Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 356 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
UNU/INTECH studies in new technology and development,
1359-7922 ;
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UNU/INTECH studies in new technology and development ; 1.
1359-7922
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Note |
Originally published 1995 by Routledge. |
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"Published in association with the UNU Press." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Beyond the politics of difference: an introduction / Swasti Mitter -- Information technology and working women's demands / Swasti Mitter -- Feminist approaches to technology: women's values or a gender lens? / Sheila Rowbotham -- Conflicting demands of new technology and household work: women's work in Brazilian and Argentinian textiles / Liliana Acero -- Changes in textiles: implications for Asian women / Pavla Jezkova -- Information technology and women's employment in manufacturing in Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenia / Maja Bučar -- Restructuring and retraining: the Canadian garment industry in transition / Charlene Gannagé -- Computerization and women's employment in India's banking sector / Sujata Gothoskar -- Information technology, gender and employment: a case study of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia / Cecilia Ng Choon Sim and Carol Yong -- Women in software programming: the experience of Brazil / Fatima Janine Gaio -- Something old, something new, something borrowed: the electronics industry in Calcutta / Nirmala Banerjee -- Women and information technology in sub-Saharan Africa: a topic for discussion? / Mayuri Odedra-Straub -- Gender perspectives on health and safety in information processing: learning from international experience / Ruth Pearson -- Using information technology as a mobilizing force: the case of The Tanzania Media Women's Association (TAMWA) / Fatma Alloo -- The fading of the collective dream? Reflections on twenty years' research on information technology and women's employment / Ursula Huws. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Women -- Employment -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Developing countries.
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Women -- Employment -- Effect of technological innovations on. |
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Developing countries. |
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Information technology -- Developing countries.
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Information technology. |
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Países subdesarrollados -- Información -- Tecnología. |
Indexed Term |
Developing countries Women |
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Women Employment |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
Added Author |
Mitter, Swasti, 1939-2016.
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Rowbotham, Sheila.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Women encounter technology. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415126878 0203288521 (DLC) 95007345 (OCoLC)32091304 |
ISBN |
0203208617 (electronic book) |
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9780203208618 (electronic book) |
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9780415126878 |
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0415126878 |
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