A gendered analysis of research methodologies in ICTD projects in India

Mridula Swamy presented this paper titled 'A gendered analysis of research methodologies in ICTD projects in India' at the Global Training Exchange (GTM) Programme held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in June 2007. The GTM is a major activity of the second phase of the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) project of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC).

In this paper, the author attempts to bring together a gendered analysis of rural telecentres as well as a critique of national ICT policy frameworks in an attempt to understand a) what kinds of ICT for Development (ICTD) approaches contribute towards a social transformation process that meets the goal of the gender equality and b) what measures are required at the national level for the principles of a gender transformatory approach to translate into policy action, in order to result in sustainable outcomes for gender equality

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