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Achieving Women Empowerment Through ICT: Case of a Government Initiative in India

Achieving Women Empowerment Through ICT: Case of a Government Initiative in India

Swati Singh, Sita Vanka
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781799828198|ISBN10: 1799828190|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799828204|EISBN13: 9781799828211
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2819-8.ch006
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Singh, Swati, and Sita Vanka. "Achieving Women Empowerment Through ICT: Case of a Government Initiative in India." Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment, edited by Moly Kuruvilla and Irene George, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 87-104. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2819-8.ch006

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Singh, S. & Vanka, S. (2020). Achieving Women Empowerment Through ICT: Case of a Government Initiative in India. In M. Kuruvilla & I. George (Eds.), Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment (pp. 87-104). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2819-8.ch006

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Singh, Swati, and Sita Vanka. "Achieving Women Empowerment Through ICT: Case of a Government Initiative in India." In Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment, edited by Moly Kuruvilla and Irene George, 87-104. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2819-8.ch006

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Abstract

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.

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