Gender, ICTs, and indicators: measuring inequality and change
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2013
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Brimacombe, T.
Skuse, A.
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Gender, Technology and Development, 2013; 17(2):131-157
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Tait Brimacombe, Andrew Skuse
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This article explores gender and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of development, by analyzing a range of international ICT indices developed to measure broad access to and use of ICTs. This analysis highlights the relatively slow integration of specific gender-focused indicators into such indices, combined with the weak disaggregation of data by sex. The article also discusses a range of gender-specific indices followed by analysis of some more recent holistic measurement frameworks that help to illuminate how gender sensitivity can be practically integrated into broad-based communication for development (C4D) initiatives. The article concludes by considering some of the practical actions that can be taken to promote gender sensitivity at the program or initiative level.
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©2013 Asian Institute of Technology