[Call for Papers] 'Gender in the Information Society'

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

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From:           	"Kotkamp, Erna" <Erna.Kotkamp@let.uu.nl>
To:             	"'genderandict@let.uu.nl'" <genderandict@let.uu.nl>
Date sent:      	Tue, 6 May 2003 12:46:10 +0200


Second Call for Papers

Journal: Gender, Technology and Development
Theme: Gender in the Information Society
Last date for abstracts/proposals: 15 May 2003
Last date for papers: 30 May 2003
Publication Date: January/February 2004
Contact: GTDjournal@ait.ac.th

Gender, Technology and Development has scheduled a special issue on 
'Gender in the Information Society' for publication in early 2004. 
Unequal power relations in our societies have led to differential 
access, control and participation for women and men in the 
Information Society. This special issue seeks original field-based 
research that debates this basic assumption through case studies, 
pilot projects and gender analysis of project implementation.  

Gender, Technology and Development is interested in exploring the 
ways in which power/gender relations carry into the new world. 
Articles that address the key issues and identify the problems and 
challenges of the global information society are particularly 
welcome. The economic, social, cultural, technological and policy 
concerns of the information society may be subjected to intense 
scrutiny through the gender lens to assess the gendered and other 
social impacts in sustainable rural and urban development, employment 
and poverty alleviation, education, human rights, access and control 
over the benefits of ICT technology, and other areas that deserve 
study.  

Buzzwords such as e-governance, e-commerce, knowledge society/economy 
and e-development are especially deserving of gender (class and 
ethnicity) analysis. Case studies of successful and not-so-successful 
attempts to empower the disenfranchised, especially women, through 
the use of ICTs are also welcome.  

Papers may range from 5-8,000 words and must be based on original 
research. Articles based on field-based research are preferred. While 
the global South is the preferred focus of our journal, we wish to 
include articles that encompass a global perspective including North-
South dialogue.  

Send your paper as an MS Word attachment to the editors at 
GTDjournal@ait.ac.th and send 3 hard copies  to the editors at the 
following address:  

Gender, Technology and Development
Gender and Development Studies
Asian Institute of Technology
PO Box 4, Klong Luang
Pathumthani, Thailand - 12120

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