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.