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Indigenous Women and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): Supporting an Empowered and Resilient North-South Community
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SSHRC Awarded PDG 2020: The ongoing political, social, and economic marginalization of Indigenous women exposes them to poverty, social exclusion, and violence. But Indigenous women are not victims; they are actively involved in resistance efforts and have created civil society organizations (CSOs) to reclaim power and agency. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become an indispensable resource for civil society actors, but research suggests that numerous barriers limit the potential of technologies to support the empowerment of Indigenous women. These barriers include the fact that technology is not designed according to their perspectives, preferences and ways of knowing. During our previous SSHRC-funded research, Indigenous women's CSOs identified two priorities for using ICTs: political communication and collaboration with other Indigenous women across the Americas (including Canada), and exposing violence against women. These priorities are interrelated in that the objective is to use ICTs to resist marginalization and the overlapping forms of discrimination Indigenous women face. The literature tells us little about the impact of ICTs on the capacity of Indigenous women to pursue these goals. The Partnership Development Grant will address priorities identified by Indigenous women, address gaps in our theoretical and empirical knowledge regarding gender, ICTs, and power, and provide solutions, strategies and training to women's CSOs.
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- 2019-11-11
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- Research Material
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- © Lupien, Pascal. All rights reserved other than by permission. This document embargoed to those without UAlberta CCID until 2025.