Change agency and women’s learning

With ongoing government promotion of informatics and the new communications technologies, there are growing pressures on the community sector to change its working practices – and thus to keep up with the changing social, economic and political context in which the sector is operating (PAT 15 2000). This has particular implications for women’s organisations, which, in common with black organisations, have always been particularly poorly resourced, and for which there are specific issues concerning access to, and usage of, ICTs. Thus, while under-resourced people and organisations are continuing to address issues of great social and cultural importance, they face serious questions regarding the sustainability of projects, working practices, organisations and workers’ energy.