TY - GEN
T1 - ICT for Sustainability
T2 - International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies, ICOMTA 2025
AU - Duque-Rengel, Vanessa
AU - Heredia-R, Marco
AU - Cayambe, Jhenny
AU - Torres, Yenny
AU - Puhl, Laura
AU - Saqalli, Mehdi
AU - Diaz-Ambrona, Carlos G.H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - This study analyzes the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in spreading awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among young rural farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon, considering structural barriers such as the digital divide and gender inequalities. A mixed approach (surveys of 110 youth and interviews with 7 community communicators) was used to identify living conditions, access to information, and understanding of the SDGs in the Llanganates Sangay Ecological Corridor. The results reveal that although 95.39% of the young people have access to the Internet, gender gaps persist in education, land tenure, and access to credit, with significant disadvantages for women. Only 44.68% are aware of the SDGs, and their implementation is limited by decontextualized global messages and low Internet access in rural areas. Community media, especially radio, are reliable broadcasting channels, yet they face operational challenges. ICT offers opportunities to make local realities visible and promote the SDGs but requires digital inclusion policies, critical training, and territorialized strategies. This study highlights the need to address structural inequalities and strengthen youth participation in sustainability agendas.
AB - This study analyzes the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in spreading awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among young rural farmers in the Ecuadorian Amazon, considering structural barriers such as the digital divide and gender inequalities. A mixed approach (surveys of 110 youth and interviews with 7 community communicators) was used to identify living conditions, access to information, and understanding of the SDGs in the Llanganates Sangay Ecological Corridor. The results reveal that although 95.39% of the young people have access to the Internet, gender gaps persist in education, land tenure, and access to credit, with significant disadvantages for women. Only 44.68% are aware of the SDGs, and their implementation is limited by decontextualized global messages and low Internet access in rural areas. Community media, especially radio, are reliable broadcasting channels, yet they face operational challenges. ICT offers opportunities to make local realities visible and promote the SDGs but requires digital inclusion policies, critical training, and territorialized strategies. This study highlights the need to address structural inequalities and strengthen youth participation in sustainability agendas.
KW - community media
KW - Digital divide
KW - gender
KW - SDG implementation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105027295985
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-09911-2_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-09911-2_32
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:105027295985
SN - 9783032099105
T3 - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
SP - 315
EP - 325
BT - Communication and Applied Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2025
A2 - López-López, Paulo Carlos
A2 - Vernier, Matthieu
A2 - Freundt-Thurne, Úrsula
A2 - Ibáñez, Daniel Barredo
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 2 September 2025 through 4 September 2025
ER -