{"product_id":"women-and-ict-in-africa-and-the-middle-east-changing-selves-changing-societies-9781783600427","title":"Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkable book offers a diversity of rich case studies of women using ICT for empowerment in Africa and the Middle East within contexts which are normally male-dominated in their norms and values. The book is a valuable antidote to both technological utopianism and dystopianism, and should be required reading for those interested in ICT and development, both women and men. * Geoff Walsham, emeritus professor of information systems, University of Cambridge *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a rich, challenging and rewarding read for anyone interested in better understanding the role of ICT in women's empowerment. This book offers reasons to be optimistic about the transformative potential of ICT without losing sight of the power structures in which they are embedded. * Martin Scott, author of Media and Development *\u003cbr\u003eTechnology supports transformation, a connection not to be merely assumed but examined, and the evidence in this book is coherently and convincingly communicated. Balanced and brave, realistic yet hopeful, and data-based while human-centered, this book epitomizes excellence. * Michael Quinn Patton, co-author of Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is far from the usual hyperbole about the wondrous transformation that ICT can make in women's lives. The transformations are there, but so too are the trials at the intersection of ICT, gender and society. The individual chapters by researchers from both Africa and the Middle East are fascinating for their insights and for the complexities that they reveal. * Nancy Hafkin *\u003cbr\u003eThis book, written by researchers from African and Arab countries, reveals new challenges regarding the decolonization of these regions and the liberation of both women and men. * Nawal El Saadawi *\u003cbr\u003eA valuable book offering innovative new ways of approaching the impact of ICT on gender relations in the Middle East and Africa. Weaving together issues of women's empowerment and freedom, as well as the fight against violence, the book opens up new avenues of personal and social transformation and uncovers challenging new female voices. * Professor Fatima Sadiqi, University of Fez, and director of the Isis Center for Women and Development *\u003cbr\u003eHow do women use information and computer technologies to empower themselves and contribute to social development? In this welcome addition to the growing literature in the field of women, development and ICT, a range of case studies elucidate both the emancipatory nature of ICT and the formidable structural and cultural obstacles that remain. * Professor Valentine M. Moghadam, Northeastern University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword - Matthew L. Smith    Introduction - Ineke Buskens    Part I: Agentic ICT Use: The Aspiration for Emancipation Versus the Power of Gender Traditions    1. Healthy Women, Healthy Society: ICT and the Need for Women's Empowerment in Yemen - Ahlam Hibatulla Ali, Huda Ba Saleem, Nada Al-Syed Hassan Ahmed, Nagat Ali Muqbil and Abeer Shaef Abdo Saeed    2. Computer Proficiency and Women's Empowerment: Gendered Experiences of ICT at the University of Khartoum - Amel Mustafa Mubarak    3. Towards Non-Gendered ICT Education: The Hidden Curriculum at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe - Buhle Mbambo-Thata and Sibonile Moyo    4. Equal Opportunities on an Unequal Playing Field: The Potential for Social Shange in the ICT Workplace - Salome Omamo and Edna R. Aluoch    5. Can New Practice Change Old Habits? ICT and Female Politicians' Decision-Making in Senegal - Ibou Sané    6. Personal Expansion Versus Traditional Gender Stereotypes: Tunisian University Women and ICT - Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine    7. Hiba's Quest for Freedom: ICT and Gender-Based Violence in Yemen - Rokhsana Ismail and Radia Shamsher Wajed Ali     Part II: Developing Critical Voice in and Through Safe ICT-Created Space    8. ICT in a time of Sectarian Violence: Reflections from Kafanchan, Northern Nigeria - Kazanka Comfort and John Dada    9. Disconnecting From and in the Public Sphere, Connecting Online: Young Egyptian Women Expand Their Self-Knowing Beyond Cultural and Body-Image Dictates - Mervat Foda and Anne Webb    10. Teenage Girls' Sexting in Cape Town, South Africa: A Child-Centred and Feminist Approach - Jocelyn Muller    11. Of Browsing and Becoming: Young Yemeni Women Enhance Their Self-Awareness and Leadership Capacities - Zahra Al-Saqqaf    12. ICT in the Search for Gender Freedoms: Jordanian University Students Think, Talk and Change - Arwa Oweis    13. Scheherazades of Today: Young Palestinian Women Use Technology to Speak Up and Effect Change - Vera Baboun    14. Jordanian Bloggers: A Journey of Speaking Back to the Politics of Silence, Shame and Fear - Rula Quawas     Part III: ICT- Enhanced Relating and Becoming: Personal and Social Transformation    15. Sex, Respect and Freedom From Shame: Zambian Women Create Space for Social Change Through Social Networking - Kiss Brian Abraham    16. Ancient Culture and New Technology: ICT and a Future Free from FGM\/C for Girls in Sudan - Einas Mahdi Ahmed Mahdi and Ineke Buskens    17. Finding New Meaning, Creating New Connections: ICT Empowers Mothers of Children with Special Needs in Egypt - Nagwa Abdel Meguid    18. Serving Self and Society: Female Radio Presenters in Uganda Effect Social Change - Susan Bakesha    19. Challenging the Silence, Secrecy and Shame: Transforming ICT's Role in Increasing Pre-Marital Sex in Sudan - Ikhlas Ahmed Nour Ibrahim    20. Reviving the Power of Community: How Radio Rurale Femme de Mbalmayo in Cameroon Became a Catalyst for Equality and Democracy - Gisele Mankamte Yitamben    21. Transforming Relationships and Co-Creating New Realities: Landownership, Gender and ICT in Egypt - Saneya El-Neshawy     Part IV: Methodology    22. Research Methodology for Personal and Social Transformation: Purpose-Aligned Action Research, Intentional Agency and Dialogue - Ineke Buskens     Notes on Contributors    Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412077486423,"sku":"9781783600427","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-ict-in-africa-and-the-middle-east-changing-selves-changing-societies-9781783600427","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}