Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East : Changing Selves, Changing Societies.
The most comprehensive analysis available on the link between ICT and women''s empowerment.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Front cover; About the editors; More praise for Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The time and space we live in; Research for the purpose of social transformation; Gender and ICT4D research: conforming, reforming and transforming; Researching for or researching with?; This book; The chapters; Part one -- Agentic ICT use: the aspiration for emancipation versus the power of gender traditions; Part two -- Developing critical voice in and through safe ICT-created space. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Part three -- ICT-enhanced relating and becoming: personal and social transformationThe seeds of transformation in connection; Notes; References; ONE Agentic ICT use: the aspiration for emancipation versus the power of gender traditions; 1 Healthy women, healthy society: ICT and the need for women's empowerment in Yemen; Introduction; Study rationale; Research approach; Findings from the pre- and post-intervention questionnaires; Processing health information; What are women's sources for obtaining reproductive health information?; Making health decisions. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Who was/were the decision-maker(s) in the family pertaining to women's reproductive health care?Reflection on the quantitative results; Findings from the interviews; Roles of ICTs in women's lives; A role for ICTs in obtaining health information?; Health decision-making; Poverty; Health care, self-care?; Discussion; Conclusions and recommendations; Notes; References; 2 Computer proficiency and women's empowerment: gendered experiences of ICT at the University of Khartoum; Introduction; Methodology; Results; ICT access and skill: gender differences; Perceptions and inferiority. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a A 'gender-neutral' policy in a gendered contextFemale student computer proficiency; Discussion; Social norms and their effect on capability; Students' sense of well-being in relation to their agency; Implications of women's perceptions of their capabilities and functionings; Women taking the opportunity: greater self-confidence and technological engagement; Conclusions and recommendations; References; 3 Towards non-gendered ICT education: the hidden curriculum at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe; Introduction; Research methods; Results: what did we learn? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Gendered career distributionThe stereotype that female students are incapable of learning programming; Lecturers' gendered performance expectations and student support; Female students do not participate in class; Female students who excelled in programming; Support from lecturers; Industrial attachments (internships); Availability of resources; Rising to the challenge; Computing lecturers gain awareness of their sexist attitude and its effects; Discussion: impact on the female students' career choices; Conclusions and recommendations; References. | |
| 500 | |a 4 Equal opportunities on an unequal playing field: the potential for social change in the ICT workplace. | ||
| 520 | |a The most comprehensive analysis available on the link between ICT and women''s empowerment. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Women in community organization |z Africa. | |
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