Missing Links: Gender Equity in Science and Technology for Development is a 1995 report by the Gender Working Group of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology, one of the first projects of the Commission established in 1993, and which features essays by multiple contributors that explore how science, technology, and gender affect basic human needs in rural areas.
‘Missing Links: Gender Equity in S&T for Development’
‘The Uncertain Quest: Science, Technology, and Development’
Salomon, J.J.; Sagasti, F.R.; Sachs-Jeantet, C. and (eds) The uncertain quest: science, technology, and development. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 1994.
UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) was established in 1992 to provide the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with high-quality advice on relevant issues to enable these bodies to guide the future work of the United Nations, develop common policies, and agree on appropriate action.
UN Conference on Environment and Development
UN Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Summit or Earth Summit
UN Resolution on the Use of S&T for Human Rights and Freedoms
UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Resolution on the Use of Scientific and Technological Developments for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
ILO Report ‘Blending of New and Traditional Technologies’
ILO submits a report on ‘Blending of New and Traditional Technologies’ to The UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development
UNCTAD, ‘Women, Technology and Sexual Divisions’
UN Conference on Trade and Development, Secretariat. Women, technology and sexual divisions. Study prepared by Amartya K. Sen at the request of the UNCTAD secretariat and INSTRAW. New York: UN, 1985. UNCTAD/TT/79
UN panel meets to explore ‘technology blending’
A panel of the UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development (ACSTD) meets in the Philippines to explore integration of new and traditional technologies (‘technology blending’) for development.
UN Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
The UN Conference on ‘Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina “reaffirmed the important role of technical cooperation among developing countries as an instrument for the promotion and implementation of economic cooperation among developing countries,” (G77 website) and arose as an effort to become more technically and financially self-reliant.
Sharing Traditional Technology Project UNU
This project, initially supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), later taken up by the United Nations University (UNU), tried to explore how formal science and technology and its associated institutions interact with farmers and other rural inhabitants who have innovated for centuries, albeit in a different way and without the same institutional mechanisms.