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Bridging the gender gap in empowerment of rural households: is technology the solution?

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  • Olajumoke Adeyeye

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Using a multidimensional measure of empowerment that focuses on individual capabilities, the study assesses the role of technology in bridging empowerment gap between male and female decision-makers in the same households. The study found women’s empowerment to be correlated with adoption of production technologies. However, adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is associated with a widening empowerment gap. This is attributable to poor women's capabilities, ownership of, and control of decision-making on technologies. The study recommends that ICT interventions should be introduced in a way that mutually reinforces equitable decision-making between women and men in rural households.

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  • Olajumoke Adeyeye, 2021. "Bridging the gender gap in empowerment of rural households: is technology the solution?," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(8), pages 1109-1122, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:31:y:2021:i:8:p:1109-1122
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.1911937
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    1. Steinke, Jonathan & Schumann, Charlotte & Langan, Simon & Müller, Anna & Opola, Felix Ouko & Ortiz-Crespo, Berta & van Etten, Jacob, 2024. "Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 215(C).
    2. Hongyun Zheng & Yuwen Zhou & Dil Bahadur Rahut, 2023. "Smartphone use, off‐farm employment, and women's decision‐making power: Evidence from rural China," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 1327-1353, August.

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