Mobile phones and Gender Empowerment: Enactment of ‘Restricted Agency’

• Main Authors: Hoan, Nguyen Thi, Chib, Arul, Mahalingham, Ram
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: ICT4D; Mobile phones
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85572; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43803
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Capability Approach, as developed by Amartya Sen, has been criticized for an overly individualistic approach, while simultaneously being re-framed in alignment with the dominant social structure. We situate individual agency within the frame of social power structures, examining agency and empow...