Local/Global Encounters

Development (2006) 49, 123–127. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100306

Gender, Technology and Disability in the South

Asha Hans

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Abstract

Asha Hans explores the impact of new technologies on women with disabilities, with a focus on women from developing countries. For women with disabilities, especially in developing countries, these new advances are critical not only to their future quality of life, but also their identity and very survival.

Keywords:

women, NBICS, technology, developing countries, perfect bodies, reproductive choices