Women Researching Women: Gateways to Technology-enabled Socio-economic Development

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Panelists: Julie S. Weber (University of Michigan and Microsoft Research), Divya Ramachandran (University of California at Berkeley), Nithya Sambasivan (University of California at Irvine), Ilda Ladeira (University of Cape Town)

An important agenda in the developmental discourse is the empowerment of women. This panel will focus on women as researchers and women as target populations, presenting three case studies of women researching women in developing regions within India. Each of the speakers has directly interacted with women in urban and rural lower-income settings, working to address their needs through technology.