Manuscript Number : IJSRST1738132
The Role of ICT in Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in India
Authors(1) :-Tohida Rehman This paper explores the role of ICTs in empowering Indian rural women, through a review of ICT initiatives in India. Women are equal beneficiaries to the advantages offered by technology and the products and processes, which are by products of technology use. The present study was carried out to assess ICT infrastructure for women’s empowerment, and gender sensitization and to assess the status of ICT in gender sensitization in terms of policies regarding scholarships, reservations, business development programmes, etc. for self-employment opportunities for women. This paper looks at the prospects generated by ICT supported networking processes for women’s empowerment. It discusses the foremost challenges and a hindrance confronted by women and recommends strategies to address those challenges and means to revamp the situations giving rise to women’s empowerment.
Tohida Rehman ICT, Woman Empowerment, gender, Gender sensitization Publication Details
Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 8 | November-December 2017 Article Preview
Department of Computer Science, Surendranath College (C.U), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Date of Publication : 2017-12-31
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 562-565
Manuscript Number : IJSRST1738132
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST1738132
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