@inproceedings{9e40e840c33e4fc59e425eebcb686dfa,
title = "Women, gender equality, and digital technology",
abstract = "This exploratory study investigates the subject of the gender equality and women{\textquoteright}s empowerment and their engagement in smart development, with a primary focus on ICT and wearable technologies, such as small-scale intelligent devices and interactive sensor elements. Although a growing body of academic research on the topic is increasing, there is a gap in envisioning how aspects of the wearable technologies can optimally engage with the context of the development field and women{\textquoteright}s empowerment in developing countries. The main contributions of this study combine both empirical and conceptual design components to support the design and evaluation of a smart development that enhances gender equality and women{\textquoteright}s empowerment in developing countries. The first step towards this study was to con-duct a pilot study that involved five newly arrived African women in the USA. Participants were asked to discuss their experience with the role that current digital technology plays in women{\textquoteright}s empowerment and gender equality.",
keywords = "Digital technology, Empirical and conceptual design studies, Human-computer interaction, Interaction design, Women{\textquoteright}s empowerment",
author = "Rojin Vishkaie",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.; 20th International Conference on HCI, HCI International 2018 ; Conference date: 15-07-2018 Through 20-07-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-92270-6_43",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319922690",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "298--303",
editor = "Constantine Stephanidis",
booktitle = "HCI International 2018 – Posters{\textquoteright} Extended Abstracts - 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Proceedings",
}
