Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Book Chapter Book Chapter Faculty Publications- Book Chapter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women empowerment in India: Are we on the right track? Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Agarwal M.; Nagariya R.; Patel B.S.; Sharma P.; Baral M.M.; Mukherjee S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ICT as a Driver of Women's Social and Economic Empowerment, pp. 244-263. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IGI Global Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85162867623&amp;doi=10.4018%2F978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b7c7c024368e603686418129860ebe9c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85162867623&amp;doi=10.4018%2f978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b7c7c024368e603686418129860ebe9c</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISBN: 978-166846119-8; 1668461188; 978-166846118-1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book chapter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 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