05166nam 2200853 450 991081107230332120210311111955.01-86888-561-51-350-21816-297866120571821-282-05718-91-55250-399-21-84813-606-41-84813-193-310.5040/9781350218161(CKB)2550000000000834(EBL)3051641(OCoLC)321068837(SSID)ssj0000411406(PQKBManifestationID)12172068(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411406(PQKBWorkID)10356592(PQKB)11500388(CaPaEBR)425606(CaBNvSL)slc00222388(Au-PeEL)EBL434145(CaPaEBR)ebr10286205(CaONFJC)MIL205718(OCoLC)458724838(OCoLC)1119108129(CaBNVSL)9781350218161(Au-PeEL)EBL474795(Au-PeEL)EBL6803660(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z9j617(MiAaPQ)EBC434145(EXLCZ)992550000000000834425606CaOOCEL20210311h20212009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAfrican women and ICTs investigating technology, gender and empowerment /edited by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb1st ed.London, England :Zed Books,2009.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (233 p.)Includes index.1-84813-192-5 1-84813-191-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.African women and information and communication technologiesInformation technologySocial aspectsAfricaWomen in community organizationAfricaWomenEffect of technological innovations onAfricaGender studies: womenbicsscInformation technologySocial aspectsWomen in community organizationWomenEffect of technological innovations onGender studies: women305.42096Buskens InekeWebb AnneInternational Development Research Centre (Canada)NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910811072303321African women and ICTs4047045UNINA