Beyond the politics of difference: an introduction / Swasti Mitter -- Information technology and working women's demands / Swasti Mitter -- Feminist approaches to technology: women's values or a gender lens? / Sheila Rowbotham -- Conflicting demands of new technology and household work: women's work in Brazilian and Argentinian textiles / Liliana Acero -- Changes in textiles: implications for Asian women / Pavla Jezkova -- Information technology and women's employment in manufacturing in Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenia / Maja Bu้car -- Restructuring and retraining: the Canadian garment industry in transition / Charlene Gannagโe -- Computerization and women's employment in India's banking sector / Sujata Gothoskar -- Information technology, gender and employment: a case study of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia / Cecilia Ng Choon Sim and Carol Yong -- Women in software programming: the experience of Brazil / Fatima Janine Gaio -- Something old, something new, something borrowed: the electronics industry in Calcutta / Nirmala Banerjee -- Women and information technology in sub-Saharan Africa: a topic for discussion? / Mayuri Odedra-Straub -- Gender perspectives on health and safety in information processing: learning from international experience / Ruth Pearson -- Using information technology as a mobilizing force: the case of The Tanzania Media Women's Association (TAMWA) / Fatma Alloo -- The fading of the collective dream? Reflections on twenty years' research on information technology and women's employment / Ursula Huws