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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791425503321

Titolo

Gender, science and technology [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives from Africa / / edited by Catherine Wawasi Kitetu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2008

ISBN

1-282-90138-9

9786612901386

2-86978-400-7

2-86978-356-6

2-86978-275-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Codesria gender series ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

KitetuCatherine Wawasi

Disciplina

500.82096

Soggetti

Women in science - Africa

Women in technology - Africa

Science - Study and teaching - Africa

Technology - Study and teaching - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Gender Institute 2003"--P. [vi].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Science and technology in society : discourse, perspectives, practices and policy -- pt. 2. Science and technology in education -- pt. 3. Science and technology : the case of one woman, many women.

Sommario/riassunto

This sixth volume of the CODESRIA Gender Series is a collection of discourses, perspectives, practices and policies on the role of the female gender in science and technology, particularly in the African context. Although widely advocated as the indisputable foundation for political and economic power in the modern world, science and technology remains marked by various layers and dimensions of gender inequality that work to the disadvantage of girls and women. Despite the fact that a lot of awareness has been created, and gender issues are now more readily acknowledged by various development