What is Empowerment Dynamics

While research in the past establishes the important role of women empowerment in improving several economic and socio-economic indicators, achieving women empowerment remains a distant dream. This chapter discusses the role played by information and communication technologies (ICT) in promoting women empowerment. It highlights the empowerment dynamics and their adverse impact on empowerment with the scrutiny of related models. It attempts to broaden the understanding related to the impact of ICT by discussing the direct and indirect impacts of ICT interventions. In addition, it highlights the role of ICT in women empowerment with the help of a case study. The case presented here peculiarly emphasises the crucial role played by government agency in implementing strategic interventions for women empowerment through the case of Raj Mahila Suraksha initiative by Government of Rajasthan, India.