Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.7117324
Publication Title
Asian Journal of Distance Education
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
135-152
Abstract
Technology has shaped people’s lifestyles globally. Today, the majority of the world’s population seeks help through technology as a portal to learning with the wide variety of learning materials available. Women in both developed and developing countries can access learning through technology, yet the scholarly community do not have an up-to-date collective view of how technology is being used to provide learning materials to empower women around the world. Therefore, this systematic review included an aggregated and qualitative synthesis to investigate extant empirical work over five years, 2017-2021. Following a rigorous PRISMA selection process, 40 articles were included in the final analysis from 80 countries. The findings reveal that the majority (60%) of studies took place in Sub-Saharan Africa. From the grounded coding, five industries emerged as areas providing empowerment through the learning materials: health, agriculture, environment, entrepreneurship, and communication. Women were empowered by learning in three main areas: health, communication, and entrepreneurship. This study provides information for funders, policymakers, advocates, and women. This study revealed areas in need of future research, including additional systematic reviews to explore gray literature not published in scholarly outlets and academic publications published in non-English language journals.
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
Data Availability
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request
ORCID
0000-0002-4178-4812 (Niroo), 0000-0002-1775-8219 (Crompton)
Original Publication Citation
Tabasum Niroo, W., & Crompton, H. (2022). Women’s empowerment through the use of technology. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), 135-152. http://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/675
Repository Citation
Niroo, Wolayat Tabasum and Crompton, Helen, "Women's Empowerment Through the Use of Technology" (2022). Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications. 197.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/teachinglearning_fac_pubs/197
Included in
Educational Technology Commons, Gender Equity in Education Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons
Comments
Alternate title: Women's Empowerment Through Learning Using Technology