African women and ICTS : investigating technology, gender and empowerment /: investigating technology, gender and empowerment. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb.
• Other Names: Buskens, Ineke; Webb, Anne, 1963-
• Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Preface Introduction -- Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb 1. Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation -- Ineke Buskens Part I: ICT tools: Access and Use2. Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique: A tool for empowerment? -- Gertrudes Macueve, Judite Mandlate, Lucia Ginger, Polly Gaster and Esselina Macome 3. Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured: A case study from rural South Africa -- Jocelyn Muller 4. Women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs -- A study of rural women from northern Nigeria -- Kazanka Comfort and John Dada 5. Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets: Caught between a rock and a hard place -- Leila Hassanin Part II: Female Only ICT Spaces: Perceptions and Practices6. 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, Precious Mwatsiya 7. An alternative public space for women: The potential of ICTs -- Leila Hassanin 8. Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment: The fight against gender violence in Morocco -- Amina Tafnout and Aatifa Timjerdine 9. The names in your address book: Are mobile phone networks effective in advocating for women's rights in Zambia? -- Kiss Abraham Part III: Using ICTs: Making Life Better?10. Mobile phones in a time of modernity: The quest for increased self-sufficiency amongst women fishmonger and fish processors in Dakar -- Ibou Sane and Mamadou Balla Traore 11. Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: Examining and contextualizing women's choices -- Alice Wanjira Munyua 12. Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon: self-taught and independent -- Gisele Yitamben and Elise Tchinda 13. ICTs as an agent of change: A case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda -- Susan Bakesha, Angela Nakafeero and Dorothy Okello 14. The mobile pay phone business: A vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda -- Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo Part IV: Creating New Realities15. Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector -- Okwach Abagi, Olive Sifuna, Salome Awuor Omamo 16. Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya: Looking in the mirror -- Salome Awuor Omamo 17. Our journey to empowerment: The role of ICT -- Ruth Meena and Mary Rusimbi Epilogue -- Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 303.4833082096; Information technology -- Social aspects -- Africa; Women in community organization -- Africa; Women -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Africa; Digital divide -- Africa; Digital divide; Information technology -- Social aspects; Women -- Effect of technological innovations on; Women in community organization; Africa
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848136069; 1848136064
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.