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Title:Information and communication technologies as a tool for women's empowerment and social transformation in Africa
Author:Ochieng, Ruth
Year:2002
Periodical:Feminist Africa
Issue:1
Pages:108-115
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:empowerment
women
information technology
Development and Technology
Law, Legal Issues, and Human Rights
Equality and Liberation
External link:https://feministafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fa_1_gender_and_teaching_forum_2.pdf
Abstract:While information and communication technologies (ICTs) have helped women to make informed choices as individuals and on behalf of others, their impact for the vast majority of Africa's women needs further consideration. Why is African women's economic rate of empowerment still so severely stunted, despite the fact that ICTs have been rapidly circulating knowledge about effective marketing and networking for economic empowerment? The author considers two key factors that reveal African women's marginalization in ICT processes: control over knowledge and the impact of different forms of policymaking. One of the major problems with the use of ICT for development in Africa lies with the paucity of knowledge and information available on the Internet that addresses the needs of the majority of African people; and as a result of exploitative policies and patriarchal dominance, even the few African women who have basic ICT know-how face the problem of not having adequate opportunities to deepen their understanding. Bibliogr., ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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