Gendering Information and Communication Technologies in Climate Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 1408-1422
Author(s):  
Sam Wong
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Gender Inclusion ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Exclusion ◽  
New Institutions

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have long been seen as a solution to problems associated with climate change. Their effectiveness has, however, been questioned for not taking gender seriously. This paper tries to explain why, and how, women are more constrained than men from using ICTs in tackling climate change. Women have less access to technology information and finance and suffer greater deprivation in terms of land rights. Intersected with the analysis of class, this chapter also examines why poor, working class households are less represented in decision-making in policy design and resource allocations. To address the gender inequalities, this paper calls for a need to contextualise the process of gender mainstreaming and to scrutinise the interplay between old and new institutions in gender inclusion. Apart from advocating gender-sensitive funding mechanisms for needy women, and men, it also suggests a deeper understanding of the agency-structure dynamics and the gender-class interactions in tackling digital exclusion.

The Impact of Gender in ICT Usage, Education and Career

2011 ◽  
pp. 98-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Ertl ◽  
Kathrin Helling ◽  
Kathy Kikis-Papadakis
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Gender is an important issue in the context of information and communication technologies (ICT). Studies show that ICT use is subject to gender bias, e.g. in relation to ICT use and interests. This contribution describes the current situation of gender and ICT professions in Germany and Greece. Based on an empirical study, it shows particular areas in ICT education that suffer from gender inequalities in both countries. Furthermore, the chapter elaborates how gender inequalities develop from secondary to professional ICT careers based on statistics from Germany and Greece.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Nexus between Digital Economy and Economic Prosperity: Evidence from a Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Nidhal Mgadmi ◽  
Wajdi Moussa ◽  
Azza Béjaoui ◽  
Tarek Sadraoui ◽  
Afef Guachaoui
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
New Institutions

In this paper, we try to investigate the contribution of digitalization on economic growth in both developed and developing countries over the period 1990-2020. For this end, different econometric tools are applied on a panel dataset. Overall, we show that the digital technologies seem to significantly and positively affect economic growth in both groups of countries. The digitalization impact level tends to differ across countries. Our empirical results also display that the short- and long-term relationship between information and communication technologies and economic growth is well documented. Such results can be useful for policymakers to enhance the digital economy and provide novel channels to develop adequate policies and promote new institutions. So, benefits from digitalization can lead to realize substantial economic growth.

Community Informatics, Civil Society & Capability Approaches Converging to Cope With ‘Bifurcation Challenges’ in Current Societal Development

2011 ◽  
pp. 336-345
Author(s):  
Peter Crowley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter maps out various ‘bifurcation challenges’ to societal development, such as, (a) climate change (b) demographic change (c) the increasing urbanisation of society and (d) ‘food security.’ The research encapsulates a basic Human Rights approach to foster the acquirement of the necessary ‘capabilities’ to make informed discriminate choices, with regard to one’s personal development and to one’s community of reference. It further offers a concept of Civil Society of committed individuals, facilitating the discovery of new aspects of their identity, through their commitment to societal development. The three main concepts, in this chapter: 1. The ‘Community Informatics’ Concept, 2. The ‘Civil Society’ Concept and 3. The ‘Capabilities’ Concept, could, with the aid of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), converge, to cope with the current discernable bifurcation challenges to societal development.

Information and Communication Technologies for the Good Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 1709-1718
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Further Development

The appearance of notions of a “good society” does not come as a surprise, given the recent crises in the fields of economy, the financial markets, or the climate change. These notions play a decisive role in the context of implementing ICTs. This chapter contends that ICTs – like any technology – make sense in the context of normative visions only that make technology a means to an end. The vision of a good society must nowadays refer to the global challenges confronting the further development of societies. In doing so it identifies ICTs as facilitators of the advent of a Global Sustainable Information Society which makes ICTs meaningful or it classifies them as meaningless gadgets or even as detrimental for designing the future. It is Gunilla Bradley who can take credit for devoting her lifework to raising awareness of the impacts of ICTs on humans and the ethical implications of research in that field.

Globalization, Information and Communication Technologies, and Women’s Lives

2012 ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Youngs
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Women's Movements ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Information And Communication

In considering women’s relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs), it is important to look at the historically embedded gender inequalities that exist in the areas of science and technology as well as examining the creative and entrepreneurial uses of ICTs in which women around the world are engaged. The picture of globalization and ICTs and women’s lives is highly complex, reflecting structural problems but also new dynamics that have contributed to empowering women and global women’s movements.

