Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents their services at youths, women, vulnerable and the physically challenged groups; (c) Implement measures to counter gender imbalances affecting women s participation and benefiting from the information society at all levels; (d) Use ICTs to domesticate and harmonise youth and gender issues enshrined in regional and international protocols ratified by Zambia. 6.11.3 OBJECTIVES a) To increase empowerment opportunities through ICTs; and the participation of youths and women in national development; b) To promote ICT as an alternative career for youth and women in the informal and formal educational system; c) To encourage creativity and innovation around ICTs among youths and women leading to entrepreneurship development; d) To provide a forum for collaboration and exchange of ideas on matters affecting youths and women; To enable full and equal participation of women and youths in creating the Information society. e) 6.11.4 STRATEGIES a) b) Implement special ICT training programs for youths and women; Promote ICT awareness among youths and women and develop literacy programmes; c) Pro the mote the use of ICTs as tools to eliminate all forms of inequalities between sexes; d) Encourage the participation and integration of youths and women in organs and processes of national policy formulation, planning and decision-making through information access mechanisms; e) Promote innovative and start-up (incubator) projects for youths and women as ICT entrepreneurs; f) Promote moral use of ICTs such as the Internet especially among youths; g) Facilitate and encourage the development of electronic networks 47