ISBN:
9781552502822
,
1552502821
,
9780889369030
,
0889369038
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvi, 247 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gender and the information revolution in Africa
DDC:
303.4833096
Keywords:
Women in development Congresses
;
Africa
;
Information technology Congresses
;
Africa
;
Femmes dans le développement Congrès
;
Afrique
;
Technologie de l'information Congrès
;
Afrique
;
Africa
;
Women in development Congresses
;
Information technology Congresses
;
Women in development Africa
;
Information technology Africa
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Women in development
;
COMPUTERS ; Information Technology
;
Information technology
;
Africa
;
Computer network resources
;
Computer network resources Conference proceedings
;
Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Information is universally acknowledged to be a lynchpin of sustainable and equitable development. In Africa, however, access to information is limited, and especially so for rural women. The new information and communication technologies (ICTs), centred mostly on the Internet, provide potential to redress this imbalance. The essays in this book examine the current and potential impact of the ICT explosion in Africa. They focus specifically on gender issues and analyze the extent to which women's needs and preferences are being served. The authors underscore the need for information to be made
Note:
"Most of the chapters in this volume were presented at an international conference, African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future, which was held from 28 April to 1 May 1998, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia."--P. ix. - Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record
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