"Missing women": Gender, ICTs, and the shaping of the global economy

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 262-279

  Gillard, Hazel ^a   Howcroft, Debra ^b   Mitev, Natalie ^a   Richardson, Helen ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Development; Gender; Gender relations; Information and communication technologies

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; GENDER RELATIONS; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 67651252716     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/itdj.20098     Document Type: Article

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