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082			_a305.42091724 _bGEN 2005
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245	1	0	_aGender and the digital economy : _bperspectives from the developing world / _c[edited by] Cecilia Ng and Swasti Mitter.
260			_aNew Delhi ; _aLondon : _bSAGE Publications, _cc2005.
300			_a262 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aPrint version: Gender and the digital economy. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2005 (DLC) 2005021889 (OCoLC)61253851
504			_aIncludes Bibliographical References and Index.
505			_tTOC _aGender 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.
520			_aIn 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 studies from Argentina, Morocco, India, Malaysia and the Philippines--how economic empowerment through the medium of ICTs can change the position of women within their families and the workplace, even in the face of uneven development processes. This timely volume, which is rooted in primary and original r.
526			_aSociology
590			_aSaifun Momota
650			_a Information society -- Developing countries. Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countri _93936
650			_aWomen in economic development -- Developing countries. _93937
650			_aInformation society -- Developing countries. _93938
700			_aNg, Cecilia and Mitter, Swasti. _93939
856			_3WorldCat details _uhttp://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/
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