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dc.contributor.authorBorborah, Pratisha
dc.contributor.authorDas, Krishna Surjya
dc.contributor.editorSatija, Shivani
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-20T12:13:03Z
dc.date.available2022-12-20T12:13:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-07
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552074.2022.2131260
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/621466
dc.description<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>Demonetisation of the Indian economy in 2016 facilitated significant changes in the lifestyle of people, particularly in adoption of digital transactions in everyday life. While there have been studies on mobile phones and the digital divide even prior to demonetisation, the growing gender disparity in the use of new technologies for secure payment via UPI (Unified Payment Interface) methods remains largely unexplored. Therefore, this paper explores the impact of new payment methods through digital means on street vendors in local markets through an ethnographic study based on narratives, unstructured interviews, and general observation. The study focuses on Assam while bringing out the larger socioeconomic context of the digital discrimination within the country. It locates how the government&#8217;s drive for digital economy post-demonetisation exacerbated the gender gap in access to technology in informal markets. The article observes how men use mobile phones and technology to sell their commodities while women vendors lag behind in ownership, usage, or access to such technology due to social norms and expectations. Subsequently, the study brings about the narratives on how women negotiate through such constraints to build their social &#8216;agency&#8217; and identity in the market at both individual and collective level.</p> </body> </html>en_US
dc.format.extent14en_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam KEDVen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Indiaen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Mexicoen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Colombiaen_US
dc.publisherOxfam South Africaen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Brazilen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/building-agency-women-vendors-and-gendered-technology-in-informal-markets-in-as-621466
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleBuilding agency: women vendors and gendered technology in informal markets in Assamen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfamen_US
oxfam.subject.countryIndiaen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordInformal marketen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordwomen vendorsen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordmobile phonesen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordsocial norms and agencyen_US
prism.issuenameWomen, work, and the digital economyen_US
prism.number3en_US
prism.volume30en_US


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