The Sada says 'we women have our rights': A gender analysis of an ICT initiative in afghanistan

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-353

  Sengupta, Ami ^a   Long, Esther G ^b   Singhal, Arvind ^a   Shefner Rogers, Corinne L ^c,d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Democracy; Edutainment; Empowerment; Gender; Human rights; Information communication technology; Sada; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547429413     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507079006     Document Type: Article

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