The Internet as a space of vindication for women

Development and challenges of cyberfeminism

Abstract

This article presents the development of the Cyberfeminist movement, within which women around the world, making use of virtual space, have found on the internet an opportunity for moving from the private or domestic sphere to the public sphere, within which are able to make their voices to be heard; in the same way to a place that has allowed them to acquire a greater political commitment and seek to influence, as well in the social reality. On the other hand are been questioned the problems the women are facing when they decide to become part of the society of knowledge, beyond the obstacles such as the digital divide and the cognitive gap, but the possible influence of a gender gap that impacts directly on the development of the cyberfeminist world movement.