Abstract
This article deals with information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their role in development, and aims to understand how ICTs are used as a means of empowering women. This reflection was corroborated by a literature review that investigates the theme. Empowerment practices were observed in intra-gender relations through the use of ICTs in the transmission of technological skills, social and professional empowerment through training in the use of ICTs in telecenters, NGOs, cooperativism and extension projects, the possibility of reducing poverty through female entrepreneurship on the web and via Facebook and Instagram. As a phenomenon of the digital age, online social networks become important channels of relationships between entrepreneurs, suppliers and consumers. Cyberativism is capable of stimulating discussion about domestic and obstetric violence, incentivizing different sectors of women’s health promotion and care, as well as widening women’s influence on communication and changing the dynamics of domination in gender relations. Internet has enabled freedom of expression and opinions despite the control of large business groups. Their use can bring indirect benefits for poverty reduction if they are applied to strengthen diversity of social, political and cultural assets and help in the construction of more effective structures and processes that favor the empowerment of women, especially those found in the informal sphere.
Highlights
This paper is based on the premise that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are relevant for development due its transforming and strategic power in society, governments, public policies, social movements, and organizations
Harvey (1992) notes that we are experiencing a moment of transition from Fordism-Keynesianism to a new regime of accumulation, characterized as flexible accumulation: Flexible accumulation, as I shall tentatively call it, is marked by a direct confrontation with the rigidities of Fordism
This article gathered the concepts of development, ICTs, empowerment and women
Summary
This paper is based on the premise that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are relevant for development due its transforming and strategic power in society, governments, public policies, social movements, and organizations. Information becomes a dimension of power and social change, conditioning modes of socialization and life, leisure, work, consumption, and the political and educational system (CASTELLS, 2000) In this context, despite advances in ICT in the contemporary world, women, especially the poorest, are at a disadvantage in their use and ownership, limiting benefits to their lives (CETIC, 2017). Diniz (2011) emphasizes how access to banking services are innovative and contribute positively, but he shows negative signs, such as the indebtedness of the low-income population, the reproduction of social exclusion, and the strengthening of power asymmetries With this understanding, this article aims to comprehend how ICT-mediated practices promote empowerment of women.
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