Technology empowerment: A path to poverty alleviation for Chinese women from the perspective of development communication

Xingping Zhu, Xiaoyu Li, Jiankun Gong and Jinghong Xu,

Telecommunications Policy, 2022, vol. 46, issue 6

Abstract: By 2020, China had won a comprehensive victory in poverty alleviation, having completed the largest poverty alleviation task in human history and provided a Chinese solution to poverty alleviation worldwide. From the perspective of development communication and through the case study approach, this paper focuses on the practice of poverty alleviation conducted by Chinese rural left-behind women with the help of Internet technology. Furthermore, the paper summarizes three main forms of women's poverty alleviation, including the model of Internet celebrities using social media to sell local products; the model of the government taking the lead in building an online learning, training and sales platform; and the model combining government guidance, enterprise empowerment and media promotion. This paper explores the paths to poverty alleviation and the sustainable development of poor Chinese women in rural areas. It also provides a reference for the future practice of women's poverty alleviation for developing countries and regions.

Keywords: Technology empowerment; Women poverty; Poverty alleviation; Omnimedia communication; Development communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102328

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