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African Women and ICTs : Investigating Technology, Gender and Empowerment

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2009 [©2009.]

1 online resource (233 pages)

Englisch

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Erscheint auch als: African women and ICTs (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-55250-399-7

978-1-84813-192-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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GND-Schlagwörter: Afrika ; Informationstechnik ; Kommunikationstechnik ; Internet ; Handy ; Bedeutung ; Rolle ; Frau ; Empowerment ; Autonomie ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Partizipation ; Geschlechterrolle

LOC-SH: Information technology--Social aspects--Africa

Information technology ; Social aspects ; Africa ; Electronic books

1. Introduction Section 1: Representing the South 2..Representing the South Section 2:The South in a Global World 3. The South in a Changing World Order 4. The South in a Globalising Economy 5. Social and Cultural Change in the South Section 3: Living in the South 6.. Political Lives 7. Making a Living 8. Ways of Living Section 4: Making a Difference 9. Governing Development 10. Market-led Development 11. DIY Development 12. Conclusions.

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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation -- ONE: ICT tools: access and use -- 2 Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique: a tool for empowerment? -- 3 Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured: a case study from rural South Africa -- 4 Rural women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs: a study from northern Nigeria -- 5 Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets: caught between a rock and a hard place -- TWO: Female-only ICT spaces: perceptions and practices -- 6 When a gender-blind access policy results in discrimination: realities and perceptions of female students at the University of Zimbabwe -- 7 An alternative public space for women: the potential of ICT -- 8 Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment: the fight against gender violence in Morocco -- 9 The names in your address book: are mobile phone networks effective in advocating women's rights in Zambia? -- THREE: Using ICTs: making life better? -- 10 Mobile phones in a time of modernity: the quest for increased self-sufficiency among women fishmongers and fish processors in Dakar -- 11 Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: examining and contextualizing women's choices -- 12 Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon: self-taught and independent -- 13 ICTs as agents of change: a case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda -- 14 The mobile payphone business: a vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda -- FOUR: Creating new realities -- 15 Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector -- 16 Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya: looking in the mirror -- 17 Our journey to empowerment: the role of ICT -- Epilogue.