She called, she Googled, she knew: girls' secondary education, interrupted school attendance, and educational use of mobile phones in Nairobi
Author(s)
Zelezny-Green, RondaEditor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2014-03-20Keywords
Girls' educationMobile learning
School attendance
International education and development
ICT4D
ICT in Programme
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
Kenya
Metadata
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
Girls in Kenya commonly face multiple barriers to school attendance. At the same time, mobile phone use is growing throughout the country, and particularly in urban centres including Nairobi. As this technology spreads, the possibility increases of people using mobile phones for their own development purposes, including for education and learning. This article examines mobile phone use by girls at one secondary school in Nairobi, and in particular their attempts to mediate interrupted school attendance using this technology. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
11ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2014.889338