TY  - BOOK
AU  - BUSKENS,Ineke
AU  - Buskens,Ineke
AU  - Webb,Anne
TI  - African women and ICTs: investigating technology, gender and empowerment 
SN  - 9781848131910 (cased)
AV  - T58.5 .A396 2009
U1  - 305.4 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Zed
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Africa
KW  - Women in community organization
KW  - Women
KW  - Effect of technological innovations on
KW  - Digital divide
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -