Department of Information Studies

THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN HARNESSING INFORMATION FOR WOMEN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDIES OF SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA

BY ALICE WAFULA KITUYI- KWAKE

Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements or the award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Library and Information Science) at the University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa. 2007

Supervisors: Prof. D.N. Ocholla and Prof. M. Adigun

1. Title page
2. DECLARATION
3. DEDICATION
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5. Table of contents
6. ABSTRACT
7. Chapters One to Ten
8. Appendix A questionnaire
9. Appendix B _i_ Interview Schedule
10. Appendix B _ii_ Research questions
11. Appendix C Kenya NGO framelist
12. Appendix D List of TV and Radio Broadcast stations
13. Appendix E Research Permit and Request Letters to Institutions Surveyed
14. Appendix F cover pg LLOperators
15. APP F L L OPERATORS
16. Appendix G cover pg NGO framelist SA
17. Appendix G NGO list South Africa
18. Appendix H cover pg for Internet Backbone
19. App H Internet backbone and international gateway operators
20. App I List of SA ISPs
21. Appendix J Workplan Cover
22. APP J Workplan
23. Appendix K cover pg Draft ICT Ad for Kenya