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Mapping research in gender and digital technology

Anri van der Spuy; Namita Aavriti

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 147 pp.

ISBN 978-92-95102-98-9 CC BY-NC-SA

"Increasing number of reports, initiatives and efforts are focused on addressing women’s ability to enjoy universal, acceptable, affordable, unconditional, open, meaningful and/or equal access to information, the internet and ICTs. These include, but are not limited to, the recent work of civil so... more

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Universal service and access funds: an untapped resource to close the gender digital divide

Dhanaraj Thakur; Lauran Potter

Washington, DC: World Wide Web Foundation (2018), 19 pp.

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"Over 68% of countries in Africa have a Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) in place; 62% of these funds are active. Just 3 of the 37 countries with USAFs have universal access policies that explicitly aim to connect women and girls through the fund. Just 23 African countries openly publish det... more

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Women and TV culture in Pakistan: gender, Islam and national identity

Munira Cheema

London: Tauris (2018), xii, 228 pp., bibliogr. p.212-222, index

ISBN 978-1-788311779

"The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002. The President, General Pervez Musharraf, introduced a policy of liberalisation that enabled controversial issues such as honour killings, adultery, stoning to death, domestic violence, marriage after divorce and homos... more

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Ugandan women online: a quantitative survey on digital literacy in Uganda

Pollicy; Internews (2018), 21 pp.

"We found that knowledge around digital security amongst women in Kampala is quite low. A high proportion of women have been victims of cyberbullying without any obvious routes to seeking justice against perpetrators. There is an urgency for law enforcement and government to hand down stricter penal... more

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What works to prevent cyber violence against women and girls?

Becky Faith; Erika Fraser

London: VAWG Helpdesk (2018), 16 pp.

"This document presents findings from a rapid review of available literature on what has worked to prevent cyber violence against women and girls. Key findings include: There is limited data on cyber violence against women and girls (VAWG) in general, and particularly on what works to prevent it ...... more

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Connected women: the mobile gender gap report 2018

Oliver Rowntree

London: GSMA (2018), 28 pp.

"In low- and middle-income countries women are 10% less likely than men to own a mobile phone. Over 1.2 billion women do not use mobile internet. There is a significant gender gap in mobile usage - particularly for more transformational services. Women in South Asia are 26% less likely to own a mobi... more

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A toolkit for researching women’s internet access and use

London: GSMA; Association for Progressive Communications (APC); World Wide Web Foundation; Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) (2018), 44 pp.

"This toolkit is aimed at a wide range of audiences interested in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research on women’s internet access and use. The primary target audience are researchers and research agencies who have skills and practice in conducting quantitative and/or qualitative r... more

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Digital tools and changing behaviour in relation to violence against women

William Robert Avis

Birmingham: GSDRC University of Birmingham (2017), 23 pp.

"Campaigns are likely to be more successful when they include messages about legal penalties for non-compliant behaviour and fresh information, and when they reach a large proportion of the intended audience. Digital campaigns must therefore work alongside laws and policies. Legislation can be a key... more

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Digital development and the digital gender gap

Siân Herbert

Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 11 pp.

"This rapid literature review collates findings from recently published papers on digital development and gender, highlighting some of the most commonly discussed discussions related to economic, social and political development. As the scope of this query is very large, this review provides an illu... more

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Reporting on gender-based violence in the Syria crisis: facilitator’s guide

Qaid Saeed; Ruba Hikmat; Jennifer Miquel

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2016), 73 pp.

Other Editions: also published in Arabic

"The purpose of the training workshop in this manual is to improve the skills of media professionals and communication officers in reporting gender-based violence in humanitarian crisis settings; to enhance the quality of reporting by instilling ethical principles; and to increase awareness among th... more

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Bridging the gender gap: mobile access and usage in low- and middle-income countries. Connected women 2015

Shireen Santosham; Dominica Lindsey

GSMA; Altai Consulting (2015), 128 pp., many tables, bibliogr. p.126-128

"Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, which translates into 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38% less likely to own a phone than men, highlighting that the gender gap in mobile phone ownership is wider in certain parts of ... more

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Participatory visual research with subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea

Katja Mikhailovich; Barbara Pamphilon; Barbara Chambers

Development in practice, volume 25, issue 7 (2015), pp. 997-1010

"This article discusses the trial of visual research methods in a socio-economic research and development project with women subsistence farmers and their families in two regions of Papua New Guinea. It reports on the benefits and challenges of three visual research methods (drawing, participatory p... more

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India's gender digital divide: women and politics on twitter

Sydney Anderson

New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (2015), 8 pp.

"This study explores the spatial politics of Othering and whether women are marginalized in political conversations online in India. It's methodology consists of an analysis of 23,350 tweets over an eight-day period. It shows a significant underrepresentation of women in Twitter's political conversa... more

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Women and media: Africa in focus

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 35 slides

"Education and language skills are the main factors that influence which platform women access most frequently. Daily TV use is similar for men and women but women tend to lag men in frequent radio and internet use. Once a country reaches a critical mass in mobile penetration, gaps between both male... more

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Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: changing selves, changing societies

Ineke Buskens; Anne Webb (eds.)

