Winifred Poster "Women Maintenance Workers for Global Information Highway: Village Data Processing Centers in India"
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, co-sponsored by Sociology Department and the Center for Global Studies
- Location
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Apr 21, 2023 12:00 pm
- Speaker
- Winifred R. Poster, Director, Labor Tech Research Network and Lecturer in International Affairs at Washington University, St. Louis
- Cost
- Free and open to the public
- Registration
- https://go.illinois.edu/PosterTalk
- Contact
- Anita Kaiser
- arkaiser@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-333-6221
- Views
- 73
- Originating Calendar
- Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
Women's share of the formal workforce in India has been declining for several decades. But not, paradoxically, in information and communication technology jobs. Here, there has been a niche carved out for women. In this presentation, I focus on one of the curious spots where we see this happening - in rural areas and in the middle of agricultural fields, where free - standing data centers have been set up for informational labor.
Co-sponsored by the Sociology Department and the Center for Global Studies through support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.