Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: Changing Selves, Changing Societies

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What is the link between Information Communication Technology (ICT) and women’s empowerment in today’s development context? How can ICT facilitate the pursuit of visions for a better world? Avoiding both ‘techno-euphoric’ and ‘techno-pessimistic’ hype this book offers answers.Based on analysis from twenty-one research teams in fourteen countries, Women and ICTs in Africa and the Middle East explores a multitude of case studies – from the Sudanese radio sex education campaign to the ‘Egyptian Facebook Revolution’ – demonstrating what it takes to wield the emancipatory potential of ICT.A much needed, human-centred contribution to the fields of gender, development and Information Communication for Development.