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Women constitute about 52% of the total world population, but they form only nine percent of the total productive work force mainly because women have lagged behind in education. Distance education has provided women with an opportunity to redress the situation. ODL is endowed with high flexibility and can meet the demands of education for women of all persuasions which the conventional education system is unable to meet. Empowerment is an active multi-dimensional process which enables women to realize their full potential in all spheres of life. The study examined how ICTs have influenced the empowerment of women through ODL in Zimbabwe. The population for the study were Zimbabwe Open University women alumnifrom the ten regions of Zimbabwe. The study was qualitative and used a sample of ten purposively selected women from the ten Regions of the Zimbabwe Open University. Key informant interviews and nominal group discussions were held using internet and the social network forums. The study found out that,the use of ICT in Open and distance learning hasequippedwomen intellectually and empoweredthemthrough acquisition of skills and knowledge. ICT in ODL has rendered women more informed, autonomous and liberated.

Impact of Using information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Open Distance Learning (ODL) as an empowerment tool for women in Zimbabwe.