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Gender and the digital economy : perspectives from the developing world / editors, Cecilia Ng Choon Sim, Swasti Mitter.
Publication details: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2005.Description: 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0761934103
- 8178295733 (India-HB)
- 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
- HQ1240.5.D44 G463 2005
Contents:
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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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HQ 1240.5 .D44 G463 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 100109 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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