Confronting Female Genital Mutilation : the Role of Youth and Icts in Changing Africa - Brossura

Mottin-sylla, Marie-helene; Palmieri, Joelle

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857490311 ISBN 13: 9780857490315

Casa editrice: Paul & Co Pub Consortium, 2011

Riassunto

Excision, or female genital mutilation (FGM), in Africa is no longer the private concern only of women; it is a social and political issue that concerns both men and women and this book reports on an innovative research and action project amongst girls and boys in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. The project explores whether young people's use of information technology could contribute to the abandonment of FGM. In the age of the internet, beliefs and practices of FGM are shifting, particularly among young people. The results of this project show how, in the era of globalized citizenship, a cross-sectional vision that puts young people and gender at the center of development can produce real change.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Marie-Helene Mottin-Sylla is a researcher at ENDA in Dakar, Senegal, and has written works on women, gender, excision, and information and communication technologies in Francophone West Africa. Joëlle Palmieri is a political sciences researcher, gender expert and communications consultant and is writing a thesis on the political uses of ICTs by women in Africa.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Paul & Co Pub Consortium
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857490311
• ISBN 13: 9780857490315
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 121