Welcome to my fifth and final blog post in the series on gender, development, and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In the following post, topics from my previous blog posts are brought together and analysed with the help of academic literature and research to discuss how development practitioners can ensure …
In today’s data-driven world, even essential services are moving to the cloud at an exponential rate. Online services are increasingly offered as the default, or sometimes the only, option. While often welcomed as a positive, inclusive development, a dependence on online services and technology comes with many questions. In this …
Welcome to my fourth blog post in the series gender, development & ICTs. In the following post, I am concerned with the role technology can play in online and offline harassment and gender-based violence, and how ICT can be used as part of the solution. What role can ICTs play …
Welcome to the third blog post in the series gender, development & ICTs. Looking through a gender and intersectional lens, I am concerned with questions of who designs ICTs and who creates the content online while highlighting some initiatives working for diversity and equality. Who shapes the content online? The …
Welcome to my second blog post in the series gender, development & ICTs – this time with a focus on the struggle of mental health issues during the global pandemic. I am concerned with the effects of COVID-19 on our mental health, the potentials of ICTs to offer solutions, and …
UNESCO’s recent report predicts that 11 million girls will not return on school benches after the pandemic. On the International Day of the Girl Child, we may ask: Will ICT access effectively address the inequalities in education? As I discussed in my previous post, access to education has become an ever …
Welcome to my first blog post on the theme of gender, development, and information and communication technologies (ICTs). In the coming posts, I will focus on how ICT4D is used to pursue gender equality in the world while touching upon current topics such as COVID-19, online harassment, and decolonisation. ICT …
