Information And Communication Technologies For Women S Socioeconomic Empowerment

Author : Samia Melhem,Claudia Morrell,Nidhi Tandon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821381342

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Information and Communication Technologies for Women's Socioeconomic Empowerment by Samia Melhem,Claudia Morrell,Nidhi Tandon Pdf

This paper reviews how women in the developing world access and use information and communication technology (ICT). It examines the discourse and controversies surrounding the digital gender divide, including links to poverty and illiteracy. Major themes concerning women and ICTs are explored, such as women in the ICT workforce, how girls and women relate differently to ICT, and opportunities and barriers for women in science and technology in general. Current research relating to gender and ICT is often country-specific and is more prevalent in developed countries than in developing countries. This paper suggests where additional research is needed on barriers to women s entry and access to ICT. The overall objective of this paper is to influence policy dialogue around women and ICT for development by raising awareness of the digital gender divide. Economic opportunity for women in ICT will not be realized until policies address gender considerations and ensure that ICT investment contributes to more sustainable and equitable development.

Author : Ewa Lechman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000438086

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Technology and Women's Empowerment by Ewa Lechman Pdf

The near-ubiquitous spread of ICT offers unprecedented opportunities for social and economic agents, reshapes social and economic structures and drives the emergence of socioeconomic networks. This book contributes to the growing body of literature and present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies impact women’s economic and social empowerment and hence have an impact on overall welfare creation. More specifically, it concentrates on demonstrating how ICT may become "empowering technologies" through their implementation. The book is designed to provide deep insight into the theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as a significant driver of women`s social and economic development. Special focus is given to examining the following broad topics: channels of ICT impact on women's development; the role of ICT in enhancing women's active participation in formal labor markets; examples of how ICT encourages education, skills development, institutions development et alia, and thus contributes to women’s social and economic empowerment, as well as case-based evidence on ICT's role in fostering women’s equality. The primary audience for the book will be scholars and academic professionals from a wide variety of disciplines but mainly those who are concerned with addressing the issues of economic development and growth, social development, the role of technology progress in the context of broadly defined socioeconomic progress. Chapters 1 and 3 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Ewa Lechman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000437942

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Technology and Women's Empowerment by Ewa Lechman Pdf

The near-ubiquitous spread of ICT offers unprecedented opportunities for social and economic agents, reshapes social and economic structures and drives the emergence of socioeconomic networks. This book contributes to the growing body of literature and present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies impact women’s economic and social empowerment and hence have an impact on overall welfare creation. More specifically, it concentrates on demonstrating how ICT may become "empowering technologies" through their implementation. The book is designed to provide deep insight into the theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as a significant driver of women`s social and economic development. Special focus is given to examining the following broad topics: channels of ICT impact on women's development; the role of ICT in enhancing women's active participation in formal labor markets; examples of how ICT encourages education, skills development, institutions development et alia, and thus contributes to women’s social and economic empowerment, as well as case-based evidence on ICT's role in fostering women’s equality. The primary audience for the book will be scholars and academic professionals from a wide variety of disciplines but mainly those who are concerned with addressing the issues of economic development and growth, social development, the role of technology progress in the context of broadly defined socioeconomic progress. Chapters 1 and 3 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Pankaj Dhaundiyal,Sana Moid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Communication
ISBN : 1668461188

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ICT as a Driver of Women's Social and Economic Empowerment by Pankaj Dhaundiyal,Sana Moid Pdf

"This book contributes to the growing body of literature and present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies impact women's economic and social empowerment and hence have an impact on overall welfare creation"--

Author : Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848131927

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African Women and ICTs by Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb Pdf

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.

Author : M. RAZIYA PARVIN
Publisher : MJP Publisher
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: DIMENSIONS AND STRATEGIES by M. RAZIYA PARVIN Pdf

1. Legal Empowerment of Women: Theoretical and Practical Considerations, 2. Leadership and Women Empowerment: A Theoretical Perspective, 3. Violence against Women: Issues, Challenges and Policy Considerations, 4. Rural Economy and Empowerment of Women with Special Reference to Agriculture, 5. Biodiversity Management through Empowerment of Women, 6. Information Technology and Empowerment of Rural Women, 7. Status of Women in Tourism: Issues and Challenges, 8. Globalization, ICT and the Changing Trend of Women Empowerment, 9. Women Empowerment in Tamil Nadu: Strategies and Systems for Gender Justice, 10. Women in Tamil Nadu: Towards Empowerment with Reference to Human Development Indicators.

