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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
wifi event
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
E-Mail
arkaiser@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-6221
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Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP)

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.

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