Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 222 pages)
Edition:
Reproduktion Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350218161
Content:
Foreword /by Heloise Emdon --Introduction /Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb --Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation /Ineke Buskens --Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique : a tool for empowerment? /Gertrudes Macueve ... [et al.] --Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured : a case study from rural South Africa /Jocelyn Muller --Rural women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs : a study from northern Nigeria /Kazanka Comfort and John Dada --Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets : caught between a rock and a hard place /Leila Hassanin --When a gender-blind access policy results in discrimination : realities and perceptions of female students at the University of Zimbabwe /Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Elizabeth Mlambo and Precious Mwatsiya --An alternative public space for women : the potential of ICT /Leila Hassanin --Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment : the fight against gender violence in Morocco /Amina Tafnout and Aatifa Timjerdine --The names in your address book : are mobile phone networks effective in advocating women's rights in Zambia? /Kiss Brian Abraham --Mobile phones in a time of modernity : the quest for increased self-sufficiency among women fishmongers and fish processor in Dakar /Ibou Sane and Mamadou Balla Traore --Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi : examining and contextualizing women's choices /Alice Wanjira Munyua --Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon : self-taught and independent /Gisele Yitamben and Elise Tchinda --ICTs as agents of change : a case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda /Susan Bakesha, Angela Nakafeero and Dorothy Okello --The mobile payphone business : a vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda /Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo --Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector /Okwach Abagi, Olive Sifuna and Salome Awuor Omamo --Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya : looking in the mirror /Salome Awuor Omamo --Our journey to empowerment : the role of ICT /Ruth Meena and Mary Rusimbi --Epilogue /Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Also published in print.
,
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
,
Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848131910
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781552503997
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1552503992
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848131934
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848131933
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781868885619
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1868885615
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848131917
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848131925
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848131927
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848131910
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848131917
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe African women and ICTs London ; New York : Zed Books ; Pretoria, South Africa : Unisa Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 ISBN 9781848131910
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848131917
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350218161
Bookmarklink
