While advocacy for gender issues in ICTs gained their first international foothold at the fourth
World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, the issue of gender issues in ICT policy has …

This paper reviews debates, approaches, and discourses on gender, technology and
development. The aim is to contribute towards the understanding of the nature, concerns …

The information communication technologies for development literature (ICT4D) has
identified information communication technologies (ICTs) as a significant tool for economic …

Human rights can be understood as abstract norms and values enshrined in laws,
constitutions, and international conventions. At the same time, human rights are cultural …

Significant efforts are being made in both developed and developing countries to cultivate
female entrepreneurship in view of its impact on a community's economic and social …

This paper addresses the promotion of gender as a key component of Information and
Communications (ICT) policy and strategy processes. It discusses main strategies for the …

This ethnographic study explored women's empowerment through programmes of
nonformal education (NFE) offered by Nigerian NGOs using digital technologies. Women in …

Throughout history, women have been one of the marginalized groups, and this
phenomenon can be seen in the field of science and professions related to digital …

Empowerment of women means investing in women's rights with legal backing, and moral
and financial support to enable women function effectively. The empowerment of women …

As the technologies of globalization, especially information and communications technology
(ICT), become more widely available, development institutions have reoriented their …