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dc.contributor.authorAntonio, Amy
dc.contributor.authorTuffley, David
dc.contributor.editorDr. Andrew Hudson-Smith (EiC)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:25:09Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:25:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn19995903
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/fi6040673
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/64569
dc.description.abstractEmpirical studies clearly show that women in the developing world have significantly lower technology participation rates than men; a result of entrenched socio-cultural attitudes about the role of women in society. However, as studies are beginning to show, when those women are able to engage with Internet technology, a wide range of personal, family and community benefits become possible. The key to these benefits is on-line education, the access to which sets up a positive feedback loop. This review gives an overview of the digital divide, before focusing specifically on the challenges women in developing countries face in accessing the Internet. Current gender disparities in Internet use will be outlined and the barriers that potentially hinder women's access and participation in the online world will be considered. We will then look at the potential opportunities for women's participation in a global digital society along with a consideration of current initiatives that have been developed to mitigate gender inequity in developing countries. We will also consider a promising avenue for future research.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent220283 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherM D P I AG
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom673
dc.relation.ispartofpageto687
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalFuture Internet
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTechnology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGender Specific Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode109999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode169901
dc.titleThe Gender Digital Divide in Developing Countries
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
gro.rights.copyright© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, author. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorTuffley, David J.


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