Type of Resource:
Journal

Year of Publication:
2017

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Challenges
- Outcomes and Impacts


Themes:
- Digital Literacy And Skills
- Internet Or Digital Rights and Freedoms

Author(s): Lorenzo Dalvit & Mfundiso Miya

This paper explores how and why women in Dwesa, a South African rural area, learn to access the Internet on their mobile phones. Extensive research in this area was analysed to provide a solid background to a small-scale, in-depth qualitative study. Our findings reveal that rural women can be digitally literate and information-aware users who are deeply embedded in local social networks and use their phone to mediate the local context. This is significant as it contradicts a stereotypical image of African rural women as marginal participants in the information age.

URL
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-61322-2_10

Region of Study:


Country of Study:
South Africa,

Study Quality
High