Moving beyond "Gender and GIS" to a feminist perspective on information technologies: The impact of welfare reform on women's IT needs

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 305-321

  Gilbert, Melissa R ^a   Masucci, Michele ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Feminist geography; Information technologies; Welfare reform; Women empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544443606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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