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Homeworkers Online: Utilization of ICT for Home‐based Work in Malaysia

This paper addresses key gender‐specific issues affecting poor urban women homeworkers’ utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in three sites in Malaysia‐Penang, Ipoh and Klang Valley. A total of 90 urban impoverished women homeworkers and 40 sectoral stakeholders were interviewed. They are from different races, ages and types of home‐based work and included the chronically ill or those with physically and mentally challenged dependents. Focus group discussions, oral histories and case studies/observations offer insights of gender issues and glimpses into their otherwise invisible lives.