According to the publishers, "In the global discourse on ICTs [information and communication technologies], 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 research, illuminates the gender-related facets of the emergent information society while raising key questions about the implications of the digital economy on women's work and lives."

Contents:

• Gender and Empowerment in the Information Economy: An Introduction
• Theorizing Gender, Development and ICTs: A Reality Check
  • Globalization, ICTs, and Economic Empowerment: A Feminist Critique
  • From 'Information' to 'Knowledge' Societies? Argentina in the Context of Engendered Regional Globalization
• Gendered Spaces in the Digital Economy
  • Female Spaces in the Philippines' ICT Industry
  • Women’s Agency and the IT Industry in India
  • Valuing Women's Voices: Call Center Workers in Malaysia and India
  • Women Weavers OnLine: Rural Moroccan Women on the Internet
  • Virtual Community Building for Networking among Women
• The Politics and Policies of Gender and ICTs
  • Gender-Net: A Political Goal of Communication Technologies
  • Thinking BIG to Accelerate Gender Equality and Transformation in the ICT Arena
• Index

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