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Gender and ICTs in Zamibia

Gender and ICTs in Zamibia

Kutoma Jacqueline Wakunuma
Copyright: © 2006 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781591408154|ISBN10: 1591408156|EISBN13: 9781591408161
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4.ch065
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Wakunuma, Kutoma Jacqueline. "Gender and ICTs in Zamibia." Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, edited by Eileen M. Trauth, IGI Global, 2006, pp. 417-422. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4.ch065

APA

Wakunuma, K. J. (2006). Gender and ICTs in Zamibia. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (pp. 417-422). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4.ch065

Chicago

Wakunuma, Kutoma Jacqueline. "Gender and ICTs in Zamibia." In Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, edited by Eileen M. Trauth, 417-422. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2006. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4.ch065

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Abstract

This article looks at gender equality combined with social and economic empowerment within the context of information communication technologies (ICTs). It discusses rhetoric surrounding the promotion of ICTs as tools for social and economic empowerment and subsequently challenges whether such rhetoric does mirror the real situation on the ground, especially as it relates to developing countries like Zambia. The main focus is underprivileged women, especially those in rural areas, and how access, or indeed the lack of it, to ICTs like the Internet and mobile phones does actually affect their daily existence.

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