African Women And Icts
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Author | : Ineke Buskens |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2009-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1848131925 |
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Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.
Author | : Doctor Anne Webb |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2014-10-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1783600446 |
Download Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What is the link between information communication technology and women's empowerment in today's development context? How can ICT facilitate the pursuit of a better world? Exploring the rich complexity of the contexts in which they live and work, the authors of Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East offer a multitude of perspectives and experiences, avoiding simplistic answers and solutions. Based on analyses from twenty-one research teams in fourteen countries, this much-needed, human-centred contribution to the fields of gender, development and information communication technology questions, demonstrates and suggests what it takes to wield the emancipatory potential of ICT.
Author | : Ineke Buskens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781350218161 |
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Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.
Author | : Doctor Ineke Buskens |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2013-07-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781848136069 |
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The revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) has vast implications for the developing world, but what tangible benefits has it bought, when issues of social inclusion and exclusion, particularly in the developing world, remain at large? In addition, the gender digital divide is growing in the developing world, particularly in Africa - so what does ICT mean to African women? African Women and ICTs explores the ways in which women in Africa utilize ICTs to facilitate their empowerment; whether through the mobile village phone business, through internet use, or through new career and ICT employment opportunities. Based on the outcome of a extensive research project, this timely books features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics and activists who have investigated situations within their own communities and countries. The discussion includes such issues as the notion of ICTs for empowerment and as agents of change, ICTs in the fight against gender-based violence, and how ICTs could be used to re-conceptualize public and private spaces. ICT policy is currently being made and implemented all over Africa, but the authors argue that this is happening mostly in the absence of clear knowledge about the ways gender inequality and ICTs are impacting each other and that by becoming alert to a gender dimension in ICT developments at an early stage of the information revolution, we may be able to prevent greater scaled undesirable effects in the future.
Author | : Marie-Hélène Mottin-Sylla |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2011-07-14 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0857490311 |
Download Confronting Female Genital Mutilation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Excision, or female genital mutilation (FGM), in Africa is no longer the private concern only of women; it is a social and political issue that concerns both men and women and this book reports on an innovative research and action project amongst girls and boys in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. The project explores whether young people's use of information technology could contribute to the abandonment of FGM. In the age of the internet, beliefs and practices of FGM are shifting, particularly among young people. The results of this project show how, in the era of globalized citizenship, a cross-sectional vision that puts young people and gender at the center of development can produce real change.
Author | : Ndayizigamiye, Patrick |
Publisher | : IGI Global |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2020-10-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1799829855 |
Download Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Technology has been hailed as one of the catalysts toward economic and human development. In the current economic era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, information acquisition, transformation, and dissemination processes are posed to be the key enablers of development. However, in the context of developing countries, there is a need for more evidence on the impact that ICT has on addressing developmental issues. Such evidence is needed to make a case for investments in ICT-led interventions to improve people’s lives in developing countries. Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries is a collection of innovative research on current trends that portray the ICT and development nexus (ICT4D) from economic and human development perspectives within developing countries. While highlighting topics including mobile money, poverty alleviation, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for economists, government officials, policymakers, ICT specialists, business professionals, researchers, academicians, students, and entrepreneurs.
Author | : International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Communication and technology |
ISBN | : 0889369038 |
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Gender and the Information Revolution in Africa
Author | : Assata Zerai |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2018-09-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1351363654 |
Download African Women, ICT and Neoliberal Politics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
How can we promote people-centered governance in Africa? Cell phones/ information and communications technology (ICT) are shown to be linked to neoliberal understandings of more democratic governance structures, defined by the Worldwide Governance Indicators as: the rule of law, corruption-control, regulation quality, government effectiveness, political stability/no violence, and voice and accountability. However, these indicators fall short: they do note emphasize gender equity or pro-poor policies. Writing from an African feminist scholar-activist perspective, Assata Zerai emphasizes the voices of women in two ways: (1) she examines how women's access to ICT makes a difference to the success of people-centered governance structures; and (2) she demonstrates how African women's scholarship, too often marginalized, must be used to expand and redefine the goals and indicators of democratice governance in African countries. Challenging the status quo that praises the contributions of cell phones to the diffusion of knowledge and resultant better governance in Africa, this book is an important read for scholars of politics and technology, gender and politics, and African Studies.
Author | : Edith Ofwona Adera |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1552505391 |
Download ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
'ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction' presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor. Essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and academics in international development or ICT for development.
Author | : Maty Konte |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2019-06-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3030149358 |
Download Women and Sustainable Human Development Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book adds significantly to the discourse surrounding the progress made in empowering women in Africa over the last decade, providing strong research evidence on diverse and timely gender issues in varied African countries. Topics covered include climate change and environmental degradation, agriculture and land rights, access to – and quality of – education, maternal and reproductive health, unpaid care and women’s labor market participation, financial inclusion and women’s political participation. Cross cutting issues such as migration, masculinities and social norms are also addressed in this volume, which is aimed at policy makers, academics, and indeed anyone else interested in the UN Sustainable Development Goal of the empowerment of women and girls.