Reaching the Unreached: ICTs and Adult Education for the Empowerment of Rural Women - Paperback

by Olivia Adwoa Tiwaah Frimpong Kwapong (Author)

Though the contribution of rural women to development is tremendous, support for them has been overlooked for far too long. The book explores the situation of rural women and the various measures that have been taken to support them. Based on case studies from Ghana, the book looks at two critical tools - Adult Education and Information, and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhancement of rural women. It is anticipated that if the full potential of Adult Education is harnessed and the ICTs as an educational media is fully utilized, rural women will not continue to be educationally and digitally divided from their urban counterparts.

Author Biography

O. Adwoa Tiwaah Frimpong Kwapong holds a Ph.D. from the University of Ghana and she has studied as a special doctoral candidate at Harvard University. She is currently a lecturer at the Institute of Adult Education at the University of Ghana. In her work for the empowerment of women, Dr. Kwapong has worked for both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Her studies have focused in areas of gender and development, information and communication technologies, and open and distance learning.