Article: Bridging the gender gap in empowerment of rural households: is technology the solution?
Development in practice. 2021 Nov. 17, v. 31, no. 8
2021
Abstract: Using a multidimensional measure of empowerment that focuses on individual capabilities, the study assesses the role of technology in bridging empowerment gap between male and female decision-makers in the same households. The study found women’s ... ...
Abstract | Using a multidimensional measure of empowerment that focuses on individual capabilities, the study assesses the role of technology in bridging empowerment gap between male and female decision-makers in the same households. The study found women’s empowerment to be correlated with adoption of production technologies. However, adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is associated with a widening empowerment gap. This is attributable to poor women's capabilities, ownership of, and control of decision-making on technologies. The study recommends that ICT interventions should be introduced in a way that mutually reinforces equitable decision-making between women and men in rural households. |
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Keywords | decision making ; females ; males ; ownership |
Language | English |
Dates of publication | 2021-1117 |
Size | p. 1109-1122. |
Publishing place | Routledge |
Document type | Article |
ZDB-ID | 1484991-4 |
ISSN | 1364-9213 ; 0961-4524 |
ISSN (online) | 1364-9213 |
ISSN | 0961-4524 |
DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2021.1911937 |
Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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