{"product_id":"remote-connections-to-empowerment-navigating-the-gendered-digital-divide-in-gondar-ethiopia-9783656746003","title":"Remote Connections to Empowerment: Navigating the Gendered Digital Divide in Gondar, Ethiopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alice Apsey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Grin Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Gender Studies, grade: 1st Class with Distinction(93%), University of Cambridge, course: BA Geography - Gender and Development, language: English, abstract: Whilst the development of ICTs in Ethiopia has proved in many instances to be a promising tool for women's empowerment, a \"complex web of factors\" (Buskens \u0026amp; Webb, 2008) that determine access to these facilities has caused the scope of their benefit to be limited. In Ethiopia, engagements with ICTs in education and society continue to show a marked gender gap. To identify the obstacles to ICTs faced by women, the focus of analysis must extend beyond women themselves. Hence, this research has taken a multi-perspective approach, sampling a diverse range of respondents including men, women, youth, University students, IT professionals and government officials. This cross-section was taken from Gondar Town in the Amhara Region of Northern Ethiopia in order to situate the gendered barriers to ICT amongst a broader social, cultural, economic and political landscape. Therefore, since \"ICT usage represents a social reality\" (Wood, 2001: paragraph 5.7), \"a gender lens alone becomes insufficient: other forms of social exclusions [...] have to be considered\" (Rowbotham, 1995:65, Morgan, Heeks \u0026amp; Arun, 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grin Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45553172152471,"sku":"9783656746003","price":3319.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783656746003.webp?v=1767180489","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/remote-connections-to-empowerment-navigating-the-gendered-digital-divide-in-gondar-ethiopia-9783656746003","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}