ICTs and black women’s empowerment : unmasking domination in several layers
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2013
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The capacity for giving names to things is a position of privilege. Black feminist movements have stressed that patriarchy and sexism cannot be dissociated from class oppression, capitalism, colonialism and racism. Typically, a huge gap exists between women’s recognition of their rights (including the right to assembly and participation) and the actualisation of practices in defence of those rights. In Brazil, politics is a territory of the elites. The Yalodês project participants are eager for information, skills and strategy, to claim political language, to communicate better with local governance institutions, and to gain greater legitimacy, especially among the local governance.
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BRAZIL, ICT ACCESS, WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS, GOVERNANCE, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, POLITICAL POWER
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Selaimen, G. (2013). CTs and black women’s empowerment: Unmasking domination in several layers. Global Information Society Watch: 76-79.