Digital Literacy of Women from Vulnerable Sectors. Reflections on their Rights to Education and Information

Abstract

The objective of this article is to describe the digital literacy of women from vulnerable sectors and to raise reflections in relation to their rights to education and information. The methodology was based on an ethnographic approach with women from three urban neighborhoods in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The results show that their first approaches to Information and Communication Technologies took place outside the school context. Their learning comes mostly from their socialization with family and peers. Limited repertoires of technological devices and services were identified, as well as limited knowledge and skills, which lead to uses that do not go beyond entertainment and interaction with close people. The article concludes that the digital literacy of women from vulnerable sectors does not occur within the framework of their rights to information and communication, and is far from being a support tool for the exercise of these rights.