Raksha Hungund

"If we post, what will people think of us?”: Offline Norms, Online Engagement and Unpacking Gendered Experiences in a Pakistani Facebook Tech Community

This paper investigates how deeply entrenched offline gender norms and patriarchal power structures constrain and shape participation within Tech Aids, a large Facebook community in Pakistan focused on peer-to-peer technical help and e-commerce transactions. Through a qualitative study involving 14 months of participa…