Farida Khan

thoughtsmith innovations · research

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) developing countries can bridge socio-economic divides and empower the marginalised, including women and minority groups. This paper considers four dimensions of empowerment-psychological, social, educational and economic-and assesses benefits to each following computer education and usage of comput...

Young people from marginalized communities are applying newly acquired technical know-how to leapfrog the socioeconomic levels of their families and communities. This article explores the impact of basic computer education on the lives of young men and women from a Muslim minority community of India. Twenty-seven young women and 25 young men (media...

In the present information society, technical education has acquired immense importance as the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) hold potential for bridging socio-economic divides and empowering the marginalized such as women and minority groups. This paper explores the access and use of computer/Internet and examines how these affe...

Use of technology to facilitate learning is accepted to be of value across educational institutions. Government of India has taken cognizance of the institutional support required for resources in e-learning and formulated the national mission on education through ICT. However, the focus is still largely on getting the infrastructure and creating t...

This study compares the adoption of computer technology by Muslim minority women living in Greece and India and focuses particularly on comparing psychological factors that affect their computer use. Muslim women in both communities face low levels of literacy, lack of basic skills, sociocultural barriers that inhibit women's participation in ICTs...

Computer adoption is tested by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that theorises how users come to accept and use a technology. The sample for the study consisted of 172 trainees (102 females, 70 males; mean age 21.34 years), enrolled in a one-year diploma course in computer applica-tions and multilingual desktop publishing from three computer t...

ICTs provide knowledge and resources that hold potential for women 's empowerment. Access to technology is not only the availability of hardware, but a training approach that facilitates computer adoption. This study examined the adoption of computer tech nology by novice urban women. It explored the contribution of psychological variables such as...

ICTs provide knowledge and resources that hold potential for women’s empowerment. Access to technology is not only the availability of hardware, but a training approach that facilitates computer adoption. This study examined the adoption of computer technology by novice urban women. It explored the contribution of psychological variables such as pe...