals find a wide array of the online resources they want most. An Issue Brief and Action Plan by The Children's Partnership.

Explores the digital divide on a gender basis. Newsletter can be downloaded. Has a link to a discussion.

Information on public television's two part series on the Digital Divide. Links to various sites concerning the digital divide and race, gender, and education. Also has links for educators to learn more about the issue and to implement new strategies in the classroom.

Links concerning race and information technology. Also has links to sites on other gender and race issues.

Sponsored by the Benton Foundation with the National Urban League and a variety of industries, the Digital Divide Network provides links to and information about research, data, resources, and grants available on the topic of inequitable access.

Information, resources, and links to ways to decrease the digital divide. From the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University and The College Board.

Audit/analysis of online opportunities and information for low income persons. Many links to information. Download in PDF.

Explores sustainable business models for bridging the global digital divide. Its Project Clearinghouse is a database of nearly 700 digitally-enabled social enterprises in developing countries.

Very extensive digital divide news portal. Collaboration between OneWorld.net and the Digital Divide Network. Has newsletter.

Online stock trading with a new focus on emerging US companies owned by women, Latinos, African Americans, and other minorities.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration government report on the information technology gap in America. Download in PDF. Has links to fact sheets and charts.

Paper by Michael Gurstein examines the concepts and strategies underlying the notion of the Digital Divide and concludes that it is little more than a marketing campaign for Internet service providers.

Journal article by Barbara Crump and Andrea McIlroy. This paper asks the question, why, when computing is available in a socially situated, convenient environment, at no cost, do people choose not to compute?

Paper from the Morino Institute argues that technology is not an end by itself but should serve as a bridge to ending other types of 'social divides.'

Archive of the Global Knowledge Discussion list. This is the major list dealing with ICTs in Development

This is a detailed case study of extending telecommunications to rural Bangladesh.

US focussed Discussion Paper

Discusses the meaning of "world" in "worldwide web" and asks what the global network really means.

Article by Andy Carvin of the Benton Foundation arguing that the digital divide is the civil rights issue of the next century.

This is a list of resources related to the planning and deployment of information systems in developing countries.

A non-profit group that donates web sites and Internet hosting to organizations dedicated to benefiting the local community or environment to help eliminate the digital divide.

Aimed at facilitating networking among community telecentres worldwide, through the sharing of information, experiences and resources related to practical telecentre implementation and management.

Non-profit organization seeking to narrow the digital divide on a global scale by giving grants of hardware, software, and technical training to organizations in the Third World.

Addresses the digital divide of education and technology in emerging economies.

Explaining the Digital Divide, the exclusion of those left aside the Information Society Development by comparing projects in France & Estonia to involve all in the use of Internet.

Lecture by Professor Robin Mansell on the role media and networks can play in bridging the digital divide. PDF format.

This is a research Foundation working in India on the issues of access to communications for poor village communities. They are particularly interested in supporting content generation at a local level, to ensure that localy relevant information is available on the web for these communities, in a language they can understand.

The rich aren't only getting richer, a new report finds they're also getting wired.

A nonprofit organization whose mission includes closing social divides and understanding the relationship and impact of the Internet on (US)society. Easily accessible site with good resources.

This site has links to groups and organization concerned with information technology and retraining urban workers, equalizing access, improving access in schools.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) site dedicated to fostering technology growth and bridging the digital divide. Information on how to create and sustain a neighborhood network, including funding sources.

Money, not race, is a deciding factor in determining from which side of the digital divide a person will view the future, according to Jupiter Communications, Inc.

Latest news, background on the issues, links and action on the global digital divide from the OneWorld Network of NGOs working worldwide in sustainable development and human rights.

A non-profit organization working to bridge the digital divide by training young people to do web design. Provides economic opportunity through on-line job postings and internships. Based in San Francisco.

An organization in East Palo Alto, CA, offers training for young people, assists community organizations in getting on-line and offers computer access for the entire community.

Support service to help bridge the digital divide for those without access to information technologies in rural Wales.

The San Diego Futures Foundation provides computer technology and services to nonprofit organizations and schools to help bridge the digital divide in San Diego County.

Two organizations, Opportunity International and Hyperstudy.com Pty Ltd, working to provide small loans, on-line education and other resources to the economically disadvantaged. Lots of on-site links to other poverty related issues and services. Click and give site.

A conferencing alliance to bridge the digital divide between historically black colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions.

Research article on the digital divide and infrastructure design in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

Equity and access concerns are addressed based on race, sex, content, socioeconomic status. Links to news articles, conferences, and other site dealing with the Digital Divide.

This is one of quite a few major Portals aimed at this type of "Digital Divide" issue. It is supported by major research organisations in this field such as the Canadian Development Agency, and by large content providers such as the BBC.

From about.com. Article on adult learning and the digital divide. Links to other articles including the digital divide and race relations.

Community for activists, policymakers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide.

Article by Thomas Novak and Donna Hoffman for Project 2000, sponsored by Vanderbilt University. Links to references.

This FAO report outlines the elements of a communication for development approach applied to the problems of rural development.

Latest statistics for Internet access in the UK. In PDF.

UN body set up to deal with the "digital divide" worldwide.

Washington DC area start-up nonprofit organization offering computer science training to community members.

VERCON is the virtual extension work project run by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) This is a full description of the project.

Center devoted to equalizing information access and resources. Links to various projects in the Washington state area. Links to pilot programs such as community investment initiative.

Resources for teachers and students interested in the digital divide. Focus is on K-12, the WTO and e-commerce.

The main theme of this organization is empowering women through technology. The focus is global and there is an international bibliography (dated 1997, but still useful) on issues concerning gender equity in technology.

List of news and discussion groups for women interested in the digital divide based on gender.

December 2, 2001, marks the first World Computer Literacy Day. Over 27 countries are participating in this event to bring technology to those who do not have it. Based in India.

Information on the WEF task force, which was designed as a platform for discussion, coordination and development of digital divide projects. The task force brings together high-calibre representatives from the public and private sectors as well as civil society.

Hewlett Packard's site to assist the rural poor in bridging the digital divide.