Gillian Youngs

Gillian Youngs, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication, Leicester University, UK, has been researching and participating in international networks on women and information and communication technologies (ICTs) for nearly a decade, and has been involved in related projects supported by UNESCO and NGOs. She has published numerous articles and chapters in academic journals and book collections on feminist theory and women and ICTs and contributed to policy documents and debates in national and international contexts. She has recently completed a monograph, Global Political Economy in the Information Age: Power and Inequality (Routledge, 2007).