Table of Contents

1 Beyond the politics of difference: an introduction 2 Information technology and working women’s demands 3 Feminist approaches to technology: women’s values or a gender lens? 4 Conflicting demands of new technology and household work: women’s work in Brazilian and Argentinian textiles 5 Changes in textiles: implications for Asian women 6 Information technology and women’s employment in manufacturing in Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenia 7 Restructuring and retraining: the Canadian garment industry in transition 8 Computerization and women’s employment in India’s banking sector 9 Information technology, gender and employment: a case study of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia 10 Women in software programming: the experience of Brazil 11 Something old, something new, something borrowed…The electronics industry in Calcutta 12 Women and information technology in sub-Saharan Africa: a topic for discussion? 13 Gender perspectives on health and safety in information processing: learning from international experience 14 Using information technology as a mobilizing force: the case of The Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA) 15 The fading of the collective dream? Reflections on twenty years’ research on information technology and women’s employment