ICT4P: Using information and communication technology for peacebuilding in rwanda

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Notes

1 These questions were framed as follows: 1. How do Rwandan citizens define peacebuilding? 2. Is there a gender dimension to the interpretation of peacebuilding? 3. Do the peacebuilding radio programmes produced by Search for Common Ground in Rwanda reflect the listeners’ understanding of peacebuilding? 4. Do listeners feel the content achieves the show’s objectives and is relevant to them?

2 The population of Rwanda is 11.46 million. Rwanda’s demographic profile is 48% male to 52% female. A multistage random sample was constructed in order to disseminate the questionnaire. Initially the study area (Rwanda) was divided into smaller regions — this was done on the basis of provinces and from there by administrative district. Two districts from each province were chosen at random. Lists of bus stations and markets were compiled from within these districts, and two were chosen at random from within each district. Thirty questionnaires in Kinyarwanda were distributed in each of the two districts in all four provinces and Kigali, with respondents randomly selected in the bus stations and markets.

3 A cross-tabulation of Gender against Internet Access run across all data showed that while 50% of male respondents to the question ‘Do you have Internet access’ indicated that they do, for female respondents just 32.6% indicated that they have access to the Internet. The Pearson chi-square, while not large, was statistically significant at the 98% level, implying that the association between gender and access to the internet is significant.

4 See note 1 above, questions 3 and 4.

5 See note 3 above.

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Jeanne Spillane

JEANNE SPILLANE is working as an adviser at the Irish Mission to the UN on the post-2015 Development Agenda. She conducted this research for her Masters in Development Practice. She previously did an MPhil in Peace Studies and has worked in Rwanda and Uganda and on social media with UNDP.