Women encounter technology

Description

This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's employment and on the nature of women's work. The volume is edited by two pre-eminent scholars in the field and contains thirteen articles from leading academics worldwide. The book provides a critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism and demands that new technology is used as a vehicle for gender equality in the developing world.

Description

This collection of essays explores the effects of information technology on women's employment and the nature of women's work in the third world. Contributors discuss the challenges faced by women, along with their responses and organizing strategies, as they adjust to new technologies in less affluent communities. Also outlined are the roles that family, ideology, state policies and trade union structures can play in distributing information technology-related employment among women and men. Particular chapters highlight differences in the interests and needs of different groups of women, challenging the concept of a monolithic, specifically feminine vision of technology and science. The book provides a critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism and suggests ways in which modern technologies could promote gender equality in the developing world.

Subjects

Series Statement

• UNU/INTECH studies in new technology and development,

Other Editions

• Women encounter technology: changing patterns of employment in the Third WorldRoutledge1995-01-01
• Women Encounter TechnologyRoutledge1995-10-05
• Women Encounter TechnologyRoutledge1997-06-24
• Women Encounter TechnologyElectronic resourceTaylor & Francis Inc2004-01-01