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Gender and the information revolution in Africa / edited by Eva M. Rathgeber and Edith Ofwona Adera.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on "African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future" (1998 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in development--Africa--Congresses.
- Women in development.
- Information technology--Africa--Congresses.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, ON, Canada : International Development Research Centre, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Information is universally acknowledged to be a lynchpin of sustainable and equitable development. In Africa, however, access to information is limited, and especially so for rural women. The new information and communication technologies (ICTs), centred mostly on the Internet, provide potential to redress this imbalance. The essays in this book examine the current and potential impact of the ICT explosion in Africa. They focus specifically on gender issues and analyze the extent to which women's needs and preferences are being served. The authors underscore the need for information to be made directly relevant to the needs of rural women, whether in the areas of agriculture, health, microenterprise, or education. They argue that it is not enough for women simply to be passive participants in the development of ICTs in Africa. Women must also be decision-makers and actors in the process of using the new ICTs to accelerate African economic, social, and political development.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Chapter 1 Convergence of Concepts: Gender and ICTs in Africa""; ""Chapter 2 Women, Men, and ICTs in Africa: Why Gender Is an Issue""; ""Chapter 3 Getting Gender into African ICT Policy: A Strategic View""; ""Chapter 4 Application of ICTs in Africa's Agricultural Sector: A Gender Perspective""; ""Chapter 5 Rethinking Education for the Production, Use, and Management of ICTs""; ""Chapter 6 Expanding Women's Access to ICTs in Africa""; ""Chapter 7 ICTs as Tools of Democratization: African Women Speak Out""
- ""Chapter 8 Enhancing Women's Participation in Governance: The Case of Kakamega and Makueni Districts, Kenya""""Appendix 1 Contributing Authors""; ""Appendix 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations""
- Notes:
- "Most of the chapters in this volume were presented at an international conference, African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future, which was held from 28 April to 1 May 1998, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia."--p. ix.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-84986-X
- 9786610849864
- 1-55250-282-1
- OCLC:
- 45190346
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