Author:Dlodlo, NDate:May 2009This paper describes the impact of socio-economic factors on girls and women’s access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education and training in a rural South African environment and recommends strategies for improved access ...Read more
Author:Ngorima, E; Nkuna, Z; Manase, GDate:Nov 2008Women play a crucial role in providing care and support, and also in the use and management of the water resources and sanitation at the household level. In addition, voluntary community care work is done mostly by women, rather than men, ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Beyers, RNDate:2009The article reports on an effort to address the issue of inequality in girls’ and women’s access to science, engineering and technology (SET) education and careers through raising an awareness on SET among school girls in South Africa. Secondary ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Gwarajena, TRD; Chakwizira, J; Nhemachena, CDate:Dec 2010This, chapter investigates the extent to which community-based rural road maintenance and agriculture development projects can be used as tools to empower women, the elderly, children, youth and the unemployed to work towards attaining ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Mvelase, PS; Krause, CDate:Jan 2010This research is one of a series that attempt to unveil the various reasons why the numbers of women participating in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education and careers in South Africa is significantly low compared to that ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Chakwizira, J; Nhemachena, CDate:Nov 2008This paper discuses the extent to which employment-intensive rural infrastructure maintenance projects can be used as a tool to empower women to achieve sustainable rural livelihoods using Siyatentela rural road maintenance program in Mpumalanga ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, M; Musvoto, Constansia DDate:Oct 2011Research and policy needs to allign with the needs of different social categories and take into account the unequal social relations that exist in societies. It is argued that one cannot address poverty and sustainable development, especially ...Read more
Author:Smith, RDate:Nov 2015Rural middle-aged women are the backbone of their communities despite their being the most disadvantaged population group in South Africa and in other developing countries. Uplifting and empowering these women can positively influence a whole ...Read more