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Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh
Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Editors Cecilia Ng and Swasti Mitter address an important and timely topic in their new book. The book sets out to do exactly what the title says; the authors interrogate the participation of women in the Information and Communication Technologys (ICTs) industry, particularly in developing countries. As the editors point out in the introduction, there are concerns that globalization will increase inequalities and asymmetrical power relationships between the rich and the poor. Yet, they are quite optimistic about the potential enabling power of new technologies.
Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh
Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Editors Cecilia Ng and Swasti Mitter address an important and timely topic in their new book. The book sets out to do exactly what the title says; the authors interrogate the participation of women in the Information and Communication Technologys (ICTs) industry, particularly in developing countries. As the editors point out in the introduction, there are concerns that globalization will increase inequalities and asymmetrical power relationships between the rich and the poor. Yet, they are quite optimistic about the potential enabling power of new technologies.
Women Making News: Gender And Media In South Africa, Margaretha Geertsema
Women Making News: Gender And Media In South Africa, Margaretha Geertsema
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
South Africa’s news media are still in a process of transformation after the transition to democracy in 1994. The media continue to face the challenge of ensuring equal and fair representation to the entire population, and gender and media activists in particular have taken up the challenge of bringing about change. Research shows that women have not yet achieved equal access and representation compared to men: they are under-represented as reporters, news sources, and audience members. Yet, in comparison with other countries, South Africa has about as many female reporters as the average reported in the Global Media Monitoring Project …
Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh
Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh
Editors Cecilia Ng and Swasti Mitter address an important and timely topic in their new book. The book sets out to do exactly what the title says: the authors interrogate the participation of women in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) industry, particularly in developing countries. As the editors point out in the introduction, there are concerns that globalization will increase inequalities and asymmetrical power relationships between the rich and the poor. Yet, they are quite optimistic about the potential enabling power of new technologies.