Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Women Empowerment: Role of Information Communication Technology (Internet)

Dr. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are for everyone and women have to be an equal beneficiary to the advantages and benefits offered by the technology. The benefits coming out of the ICT need not be restricted to the males only but have to freely flow to all segments of the female population. The areas in which ICT can put a great control in the hands of women are wide and are continuously expanding from Education to Healthy lifestyle. At present, only one third of users who use the Internet are women. Lack of easy access to Internet, lack of knowledge on how to use the Internet and its relevance in their daily lives are some of the biggest barriers for women to get online. Basically, this paper deals with empowerment of women through the Information Communication Technologies (Internet) in terms of Educational and Health issues.. Empowerment of women led to the development of the family, community, society, state and the nation. This paper will specially highlight the positive perception and use of Social Media as a development tool to empower the women specifically related to Health and Education based Issues. It will also focus on how to create awareness about the benefits of Internet for women, educate women to use the Internet to improve their health and lives and work with partners to enable easy Internet access points for women in the country

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan / Women Empowerment: Role of Information Communication Technology (Internet) / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.3, Issue.6 June 2014

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