London: Zed Books (2014), 338 pp.

ISBN 978-1-7836-0042-7 (pbk); 978-1-3502-2402-5 (online)

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TV's Betty goes global: from telenovela to international brand

Janet McCabe; Kim Akass (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2013), xv, 259 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-780762678

"Premiering in 2006, Ugly Betty, the award-winning US hit show about unglamorous but kind-hearted Betty Suarez (America Ferrera),is the latest incarnation of a worldwide phenomenon that started life as a Colombian telenovela,Yo soy Betty, la fea, back in 1999. The tale of the ugly duckling has since... more

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Soap operas as a matchmaker: a cultivation analysis of the effects of South Korean TV dramas on Vietnamese women’s marital intentions

Hong Tien Vu; Tien-Tsung Lee

Journalism & mass communication quarterly, volume 90, issue 44958 (2013), 23 pp.

"This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption... more

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Media guidelines for reporting on gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts

Global Protection Cluster (2013), 8 pp., glossary p.6-8

"The guidelines are intended to ensure that all actors who play a role in facilitating or engaging in media reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) are aware of and able to prioritize the ethical and safety considerations that preserve the safety, confidentiality and dignity of survivors, their fam... more

Body parts on planet slum: women and telenovelas in Brazil

Lisa Beljuli Brown

London: Anthem Press (2011), xxv, 156 pp., glossary p.137-138, bibliogr. p.139-148, index

ISBN 978-0-85728-446-4 (online); 978-0-85728-797-7 (print)

"Based on a year's research from within a Brazilian slum, this study follows a series of unemployed women who watch up to six hours of telenovelas a day, often in the midst of arduous physical labour in the home. The women suffer in relation to their bodies, but simultaneously invest in a masochisti... more

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Manual for work on SOS hotline for (potential) victims of human trafficking: NGO ASTRA experience

Belgrade: ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action; OSCE (2009), 215 pp., bibliogr. p.213-215

CC BY-NC-ND

"ASTRA SOS Hotline started its operation in 2002. Since then, almost ten thousand calls have been received. So far it has served as the only SOS hotline intended for (potential) victims of traffi cking in persons in the Republic of Serbia; at the time of its setting up it was one of the rare service...s of the kind in South-East Europe. During the fi rst eight years of work a methodology has been developed, results achieved, some of the dilemmas have not yet been solved and the new ones have appeared. We would like to share our experiences with the expert public. We also nourish hope that our long-term experience in this fi eld, although we are pretty much self-taught, will be useful for those who are planning to establish a similar hotline. We believe that this Manual will also help the ones who have organized other types of SOS telephones (for fighting family violence, violence against children, etc.), because traffi cking in human beings may be a consequence of some other form of violence or may be hidden behind it. Although the Manual is intended for individuals who already have some experience in the anti-traffi cking fi eld, we nevertheless start with a brief defi nition and description of the problem for the sake of those who might be faced with this form of severe human rights violation for the first time. At the very start, principles and methodology of work that had been developed for ten preceding years in the Belgrade women’s NGOs that were engaged in anti-violence activities, particularly the SOS Hotline and Centre for Girls and the Autonomous Women’s Centre were the basis for our work, and we would like to avail ourselves of this opportunity to thank them. ASTRA SOS Hotline has been developing its activities by directly following fi eld actions and trends related to traffi cking of human beings; we have adapted the accepted principles and work methods according to circumstances in this new and totally diff erent scope. Of utmost importance are our contacts with partner organizations in the region and beyond, i.e. meetings where we have exchanged our experiences. Unfortunately, conferences on the SOS hotlines are very rare. This is the reason why we would like to present in this Manual experiences of other SOS telephones, both in Serbia and in South-Eastern Europe, as well as certain tendencies in the member states of the European Union." (Preface) more

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Mapping research in gender and digital technology

Universal service and access funds: an untapped resource to close the gender digital divide

Women and TV culture in Pakistan: gender, Islam and national identity

Ugandan women online: a quantitative survey on digital literacy in Uganda

What works to prevent cyber violence against women and girls?

Connected women: the mobile gender gap report 2018

A toolkit for researching women’s internet access and use

Digital tools and changing behaviour in relation to violence against women

Digital development and the digital gender gap

Reporting on gender-based violence in the Syria crisis: facilitator’s guide

Bridging the gender gap: mobile access and usage in low- and middle-income countries. Connected women 2015

Participatory visual research with subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea

India's gender digital divide: women and politics on twitter

Women and media: Africa in focus

Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: changing selves, changing societies

TV's Betty goes global: from telenovela to international brand

Soap operas as a matchmaker: a cultivation analysis of the effects of South Korean TV dramas on Vietnamese women’s marital intentions

Media guidelines for reporting on gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts

Body parts on planet slum: women and telenovelas in Brazil

Manual for work on SOS hotline for (potential) victims of human trafficking: NGO ASTRA experience