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Women’s Laborers Transitioning and Reskilling through Digital Divides

Submitted by on June 30, 2012 – 8:06 amNo Comment

What we learn from the juxtaposition of contexts from the Varied Geographical and Socio-cultural Contexts

by Radhika Gajjala

This article addresses ‘transition’ within a variety of contexts wherein subjectivities are negotiated at the intersection of age, gender, technology, and hierarchies of literacies and skills called for by a globalization that is shaped by transnational corporations and their need for cheap labor forces. In such a context, women, now in their midlife, who have not been able to devote their entire life to careers are faced with a need to reskill and transition into a work environment that continually upgrades technologically and organizationally…read more.

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