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Shaping the global economy: gender, ICTs and development research

In a recent key paper (Walsham and Sahay, 2005) outlining research on information systems in developing countries and suggesting potential areas for future research, a notable omission was the issue of gender and gender relations. In this paper we draw on the substantial gender and development literature to demonstrate the centrality of gender to our understanding of information systems in developing countries. In particular, we consider the relationship between gender, ICTs, and globalization to illustrate how changes in the global economy both impact on and are influenced by changing gender identities and roles