Towards gender equal access to ICT

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-293

  Elnaggar, Ayman ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Gender ICT; Gender empowerment; Gender equality; ICT4D

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CAREER COUNSELING; GENDER EMPOWERMENT; GENDER EQUALITY; ICT4D; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION BASE; INTERNET CONTENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 67651246941     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/itdj.20100     Document Type: Article

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