• Dr.G.Elumalai

Information and Communication Technologies are diverse set of technical tools and resources to create, disseminate, store, brings value addition and manages information. The ICT sector consists of segments as diverse as telecommunications, television and radio broadcasting, computer hardware, software and services and electronic media, for example, the internet and electronic mail. This paper looks at the prospects generated by ICT supported networking processes for women’s empowerment. It discusses the foremost challenges and a hindrance confronted by women and recommends strategies to address those challenges and means to revamp the situations giving rise to women’s empowerment. Keywords- Need of ICT, Status of Women in ICT, Women empowerment, ICT. It is well unstated that any endeavor to revamp the quality of life of people in developing countries would be unfinished without the empowerment of women. Information and Communication Technologies [ICTs] are technological apparatus and resources to create, circulate, store, bring value‐addition and manage information. The ICT sector embraces diverse segments such as telecommunications, television and radio broadcasting, computer hardware, software and services and electronic media etc. ICTs are mounting as a powerful tool for gender empowerment in a developing country like India. According to the 2014 report by Cisco Learning Institute women encompass only 33% of India’s internet users. This gender digital divide is characterized by low levels of access to technologies. Poverty, lack of computer literatures and language barricades are among the issues impeding access to ICT infrastructure. This paper looks at the prospects formed by ICT‐enabled networking processes for women’s empowerment. It discusses the main challenges and impediments faced by women, recommends strategies to address those challenges and ways to cultivate the conditions leading to women’s empowerment.

“ICT and Woman’s Economic Empowerment in India”

"“ICT and Woman’s Economic Empowerment in India”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1-9, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901J01.pdf

"“ICT and Woman’s Economic Empowerment in India”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1-9, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901J01.pdf