ABSTRACT
One of the expressions of feminism in Cuba is women’s growing interest in the access and subversive use of information and communication technology (ICT). Cuban society draws from a remarkable technological tradition, which becomes apparent in the use of ICT with a social purpose, particularly in the fields of health and education. Likewise, the Internet has augmented the number of alternative voices which have blown up the traditional paradigms of power—on an island where it is a daily struggle to get connection to the Internet. Their indisputable integration in the contemporary society of the island and the country’s work force has confronted Cuban women with some challenges, but more importantly with enduring gains. Yasmin Silvia Portales Machado identifies at least 88 blogs run by women in Cuba that show a certain accentuation of women’s issues and some sort of gender agenda.
