ICT Policies as a Means to Inhibit Social Exclusion: The South African Case

Maldonado, Edgar; Pogrebnyakov, Nicolai; Gorp, Annemijn F. van

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“…including disability, thus they are systematically discriminated (Beall & Piron, 2005). Exclusion as a concept has multidimensional and dynamic natures, so these cause exclusion to occur in both micro and macro levels of social life (Maldonado, Pogrebnyakov, & Gorp, 2006). The notion of exclusion indicates there are complex social phenomena concerning the group of individuals' powerlessness (Bowring, 2000;Davies, 2005;Tobias & Mukhopadhyay, 2017).…”

Section: People With Disabilities' Vulnerabilitymentioning

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Towards an Inclusive Social Welfare Institution for Disabilities: The Case of Indonesia

Huripah¹

2020

ASWJ

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People with disabilities are vulnerable to experience exclusion and discrimination in society. Likewise in Indonesia, a common condition for people with disabilities is the low level of participation in various sectors, such as the economy, education, healthcare, and public infrastructure. However, Indonesia has committed and started efforts to improve the equality of people with disabilities’ access. One institution that plays an important role in this regard is the social welfare institution. On a related note, this study discusses the dynamic of the social welfare institution’s roles in Indonesia in providing welfare for people with disabilities. Furthermore, the roles are explored based on the current context of society, which over the last few years, has been changing rapidly due to technological advancements, information acceleration, and big data utilization. This study argues building an inclusive social welfare institution is fundamental to fulfill the people with disabilities’ welfare. This study uses a qualitative approach with literature review and secondary data analysis as data collection methods.

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Section: People With Disabilities' Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an Inclusive Social Welfare Institution for Disabilities: The Case of Indonesia

Huripah¹

2020

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“…In this process, certain groups of individuals are systematically disadvantaged and discriminated against on the basis of their ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, caste, descent, gender, age, disability, HIV status, migrant status or place of residence (Beall & Piron, 2005). Social exclusion is a multidimensional and dynamic concept, which operates at micro and macro layers of social fabrics (Maldonado, Pogrebnyakov, & Van Gorp, 2006), and systematically excludes an individual with disability from political, educational, cultural and economic dimensions as well as social life of the community (Islam, 2015). Social exclusion is not about a lack of material resources; it is rather a complex social phenomenon that is closely linked with the complexity of powerlessness that often results from inadequate social participation, lack of cultural and educational capital, and inadequate access to services.…”

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Disability and Social Exclusion

Tobias

Mukhopadhyay

2017

Psychology and Developing Societies

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This article explores the experiences of social exclusion of individuals with visual impairment (IWVI) as they negotiate their daily lives in their homes and societal settings in the Oshana and Oshikoto regions of Namibia. Employing qualitative research approach, this research tried to better understand the lived experiences of IWVI. Nine IWVI with ages ranging from 30 to 90 years were initially engaged in focus group discussions, followed by semi-structured in-depth individual interviews. The findings of this research indicated that IWVI experience exclusion from education, employment and social and community participation as well as relationships. Based on these findings, we suggest more inclusive policies to address social exclusion of IWVI. At the same time, this group of individuals should be empowered to participate in community activities to promote interaction with people without visual impairments.

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“…With its meteoric rise, it soon became evident that not everyone had access or equal opportunities to utilize this new technology. As a consequence, discussions on the digital divide became part of the discourse around the information society and digital inequality and e-inclusion (Askonas & Stewart, 2000;Madon, Reinhard, Roode, & Walsham, 2009;Maldonado, Pogrebnyakov, & van Gorp, 2006;Molina, 2003;Warschauer, 2004). However, the concept of digital divide, ever since it first appeared in the mid 1990s, has been understood in various ways (Gunkel, 2003).…”

Section: Contextualizing the Digital Dividementioning

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An exploration of the importance of piloting and access as action research

Guðmundsdóttir

Brock‐Utne

2010

Educational Action Research

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The isiXhosa proverb above includes the essence of the African concept of Ubuntu and translates as "a person is a person through other persons". Needless to say, I would never have been able to finish this work without the support of many special persons. First of all, my grateful acknowledgements go to all the learners, teachers, principals, Khanya officials and other South Africans who welcomed me in their beautiful country. I humbly thank youdankieenkosi. In particular, I would like to extend my gratitude to my good friends and colleagues at the UWC: the dean of the Faculty of Education, Professor Zubeida Desai, the isiXhosa specialist Dr. Vyokazi Nomlomo and the helpful and eversmiling Rhona Wales and her family. Not to forget Keith, Monde and Rosetta. To my friend Lynette Saunders and her family for kindness and support, to the caring couple Fred and Edna Groener and to my fellow PhD candidates Cheryl Brown and Tony Carr at the UCT

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ICT Policies as a Means to Inhibit Social Exclusion: The South African Case

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Cited by 10 publications

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Towards an Inclusive Social Welfare Institution for Disabilities: The Case of Indonesia

Towards an Inclusive Social Welfare Institution for Disabilities: The Case of Indonesia

Disability and Social Exclusion

An exploration of the importance of piloting and access as action research

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