Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan
Majid, Hadia Mustafa, Maryam
Majid, Hadia
Mustafa, Maryam
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2022-12-07
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<p>This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to digital technologies to affect their economic and social lives. Our paper highlights the barriers that women face and explores whether and how in a patriarchal, religious context with restricted physical mobility and limited access to the internet, women circumnavigate their constraints by leveraging digital technologies.</p>
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Gender & Development
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Women, work, and the digital economy
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30
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3
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1355-2074
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1364-9221