   As noted in Chapter 4.6 on Labour, it was very unusual for any women to work on tower construction.  This was often justified on the grounds it was unsafe for them due to night work and the distances between the site and their village/ accommodation.  Where women were able to work on tower construction sites, they were only allowed to do certain manual tasks, such as backfilling or moving materials. Perceptions of women working in the ICT sector were mixed amongst interviewees. Given traditional cultural norms in Myanmar, many indicated women and girls should not work and should stay at home to support their families. However, just as many indicated that female workers were excelling at programming and that there were more female students than male students at computer universities, including at masters level. Some stakeholders suggested that in order to protect women against such online harassment or hate speech, the draft Anti-Violence Against Women Law should include provisions addressing these problems. Children & Young People Human Rights Implicated: Rights of the child Field Assessment Findings  Field researchers heard repeated appeals for better curricula and facilities within   schools and universities, especially regarding technology and engineering: • Myanmar universities and the ICT industry were seen as disconnected; many students felt the university curriculum needed to be redesigned in consultation with industry. • The computer and tech university curriculum was seen as 10 years behind, for example teaching students Visual Basic programming language (created in 1991) rather than the more recent successor visual basic.NET (created in 2002). Companies seeking to hire qualified local staff noted skill gaps, and low jobreadiness skills as limiting factors. • Primary schools have not yet integrated ICT education into curricula, leading to a lack of basic skills needed to successfully pursue university programmes on ICT amongst the majority of Myanmar young people Numerous cases of the negative impacts of over-use or misuse of the Internet were shared with researchers, particularly by concerned parents. This was mainly ascribed to the sudden exposure to the Internet without any education on the safe or balanced use of technology. As in many other parts of the world, parents expressed concern about children becoming ‘addicted’ to computer games either offline or online. In some cases this has led to children dropping out of school. As noted in Chapter 4.6 on Labour, occasional practices of reviewing identification to verify workers’ age were reported in fibre cable installation projects, but many more instances of lack of identification cards or documents were described to researchers, indicating a general lack of basic measures to prevent underage workers in fibre and cable installation in particular. • Fibre cable line workers often had to travel long distances from their homes in order to take up work. Due to lack of childcare, and shifting worksites, they would bring children with them. As a consequence children were regularly left waiting in the worker camps during the 10 hour shift periods. CHAPTER 4.8: GROUPS AT RISK 233 4 4.8