Adult education, ICT and women's empowerment - Observations from ICAE (1949 - 2004)

Abstract

Harnessing the potentials of emerging technologies for making information resources accessible to the deprived and unreached in society has been an issue on international development agenda for decades. The International Council of Adult Education [ICAE] has not been silent in helping to push this agenda. This paper sought to assess various resolutions that the ICAE has made throughout its Conferences [International Conference of Adult Education, [ICAE] from 1949 to 2004 by reviewing the various Conferences and evaluation reports. From the review it could be observed that though the evaluation report of 2003 revealed that there are still gaps in literacy education and other areas of adult education among women, the ICAE sees information technologies as an effective tool for delivering adult education to the marginalised, especially women and entreats all adult educators to promote this cause.