Rural women's ICT use in Uganda: Collective action for development

Agenda

Volumn 21, Issue 71, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Dralega, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

collective action; community of practice; economic empowerment; grassroots women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85138508507     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2007.9674805     Document Type: Article

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