Author : Kuruvilla, Moly,George, Irene
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799828211

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Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment by Kuruvilla, Moly,George, Irene Pdf

Globally, women are facing social, economic, and cultural barriers impeding their autonomy and agency. Accelerated women empowerment programs often fail to attain their targets as envisaged by the policymakers due to a variety of reasons, with the most prominent being the deep-rooted cultural norms ingrained within society. In the era of globalization, empowerment of women demands new approaches and strategies that encourage the mainstreaming of gender equality as a societal norm. The Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment is a critical scholarly publication that examines global gender issues and new strategies for the promotion of women empowerment and gender mainstreaming in various spheres of women’s lives, including education and ICT, economic participation, health and sexuality, mental health, aging, law and judiciary, leadership, and decision making. It provides a comprehensive coverage of all major gender issues with novel ideas on gender mainstreaming being contributed by men and women authors from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Gender perspective and intersectional approach in the discourses make this handbook a unique contribution to the scholarship of social sciences and humanities. The book provides new theoretical inputs and practical directions to academicians, sociologists, social workers, psychologists, managers, lawyers, policy makers, and government officials in their efforts at gender mainstreaming. With a wide range of conceptual richness, this handbook is an excellent reference guide to students and researchers in programs pertaining to gender/women's studies, cultural studies, economics, sociology, social work, medicine, law, and management.

Author : Doctor Anne Webb,Doctor Ineke Buskens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783600441

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Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East by Doctor Anne Webb,Doctor Ineke Buskens Pdf

What is the link between information communication technology and women's empowerment in today's development context? How can ICT facilitate the pursuit of a better world? Exploring the rich complexity of the contexts in which they live and work, the authors of Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East offer a multitude of perspectives and experiences, avoiding simplistic answers and solutions. Based on analyses from twenty-one research teams in fourteen countries, this much-needed, human-centred contribution to the fields of gender, development and information communication technology questions, demonstrates and suggests what it takes to wield the emancipatory potential of ICT.

Author : Cecilia Ng,Swasti Mitter
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0761934103

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Gender and the Digital Economy by Cecilia Ng,Swasti Mitter Pdf

In the global discourse on ICTs, the concern so far has primarily been outsourcing and the loss of service sector jobs from the developed world. This book focuses, instead, on the positive aspects of the digital economy as they relate to women in the developing world. It illustrates—with case studies from Argentina, Morocco, India, Malaysia and the Philippines—how economic empowerment through the medium of ICTs can change the position of women within their families and the workplace, even in the face of uneven development processes. This timely volume, which is rooted in primary and original research, illuminates the gender-related facets of the emergent information society while raising key questions about the implications of the digital economy on women`s work and lives.

Author : Okoroma Emmanuel
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783656254874

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Socioeconomic characteristics of women and ICT use in Nigeria by Okoroma Emmanuel Pdf

Scientific Study from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology), course: Agricultural Extension, language: English, abstract: Whereas men and women are both involved in the use of Information Communication Technologies ICTs they are confronted with varying socioeconomic challenge with the women bearing the brunt. Outside observed relative advantages of the men over the women in terms of literacy, Net educational enrolment and attendance, population distribution, women are more productive; women provide greater labour force for the production system, engage in more physical and longer hour jobs both at home and outside the home. Notwithstanding the integral roles performed by women for greater productivity as well as the growing indispensability of ICTs in daily socioeconomic activities women in Nigeria are yet to adequately find their place in the world of ICTs. A lot of negativity still plagues the relationship between the use of ICTs and several aspects of women socioeconomic characteristics such as age, marital status, education, income and occupation. Several sociocultural issues are identified as factors militating against women access and use of ICTs such as gender sensitive norms and traditions, lack of finance, low education, lack of mobility and time. Formulation of gender friendly policies, capacity training in ICTs application, provision of formal loan schemes to provide financial aid to women among others are recommended as measures necessary to improve the situation. Keywords: Socioeconomic characteristics, women productivity, ICT.

