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200 10$aWomen Encounter Technology $eChanging Patterns of Employment in the Third World
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d1997
215   $a1 online resource (375 p.)
225 1 $aUNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Beyond the politics of difference: an introduction; Information technology and working women's demands; Feminist approaches to technology: women's values or a gender lens?; Conflicting demands of new technology and household work: women's work in Brazilian and Argentinian textiles; Changes in textiles: implications for Asian women; Information technology and women's employment in manufacturing in Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenia
327   $aRestructuring and retraining: the Canadian garment industry in transitionComputerization and women's employment in India's banking sector; Information technology, gender and employment: a case study of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia; Women in software programming: the experience of Brazil; Something old, something new, something borrowed The electronics industry in Calcutta; Women and information technology in sub-Saharan Africa: a topic for discussion?; Gender perspectives on health and safety in information processing: learning from international experience
327   $aUsing information technology as a mobilizing force: the case of The Tanzania Media Women's Association (TAMWA)The fading of the collective dream? Reflections on twenty years' research on information technology and women's employment; Afterword; Index
330   $aThis 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.
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