This book is a collection of case studies about women and their communities in developing countries and how they have been influenced by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It notes that ICTs and policies to encourage their development can have profound implications for women and men in terms of employment, education, health, environmental sustainability and community development. It makes the point that, due to systemic gender biases in ICTs and their applications, women are far more...

'The different forms of online violence against women should be covered by criminal legislation to provide adequate protection and redress. However, laws are not enough. There is also a need for education, prevention, the development of defence mechanisms and a legal system that is capable of addressing these issues without subjecting the victims to further victimisation. Carlos Gregorio, a researcher at the Research Institute for Justice (Instituto de Investigación para la Justicia) in Buenos more...

'In assessing cyber crime legislation, policy makers and gender and development advocates must carefully consider the implications for privacy and information security. On the one hand, ICT have created opportunities to combat inequality through movements and communities against issues that were once deemed 'private', such as domestic violence and sex trafficking. On the other hand, ICT exacerbate existing structures of inequality by enabling cyber criminals to access and misuse private informat more...

The 100-page publication highlights initiatives that are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to make a real and meaningful difference in communities around the world, no matter how disadvantaged or isolated they may be. These stories on Youth, Poverty and Gender intend to provide snapshots of the learning process that accompanies the introduction and implementation of ICTs in a community development project.

In sharing experiences and lessons-learned, the goal of the publ more...

By Patricia Litho. Is there a direct connection between empowerment and access to information and communication technologies? Patricia Litho interrogates this question through the CEEWA ICT project case study in rural Uganda. She examines the conceptualisation of empowerment, and its relationship with infrastructure, skills, connectivity, access and participation.

'Successful research results globally indicate that there is no doubt 'Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) improve rural people's livelihoods' (IDRC/Acacia Prospectus 2006-2011). In a rural community context, this phrase is widely understood to mean traditional and modern electronic tools that include telephony, both mobile and fixed, community radio transmissions, Television broadcasting, cinemas, computer hardware, software and the Internet that help to access and use quality inf more...

Centre for Development Informatics from the University of Manchester, UK has compiled online handbooks and audio-visual materials on women's ICT-based enterprises, that are available at: http://www.womenictenterprise.org/

These provide advocacy, guidance and training materials on the benefits and risks of women's ICT enterprises in developing countries; including video case studies; enterprise creation and improvement advice; and analysis and advice tools.

These are products of the DFID-fu more...

The handbooks provide advocacy, guidance and training materials on the benefits and risks of women's ICT enterprises; how to set up such enterprises; how to improve such enterprises; and how to support such enterprises. They include case examples, advice sheets, and analysis tools.
The handbooks are available in English and also Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Kannada, Luganda, Luo, Spanish, and Tamil.These are products of the DFID-funded 'Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development' project, coo more...

'In 'A Developing Connection,' seven young researchers from six countries look at the emerging relationship between sustainable development and the information society. The potential of information and communications technology to contribute to a more sustainable world is limitless. The challenge is to bring the policy communities together and help them understand the links. In this volume, some important challenges are outlined—and some important examples of success are highlighted.'
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This book is a collection of case studies about women and their communities in developing countries and how they have been influenced by ICTs. The book is made up of five chapters, covering topics including: (1) the effect of ICT on women’s enterprise creation: a practical example from China; (2) e-business piloting and readiness for rural women weavers in Bhutan: lessons learned; (3) fishers and radios: a case study of Radio Ada in Ghana; (4) development through radio: a case study from Sierr more...