Abstract
Gender equity in education is one of the main targets for social justice and sustainable development. This literature review, from a gender approach, was conducted to understand how the gender digital divide (GDD) in information and communication technologies (ICT) and education are related in Latin American countries. A total of 28 articles have been analyzed as a satisfactory sample of the scientific literature to examine how this relation is explored and its influence, to acknowledge political stakeholders, as well as provide information and proposals to address the digital gender divide in education research in this region. The results show the need to develop research from the pedagogical and gender perspectives in Latin America, since they are not represented within an obvious problem.
Highlights
Worldwide, there is a large gap in women and girls’ digital adoption and use compared to men and boys, even though most data available to quantify this gap focuses on adults only, not children [1]
We present the types of digital divide according to the approach adopted in the study, as well as the approach or the role given to education in it according to this literature review
Studies on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the digital gender divide in Latin America are insufficient and are not addressed from a pedagogical approach- This is even though the described causes in research on access, use and quality for the development of women in the communication and information society mostly point to factors associated with gender stereotypes and the expectations of girls, women and adolescents regarding ICTs
Summary
There is a large gap in women and girls’ digital adoption and use compared to men and boys, even though most data available to quantify this gap focuses on adults only, not children [1]. Information and communication technologies (ICT) emerged at the end of the 1970s with the rise of information technology in most developed countries but, above all, with the expansion of the internet in the early 90s of the past century [24] At this initial stage, there was an optimistic belief that it would be a tool for reducing inequalities [25]. Policies in developing countries were aimed at providing infrastructures defined by computers and connection to the internet so that people could have access to them, for the purposes of inclusion [20] This approach is associated with the policies carried out by national governments based on the material provision brought the associated idea that its continued use would lead to digital literacy processes which, in turn, would improve the
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