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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 52-494
Full Name: Norizan Abdul Razak
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: E-Community Research Center, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: 0389254352
Tel prefix: 603
Fax: 0389254353
E-mail address: norjef@ukm.my
Other E-mails: zainir@ukm.my, norjef.ukm@gmail.com
Title of the Paper: E-Inclusion Initiatives Among Malaysian Women Entrepreneurs
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Norizan Abdul Razak, Zaini Amir, Fuzirah Hashim, Jamaluddin Aziz, Shariya Haniz Zulkifli
Email addresses of all the authors: norjef@ukm.my , zainir@ukm.my, fuzirah@yahoo.com, jaywalker2uk@gmail.com, syariya@domainregistry.my
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: In the effort to increase the participation of rural communities in broadband subscription and usage, a programme to develop e-entrepreneurship among women at rural communities was launched recently. The main subject of this paper is 1Nita Project and this programme is funded under the second simulus package under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Inovation (MOSTI) Malaysia and the main organiser is .myDOMAIN Registry of Malaysia. Among other participating partners in training and supporting the project are E-Community Research Centre, UKM, NCWO, MDeC and Malaysian entrepreneurs associations. The objective of this programme is to empower women entrepreneurs at rural community with ICT so they could access and use Internet for promoting their products and to increase their e-participation. The programme has trained more than 500 women entrepreneurs thus far and will continue to train women entrepreneurs at rural communities in six zones of Malaysia. The p!
aper will discuss some of the issues and challenges and the impact of the women e-entrepreneurship programme and the acculturation of Internet among the targeted group.
Keywords: 1Nita Project, women entrepreneurs, e-entrepreneurship, e-inclusion, cyber community, ICT acculturation
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