Women empowerment in India: Are we on the right track?

Title

Women empowerment in India: Are we on the right track?

Creator

Agarwal M.; Nagariya R.; Patel B.S.; Sharma P.; Baral M.M.; Mukherjee S.

Description

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have attracted the continued attention of national governments, international bodies, private organizations, civil societies, and NGOs. ICT has the potential to act as an influential method for promoting gender equality and social-economic and political empowerment of women. The chapter describes a number of ICT-backed initiatives in different countries targeted towards various concerns of women such as health, education, violence, governance, income, etc. It demonstrates the ability of ICT for empowering women especially those belonging to the marginalized group. This chapter examines the key challenges including technical, social, and economic to the usage of ICT for women's development as well as suggests initiatives for initiatives for national governments, policy makers, and organizations focusing on the issue of women empowerment. 2023, IGI Global.

Source

ICT as a Driver of Women's Social and Economic Empowerment, pp. 244-263.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Agarwal M., Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore, India; Nagariya R., CHRIST University (Deemed), Bangalore, India; Patel B.S., Thiagarajar School of Management, India; Sharma P., Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Jaipur, India; Baral M.M., GITAM School of Business, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India; Mukherjee S., GITAM School of Business, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-166846119-8; 1668461188; 978-166846118-1

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015

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