Competencias digitales, exclusión social y género

Abstract

The forms that discrimination takes are not always obvious. It is unusual for someone to clearly state that a person will be excluded from the possibility of studying, working or playing a sport because of his or her disability. In general, exclusion is not something that explicitly depends on personal skills. Much depends on the conditions of either the context in which the person is active or the environment he or she desires to gain access to. Women with disabilities face double discrimination due to both the disability itself and their lower level of training in the use of digital technologies because of their gender. This paper is based on the results of research conducted at the UNED to identify the needs and gaps in the educational use of digital technologies that affect the activity of women students with disabilities. The research uses a mixed methodology (quantitative and qualitative) to obtain the views of women with disabilities and their relationship with the technologies, and also to analyze the visible or invisible forms of exclusion that are still present in university contexts