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Gender and feminist considerations in artificial intelligence from a developing-world perspective, with India as a case study

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  • Shailendra Kumar

    (Sikkim Central University)

  • Sanghamitra Choudhury

    (Bodoland State University
    University of Oxford
    Queen’s University
    Hague Academy of International Law)

Abstract

This manuscript discusses the relationship between women, technology manifestation, and likely prospects in the developing world. Using India as a case study, the manuscript outlines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics affect women’s opportunities in developing countries. Women in developing countries, notably in South Asia, are perceived as doing domestic work and are underrepresented in high-level professions. They are disproportionately underemployed and face prejudice in the workplace. The purpose of this study is to determine if the introduction of AI would exacerbate the already precarious situation of women in the developing world or if it would serve as a liberating force. While studies on the impact of AI on women have been undertaken in developed countries, there has been less research in developing countries. This manuscript attempts to fill that need.

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  • Shailendra Kumar & Sanghamitra Choudhury, 2022. "Gender and feminist considerations in artificial intelligence from a developing-world perspective, with India as a case study," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:9:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-022-01043-5
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01043-5
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