Closing the gaps: Women, communications and technology

Development (Basingstoke)

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 23-28

  Youngs, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Empowerment; Information; Patriarchy; Space; Virtual politics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EMPOWERMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0036908438     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 02122448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110400     Document Type: Article

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