African women and ICTs : investigating technology, gender and empowerment / / edited by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb

• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2009; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42096
• Soggetto topico: Information technology - Social aspects - Africa; Women in community organization - Africa; Women - Effect of technological innovations on - Africa; Gender studies: women
• Persona (resp. second.): BuskensIneke; WebbAnne
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: African women and information and communication technologies
• Titolo autorizzato: African women and ICTs
• ISBN: 1-86888-561-5; 1-350-21816-2; 9786612057182; 1-282-05718-9; 1-55250-399-2; 1-84813-606-4; 1-84813-193-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780813603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II