BUSKENS,Ineke
African women and ICTs : investigating technology, gender and empowerment / edited by by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb. - ix, 222 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation / Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique : a tool for empowerment? / Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured : a case study from rural South Africa / Rural women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs : a study from northern Nigeria / Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets : caught between a rock and a hard place / When a gender-blind access policy results in discrimination : realities and perceptions of female students at the University of Zimbabwe / An alternative public space for women : the potential of ICT / Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment : the fight against gender violence in Morocco / The names in your address book : are mobile phone networks effective in advocating women's rights in Zambia? / Mobile phones in a time of modernity : the quest for increased self-sufficiency among women fishmongers and fish processor in Dakar / Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi : examining and contextualizing women's choices / Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon : self-taught and independent / ICTs as agents of change : a case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda / The mobile payphone business : a vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda / Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector / Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya : looking in the mirror / Our journey to empowerment : the role of ICT / Epilogue / by Heloise Emdon -- Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb -- Ineke Buskens -- Gertrudes Macueve ... [et al.] -- Jocelyn Muller -- Kazanka Comfort and John Dada -- Leila Hassanin -- Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Elizabeth Mlambo and Precious Mwatsiya -- Leila Hassanin -- Amina Tafnout and Aatifa Timjerdine -- Kiss Brian Abraham -- Ibou Sane and Mamadou Balla Traore -- Alice Wanjira Munyua -- Gisele Yitamben and Elise Tchinda -- Susan Bakesha, Angela Nakafeero and Dorothy Okello -- Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo -- Okwach Abagi, Olive Sifuna and Salome Awuor Omamo -- Salome Awuor Omamo -- Ruth Meena and Mary Rusimbi -- Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb. Foreword / Introduction /
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.
9781848131910 (cased) 1848131917 (cased) 9781848131927 (pbk.) 1848131925 (pbk.)
GBA934520 bnb
Information technology--Social aspects--Africa.
Women in community organization--Africa.
Women--Effect of technological innovations on--Africa.
Digital divide--Africa.
T58.5 / .A396 2009
305.4
African women and ICTs : investigating technology, gender and empowerment / edited by by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb. - ix, 222 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doing research with women for the purpose of transformation / Women's use of information and communication technologies in Mozambique : a tool for empowerment? / Considering ICT use when energy access is not secured : a case study from rural South Africa / Rural women's use of cell phones to meet their communication needs : a study from northern Nigeria / Egyptian women artisans facing the demands of modern markets : caught between a rock and a hard place / When a gender-blind access policy results in discrimination : realities and perceptions of female students at the University of Zimbabwe / An alternative public space for women : the potential of ICT / Using ICTs to act on hope and commitment : the fight against gender violence in Morocco / The names in your address book : are mobile phone networks effective in advocating women's rights in Zambia? / Mobile phones in a time of modernity : the quest for increased self-sufficiency among women fishmongers and fish processor in Dakar / Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi : examining and contextualizing women's choices / Internet use among women entrepreneurs in the textile sector in Douala, Cameroon : self-taught and independent / ICTs as agents of change : a case of grassroots women entrepreneurs in Uganda / The mobile payphone business : a vehicle for rural women's empowerment in Uganda / Professional women empowered to succeed in Kenya's ICT sector / Reflections on the mentoring experiences of ICT career women in Nairobi, Kenya : looking in the mirror / Our journey to empowerment : the role of ICT / Epilogue / by Heloise Emdon -- Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb -- Ineke Buskens -- Gertrudes Macueve ... [et al.] -- Jocelyn Muller -- Kazanka Comfort and John Dada -- Leila Hassanin -- Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Elizabeth Mlambo and Precious Mwatsiya -- Leila Hassanin -- Amina Tafnout and Aatifa Timjerdine -- Kiss Brian Abraham -- Ibou Sane and Mamadou Balla Traore -- Alice Wanjira Munyua -- Gisele Yitamben and Elise Tchinda -- Susan Bakesha, Angela Nakafeero and Dorothy Okello -- Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo -- Okwach Abagi, Olive Sifuna and Salome Awuor Omamo -- Salome Awuor Omamo -- Ruth Meena and Mary Rusimbi -- Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb. Foreword / Introduction /
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.
9781848131910 (cased) 1848131917 (cased) 9781848131927 (pbk.) 1848131925 (pbk.)
GBA934520 bnb
Information technology--Social aspects--Africa.
Women in community organization--Africa.
Women--Effect of technological innovations on--Africa.
Digital divide--Africa.
T58.5 / .A396 2009
305.4