Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East : changing selves, changing societies

Part I: Women consolidating gender inequality through their use (or non-use) of ICT? Introduction to Part I 3. Tunisian University women between the desire for more space and the need to be super woman: ICT as blessing and demise - Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine 4. Can ICT really safeguard women's political participation in Senegal? - Ibou Sane 5. Gender-Related Factors That Prevent Computer Use by Female Students in Institutes of Higher Learning in Sudan - Amel Mubarak 6. Caring for the body, caring for the soul? Yemeni women's barriers to use ICT for health awareness and health education - Ahlam Hibatulla and Huda Basaleem 7. Women in the ICT job economy in Kenya: Equal Opportunities in an un-equal playing field? - Salome Omamo and Rosemary Odongo 8. Computer Science Teachers and their Students at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe: Technology, Prejudice and the need for Change - Buhle Mbambo-Thata and Sibonile Moyo Part II: Connection, Communication and Conscientisation: Women Using ICT for Personal and Social Change Introduction to Part II 9. ICT in the search for Gender Freedom: Jordanian university students think, talk and change - Arwa Oweis 10. Of Browsing and Becoming: Young Yemeni Women enhance self-awareness and leadership capacity through gender-informed Internet use -Zahra Al Saqqaf 11. Scheherazade goes multi-media: Young Palestinian women find themselves in telling their stories through Excoboard, face book, radio and film - Vera Baboun 12. ICT to assist Egyptian female landowners in becoming active farmers on their own land- Saneya M. El-Neshawy 13. Promoting healthy nutrition habits and a wholesome body image amongst young girls in Egypt through the use of ICT - Mervat Foda 14. ICT in times of sectarian violence - an experience from Nigeria - Kazanka Comfort and John Dada 15. The power of knowledge and loving connection: ICT combating the stigmatization and alienation of women who bear disabled children in Egypt - Nagwa Abdel Meguid Part III: ICT facilitates the development of Critical Voice for Social Change Introduction to Part III 16. Communicating in a culture of shame: Using ICT to break the silence and the secrecy around sex in Sudan - Iklas Nour 17. Using ICT to question the cultural acceptance of Violence Against Women in Yemen - Rokhsana M. Ismail, Radia Shamsher Ali 18. That the future not be like the past: freeing girls from Female Genital Mutilation in Sudan - Einas Mahdi 19. A Force to be reckoned with: Female radio presenters in Kampala inspire gender equality and social change - Susan Bakesha 20. ICT led community transformation: The impact of the women's community radio station in Mbalmayo, Cameroon - Gisele Yitamben Part IV: Women Expressing Self in the Freedom of Cyber Space Introduction to Part IV 21. A space to relate or a space to annihilate? Questions around the use of MXit by teenage girls in Cape Town, South Africa - Jocelyn Muller 22. Freedom on the Internet: Women speaking their mind and their heart about men, sex and gender issues - Kiss B. Abraham 23. 'Unlearning to Not Speak': Jordanian Bloggerettes Unshackling their Mental Bondage and Shifting their Captive Mind - Rula Quawas Epilogue: Awareness, Connection and Freedom: The GRACE Gender and Development Framework - Ineke Buskens