The following are excellent resources for providing background on the issues before the symposium.

Symposium Preparation

Bolan, Sandra. 2002. “Girls Learn IT Bits and Bytes.” Computing Canada, 28(17), 18.

Bruning, Monica. 2001. “High-Tech Careers Need Women Now as Never Before.”   Women in Higher Education 10(11), 6.

Dyer, Susan K. (ed.).  2004.  Under the Microscope:  A Decade of Gender Equity Projects in the  Sciences. 
            Washington, DC: American Association of University  Women Educational Foundation.

Elkjaer, Bente. 1992. “Girls and Information Technology in Denmark—an Account of a Socially Constructed Problem.”                Gender & Education, 4(1/2), 25-40.

Epodoi, Rita Mijumbi. 2003. “Women in the Information Society: Bridging the Gender Gap.” UN Chronicle 4:36-42.               Retrieved July 16, 2004   (http://www.un.org/chronicle).

Faulkner, Wendy.  2004.  “Strategies of Inclusion: Gender and the Information Society.   Final Report (Public Version).               Retrieved November 23, 2004      (http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/sigis/)

Huyer, Sophia.  2003.  “Gender, ICTs and Education.” For project Engendering ICT: Ensuring Gender Equality in ICT for               Development. World Bank.

Huyer, Sophia.  2004.  “Gender Equality and S&T Policy: Knowledge and Policy at the International Level.”
            Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.  Retrieved July 19, 2004
            (http://www.science.oas.org/english/ev_ini_e.htm).

Jenkins, Edgar W.  1997.  “Gender and Science & Technology Education.”  UNESCO International Science,
            Technology & Environmental Education Newsletter 22(1), 1-2.

Menezes, Joaquim. 1999. “Pay Rates Reveal IT’s Gender Gap.” Computing Canada, 25(31), 11.

National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education. 2002. Title IX at 30: Report Card on Gender Equity.

National Science Foundation.  2003.  New Formulas for America’s Workforce: Girls in Science and Engineering.    
            NSF 03-207.

Randall, Cindy, Barbara Price and Han Reichgelt.  2003. “Women in Computing Programs: Does the Incredible
            Shrinking Pipeline Apply to All Computing Programs?”  Inroads- The SIGCSE Bulletin, (35)4, 55-59.

Roger, Angela and Jill Duffield. 2000. “Factors Underlying Persistent Gendered Option Choices in School
            Science and  Technology in Scotland.” Gender and Education (12)3, 367-383.

Rosser, Sue V. 2000. “Gender Equity Issues in Science Careers.” Women’s Educational Equity Act Digest 2000:3.

Sanders, Jo (1995). "Girls and Technology: Villain Wanted." (Sue V. Rosser, ed.)  Teaching the Majority: Breaking the               Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics and Engineering.  New York:  Teachers College Press, 147-159.

Virginia Space Grant Consortium. 1999. “Women and Minorities in Information Technology Forum: Causes
            and Solutions for Increasing the Numbers in the Workforce Pipeline.”   Report.