Gender and the digital economy : perspectives from the developing world /

In the global discourse on ICTs, the concern so far has primarily been outsourcing and the loss of service sector jobs from the developed world. This book focuses, instead, on the positive aspects of the digital economy as they relate to women in the developing world. It illustrates--with case studi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ng, Cecilia, 1950-, Mitter, Swasti, 1939-2016
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2005.
Temas:
2000-2099
Women in economic development > Developing countries.
Information society > Developing countries.
Information technology > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Women > Effect of technological innovations on > Developing countries.
Women > Developing countries > Economic conditions > 21st century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Information society
Information technology > Economic aspects
Women > Economic conditions
Women > Effect of technological innovations on
Women in economic development
Informationstechnische Industrie
Informationsgesellschaft
Beschäftigung
Empowerment
Soziale Stellung
Frau
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender and empowerment in the information economy : an introduction / Swasti Mitter and Cecilia Ng Choon Sim
  • Globalization, ICTs, and economic empowerment : a feminist critique / Swasti Mitter
  • From 'information' to 'knowledge' societies? : Argentina in the context of engendered regional globalization / Martha Roldán
  • Female spaces in the Philippines' ICT industry / Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu
  • Women's agency and the IT industry in India / Govind Kelkar, Girija Shrestha, and Veena N
  • Valuing women's voices : call center workers in Malaysia and India / Cecilia Ng Choon Sim and Swasti Mitter
  • Women weavers online : rural Moroccan women on the Internet / Susan Schaefer Davis
  • Virtual community building for networking among women / Isabel Zorn
  • Gender-net : a political goal of communication technologies / Dora Inés Munévar M. and Juan Aburto Arrieta
  • Thinking big to accelerate gender equality and transformation in the ICT arena / Gillian M. Marcelle.

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