Author : Driouchi, Ahmed
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466636446

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ICTs for Health, Education, and Socioeconomic Policies: Regional Cases by Driouchi, Ahmed Pdf

Advancing technologies play an important role in the interactions between health, education, and socioeconomic policies. The subsequent outcomes between these areas require a better understanding and assessment in order to pursue further efficient coordination. ICTs for Health, Education and Socioeconomic Policies: Regional Cases discusses the benefits that can be gained from the interactions between health, education, and socioeconomic areas. Providing a regional focus on the Southern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Arab economies, this book is essential for researchers, scholars, developers, policy makers, and graduate students interested in these specific regions and studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015064707097

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Gender and ICTs for Development by Anonim Pdf

Around the world, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have changed the lives of individuals, organizations, and, indeed, entire nations. ICTs can have profound implications for women and men in terms of employment, education, health, environmental sustainability, and community development. Because of systemic gender biases in ICTs and their applications, women are far more likely than men to experience discrimination in the new information society. In spite of this, resource-poor and non-literate women and their organizations are aware of the power of information technologies and communication processes, and are using them to advance their basic needs and strategic interests, improve their livelihoods, and help them achieve their human rights. Gender and ICTs for Development brings together case studies about women and their communities in developing countries and how they have been influenced by, and have used, ICTs in development. An introduction by Helen Hambly Odame, now at the University of Guelph in Canada, formerly with the International Service for National Agricultural Research, provides a global overview of the issues, and a framework for responding to the case studies. This book, the seventh of these Global Sourcebooks, features five major case studies which examine the diverse ways in which women have been able to make the most of digital opportunities: * e-commerce in Bhutan; * entrepreneurship by women workers in China; * post-conflict communication using radio and ICTs in Sierra Leone; * sustainable fisheries production in Ghana; and * information exchange related to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. The extensive and up-to-date critical bibliography of print and online resources makes this a truly global sourcebook on the topic. Published in association with KIT Publishers.

Author : Nancy J. Hafkin,Nancy Taggart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Digital divide
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111092511

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Gender, Information Technology, and Developing Countries by Nancy J. Hafkin,Nancy Taggart Pdf

Author : NAROTTAM BAL
Publisher : RED'SHINE Publication. Pvt. Ltd
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781678141653

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WOMEN IN ICT: PROFESSIONALISM AND EMPOWERMENT by NAROTTAM BAL Pdf

The present work is an out come of the urge to reach out and explore the inner recesses of personal and employed professional lives of highly technically qualified women. The subject of the study emerged from a practical revelation to the variety of problems and conflicts encountered by women both in domestic and job front. The problem will examined in this study is the social origin and familiar adjustment of women in modern occupations such as teaching, medical, engineering, legal, administration, journalism and IT profession. The basic assumption is that educational achievement of women and their entrance into modern occupation like Information and Communication Technology is largely a reflection of the socio-economic status of families to which these women belong. Therefore, the present study will attempt to correlate the socio-economic status of the women's family with their educational achievement and with their recruitment in ICT sector.

Author : Ndayizigamiye, Patrick,Barlow-Jones, Glenda,Brink, Roelien,Bvuma, Stella,Minty, Rehana,Mhlongo, Siyabonga
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799829850

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Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries by Ndayizigamiye, Patrick,Barlow-Jones, Glenda,Brink, Roelien,Bvuma, Stella,Minty, Rehana,Mhlongo, Siyabonga Pdf

Technology has been hailed as one of the catalysts toward economic and human development. In the current economic era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, information acquisition, transformation, and dissemination processes are posed to be the key enablers of development. However, in the context of developing countries, there is a need for more evidence on the impact that ICT has on addressing developmental issues. Such evidence is needed to make a case for investments in ICT-led interventions to improve people’s lives in developing countries. Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries is a collection of innovative research on current trends that portray the ICT and development nexus (ICT4D) from economic and human development perspectives within developing countries. While highlighting topics including mobile money, poverty alleviation, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for economists, government officials, policymakers, ICT specialists, business professionals, researchers, academicians, students, and entrepreneurs.