African Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Change, Policies, and Approaches
Herausgeber: Ndzendze, Bhaso; Ojo, Tinuade Adekunbi

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates how women in Africa are being impacted by the fourth industrial revolution, which describes the twenty-first century proliferation of mobile internet, machine learning and artificial intelligence. This book will be of interest to researchers of women and technology in Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 790g
• ISBN-13: 9781032852737
• ISBN-10: 1032852739
• Artikelnr.: 70945381

Autorenporträt

Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Head Unit of Pan-African Women studies at the Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Bhaso Ndzendze is an Associate Professor, Vice Dean of Internalisation, and Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Ndzendze is also Head of the 4IR and Digital Policy Research Unit and Co-Chair of the Internationalisation Task Team at the University of Johannesburg.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Women and the 4IR in Africa 2. 4IR for, not against, African Women 3.
Role of Women in the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence
in Africa 4. Technological Adaptation and Sociopolitical Behavior of Women
in Africa 5. Africa's Economy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR):
Assessment of Gender in Financial Inclusion 6. Women's Inequality in the
Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Response from Botswana and South Africa
7. Women in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): Perspectives,
Opportunities, and Implications for Nigeria and South Africa 8. The Fourth
Industrial Revolution: Challenges and Impact on Zimbabwe Women 9. Digital
Gender Inclusion and Women's Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia and Nigeria
10. An Exploration of the Indispensability and Challenges of Digitalization
through the Lens of Women in the Maritime Domain 11. Covid-19 and the
Digital Transformation in Nigeria's Higher Education System: Gendered
Discourses 12. Smartphone-Mediated Co-Presence Amid Covid-19: A Case Study
of African Migrant Women in Johannesburg, South Africa 13. Gender Equity,
Good Governance, and Leadership in the 4IR in Eastern Cape Schools 14.
Using Digital Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
15. Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms and the
Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics: The Case of Malian Women 16. Fourth Industrial Revolution and
Women's Peacebuilding Initiatives in Africa 17. A Digital Divide: Assessing
the Developmental Status for Women in Rural Areas in the Advent of the 4IR
in South Africa 18. Drones, Artificial intelligence (AI), the Chibok Girls
and the Future of Counter-terrorism in Nigeria