Intl. Inform. & Libr. Rev. (2003)‚ 35‚ 335^358 doi:10.1016/S1057-2317(03)00020-1 Empowering Development Through E-Governance: Creating Smart Communities In Small Island States WENDY UNETTE SEALYn‚y A B ST R AC T An attempt is made in this paper to gain an understanding of the current and potential impact of the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the Small Island Sates of the Caribbean‚ in particular those populations living in rural communities. The introduction brie£y examines
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ASSIGNMENT ON Media: empowering women in a globalize world Course: Gender‚ Media and Communication (304) SUBMITTED TO Ishrat Khan Barsha Lecturer Department of Women and Gender Studies University of Dhaka SUBMITTED BY Mahiratul Jannat Roll No: 22 3rd year‚ 5th semester Department of Women and Gender Studies University of Dhaka Date of Submission: - 22-04-2014 Introduction “Women must not accept;
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the empowering women and consider its disadvantages and disadvantages. Firstly it will state the disadvantages of empowering women. Some of the disadvantages discussed in this essay are competition‚ moral problems and family problems. Furthermore‚ the essay will discuss some of the very important advantages of empowering women. Some of the important advantages are gender equality‚ leadership and education. Finally the essay will conclude with a thought that despite the advantages of empowering women
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Innovation: Empowering Women and Driving Social Change Author(s): 1) Pravasini Sahoo 2) Biswakesan Sahoo Affiliation of the author(s): 1) Researcher (PhD‚ IIT Kharagpur) 2) Executive Engineer (IIT Bombay) E-mail: 1) pravasini@gmail.com 2) bksahoo@iitb.ac.in Abstract: The world is experiencing technology and social change at a pace never before experienced in human history. Social‚ economic‚ and technological forces have come together to inspire innovation that can change lives
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Empowering Employees Name Institution Summary The article vividly argues out on the need for employees being empowered in the firm‚ taking an active role in interacting with its customer base. With the vast advancements in technology consumers have swayed their podiums for airing out problems and discontent of a brand from a firm’s website to the social media as well as major websites such as Google’s YouTube and Facebook. The invention of smartphones has particularly made this easy and
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Essay Our world is changing every day. New technological advances are making our lives much easier‚ but at the same time people are losing important values. We have a strong commitment to technological progress and this fact causes society to neglect other values such as education‚ family and protection of the environment. To begin with‚ technology has a bad influence on children’s education because they do not devote the necessary time to studying. Nowadays children find on the internet
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Unit 2 Care with values Elderly P1-Describe how care values of services‚ using relevant examples. The five care values are: respect‚ dignity‚ safeguarding‚ confidentiality and personal centred approach. Respect is because a set attitudes and behaviours displayed towards an individual or group which demonstrate politeness and consideration. The first example is when Mariyam opens the door for Mrs Smith and helps her in her wheelchair. The second example is when Mariyam apologise to Mrs Smith
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The world today has allowed women to hold other positions apart from their traditional roles which are being temporarily pushed aside. Temporary because traditional roles and family responsibilities can never be ignored or eliminated and it is this responsibility that women need to be empowered to encourage and give them the confidence to venture out and earn income to meet the demands of everyday life. The 20th century has become familiar with gender equality and more women and girls are stepping
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Women being empowered have many advantages and disadvantages but it all comes down to three things: economic‚ social and political advantages and disadvantages. Firstly‚ the economic advantage of empowering women is that it helps improve their families’ living standards. Whether married or single‚ empowering of women‚ through an education or other means‚ helps to improve their family’s economic and financial standing. For example‚ according to Leach (1986‚ pp. 55-56)‚ an estimated one-third of global
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The education of girls in our country. Due to the unequal socio – cultural and economic gender construct in Indian Societies‚ the scale of disadvantages is tipped more against girls and women. The factors behind the gender inequality and inequity in education include negative cultural values‚ attitudes and practices that foster teenage pregnancy‚ early marriage‚ sexual harassment‚ excessive domestic chores and the disregard of the importance of girl’s education. There is also the lack of gender
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