Ways of ICT Usage among Mildly Intellectually Disabled Adolescents

2013 ◽  
pp. 524-543
Author(s):  
Piotr Plichta
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Electronic Aggression ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Exclusion

The chapter explores patterns of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) usage (particularly: cell phones and the Internet) among mildly intellectually disabled adolescents aged 13-17. Importance of leisure activity in life and rehabiliation of the disabled as well as a risk of digital exclusion are also underlined. The strong emphasis is put on an issue of victimization and perpetration of electronic aggression. Data were obtained from the unstructured interviews (qualitative approach). The research revealed several issues related to patterns of ICT usage. The data are presented as following categories: importance and declared range of ICT usage, ICT and its usage for communication purposes, awareness of the risks related to ICT usage, ICT usage and electronic aggression (divided in two categories: being a victim and/or being a perpetrator, ICT usage and issues related to family functioning). Such problem areas are not well recognized in either Polish or foreign literature.

scholarly journals Desconectados e Desqualificados – Os Desafios da Capacitação Profissional EAD de Jovens em Vulnerabilidade Socioeconômica

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (47) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iasmini Bellaver Dambros
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Youth Population ◽  
Digital Exclusion

Atualmente a internet tem sido o principal canal de acesso às informações, somada a utilização das tecnologias de informação e comunicação – TIC. Com as exigências de capacitação profissional para a inclusão no mercado de trabalho, a educação a distância - EAD mostrou-se uma opção para a educação profissional e tecnológica - EPT, adotada pelo Governo Federal por meio do Pronatec. Este artigo visa realizar uma análise a respeito do acesso da população jovem brasileira em vulnerabilidade socioeconômica a tais cursos de EPT na modalidade EAD. Realizou-se um estudo exploratório com delineamento qualitativo, utilizando-se de dados quantitativos a partir de revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa documental. Identificou-se que uma grande parcela de brasileiros não possui acesso as TIC e a internet, principalmente os enquadrados nas classes D e E, público-alvo dos cursos Pronatec. Deste modo, esse artigo aponta a falta de articulação entre as políticas públicas, culminando na baixa efetividade dos cursos Pronatec EAD voltados para o público em vulnerabilidade socioeconômica.Palavras-chave: Juventude; Pronatec; Exclusão Digital. DISCONNECTED AND DISQUALIFIED - THE CHALLENGES OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITY AbstractCurrently the Internet has been the main form of accessing information, in addition to the use of Information and Communication Technologies - ICTs. Distance education, with the requirements of professional qualification for the inclusion in the labor market, has proved to be an option for vocational and technical education, adopted by the Federal Government through Pronatec. This article aims to analyze the access of the Brazilian youth population in socioeconomic vulnerability to the vocational and technical courses in the distance education method. An exploratory study with a qualitative design was carried out, using quantitative data from bibliographic review and documentary research. It was identified that a large number of Brazilians do not have access to ICTs and the Internet, especially those classified in social classes D and E, the target audience of the Pronatec courses. Thus, this article points out the lack of articulation among public policies, resulting in the low effectiveness of Pronatec distance education courses aimed at the public in socioeconomic vulnerability.Keywords: Youth; Pronatec; Digital Exclusion.

The Negative Impact of ICT Waste on Environment and Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 1330-1343
Author(s):  
Walied Askarzai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

Global warming and climate change are growing issues of concern for businesses, governments and individuals. This is so because business activities in particular, based around the philosophies of ‘profit maximization’, play a crucial role in the harming of the environment. Therefore, achieving a sustainable future is also a responsibility of businesses. Furthermore, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and its components are directly responsible for production of significant amount of electronic waste and Green House Gases (GHGs). This chapter will examine and analyze the negative impact of ICTs waste on environment and health. The chapter will also discuss how ICTs can be used as a tool to mitigate climate change and assist businesses reach a sustainable green goal.

The Negative Impact of ICT Waste on Environment and Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 242-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walied Askarzai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

Global warming and climate change are growing issues of concern for businesses, governments and individuals. This is so because business activities in particular, based around the philosophies of ‘profit maximization’, play a crucial role in the harming of the environment. Therefore, achieving a sustainable future is also a responsibility of businesses. Furthermore, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and its components are directly responsible for production of significant amount of electronic waste and Green House Gases (GHGs). This chapter will examine and analyze the negative impact of ICTs waste on environment and health. The chapter will also discuss how ICTs can be used as a tool to mitigate climate change and assist businesses reach a sustainable green goal.

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