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Women Empowerment in India: Are We on the Right Track?

Women Empowerment in India: Are We on the Right Track?

Monika Agarwal, Ramji Nagariya, Bharat Singh Patel, Priyanshu Sharma, Manish Mohan Baral, Subhodeep Mukherjee
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668461181|ISBN10: 1668461188|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668461228|EISBN13: 9781668461198
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015
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Agarwal, Monika, et al. "Women Empowerment in India: Are We on the Right Track?." ICT as a Driver of Women’s Social and Economic Empowerment, edited by Pankaj Dhaundiyal and Sana Moid, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 244-263. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015

APA

Agarwal, M., Nagariya, R., Patel, B. S., Sharma, P., Baral, M. M., & Mukherjee, S. (2023). Women Empowerment in India: Are We on the Right Track?. In P. Dhaundiyal & S. Moid (Eds.), ICT as a Driver of Women’s Social and Economic Empowerment (pp. 244-263). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015

Chicago

Agarwal, Monika, et al. "Women Empowerment in India: Are We on the Right Track?." In ICT as a Driver of Women’s Social and Economic Empowerment, edited by Pankaj Dhaundiyal and Sana Moid, 244-263. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6118-1.ch015

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Abstract

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.

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