Culture, Gender and Technology

Abstract

This study is dedicated to my late mum Mwalimu Rose Mwari -Umwe Murithi who encouraged me to move up the academic ladder and never lived to see it come to pass. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My special gratitude to my inspiring and very supportive supervisors and lecturers Dr Loise Gichuhi and Mary Wanyoike who remained committed to assisting me throughout the research work and all UNESCO PEER staff who were all a great team making the environment conducive for proper learning. In particular, I am grateful to Mr Christopher Mononye and Mr Michael Croft for their special personalized encouragement. And to my fellow classmates who encouraged me to go on. I dedicate this research work to my family Loyford, Oscar, Tonny, Sammy and Alex for their patience and understanding during the time o f data collection and report writing when I became absent from their valuable social lives.