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Gender, Ethics and Information Technologyby A. Adam
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 105.00This book brings feminist philosophy, in the shape of feminist ethics, politics and legal theory, to an analysis of computer ethics problems including hacking, privacy, surveillance, cyberstalking and Internet dating. Adam claims that these issues cannot be properly understood unless we see them as problems relating to gender. For the first time, these issues are put under the feminist spotlight to show that traditional responses reproduce the public/private split which has so often reinforced the causes of women's oppression. more...
Gender and Computersby Joel Cooper; Kimberlee D. Weaver
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2003; US$ 27.50The book is intended to appeal to students and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences, education, human factors, and computer science interested in gender differences in general, and in human-computer interaction, in particular. more...
Information and Communication Technologies for Women's Socio-Economic Empowermentby Samia Melhem
World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 9.99The report will provide a brief overview of major themes for women and ICTs, including issues for girls versus women; the ICT workforce; and opportunities versus the threat of ICTs for womens lives. The report will discuss as well the issue of women and Sciences and Technologies. Several policy recommendations will be drawn, amongst whichThe economic opportunities women can bring to development through ICTs will not be realized unless policies for all mainstream efforts take gender considerations into account.Policy makers should host forums that allow gender experts to debate the issues and arrive at a diversity of perspectives and recommendations that recognize the complexity of the issues and their impact on socio economic... more...
Gender Codesby Thomas J. Misa
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 29.95The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices, education, libraries, programming, and government are examined for clues on how and where women succeeded—and where they struggled. It also provides a unique international dimension with studies examining the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Norway, and Greece. Scholars in history, gender/women's studies, and science and technology studies, as well as department chairs and hiring directors will... more...
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