Significance of ICT education in empowering the women at present era

1. Cutting the Gender Digital
Divide: Empowerment of Women
through ICT Education

2. 1.
• Introduction
• Components
2.
• Objectives
• Discussion
3.
• Suggestion
• Conclusion

3. Introduction
What is ICT?
Information & Communication Technology(ies)
is an umbrella term that includes any
communication device or application,
encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones,
computer and network hardware and software,
satellite systems and so on, as well as the various
services and applications ...

4. WHY ICT?

5. Why ICT TO All?

7. Digital Divide
• The term “digital divide” refers to the differences in
resources and capabilities to access and effectively utilize
ICT for development that exist within and between
countries, regions, sectors and socio-economic groups.
Gender Digital Divide
• Women and Girls taking less (negligible in some
cases)benefit from access to information technology than
Men and Boys referred to as Gender Digital Divide

8. The first Prime Minister of India Shri
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once said
“To awaken the people, it is women
who must be awaken; once she is on the
move, the family moves, the village
moves and the nation moves”
(quoted in Pillai, 1995; p. 62).

9. Impact of ICT In Improving Women
Condition
Personal
Empowermen
t
Political
Empowe
rment
Social
Empower
ment
Economic
al
Empower
ment
Technolog
ical
Empower
ment
Education
al
Empower
ment
Psycholog
ical
Empower
ment

10. Policy Framework For Gender Equality
Through ICT
Government’s
Effort
Increasing
Educational
Opportunities
Designing
Technologies
appropriate to
women's ‘ need
Ensuring a
gender
perspective in
ICT-based
Projects
Distance
Learning ICT
Programs
Ensuring Gender
Sensitive ICT’s
Policy and
Regulation
More Researches
on gender equality
and ICT

11. Little awareness
Poor ICT infrastructure
Social and cultural barriers.
Lack of or limited computer skills
Time barriers

12. A Survey

13. S.
No.
Purposes Frequency Percentage
1 Communication 25
16%
2 Information 29
19%
3 Searching for research
materials
32
21%
4 Information in different
aspects of life
27
18%
5 Booking Tickets 21 14%
6 Banking & Insurance
purpose
18 12%
Purpose of using ICT Resources

14. Preferred Source of getting
Information
S.No. Source Frequency Percentage
1 TV 11
11%
2 PCs 17
17%
3 Smart-phones 33
34%
4 Internet 34
35%
5 Radio 3
3%

15. S. No. General statements Strongly
agree
Somewhat
Agree
Do not
know
Dis-
agree
Cannot
say
1 ICT has provided the women
opportunity to work from home and
earn
40% 43% 9% 3% 6%
2 ICT has helped women folk in India
about what is happening in the
country and out side
46% 37% 9% 6% 3%
3 women folk is deprived of ICT
infrastructure 43% 34% 9% 11%
3%
4 Women still want to make use of ICT
for their next generation
development
49% 46% 6% 0% 0%
5 Entry of women workforce in ICT
industry is affected by their socio-
economic and educational
background
43% 40% 6% 9%
0%
Attitudinal Statements

16. SUGGESTIONS
Women should be empowered by enhancing their skills, knowledge
and access to information technology.
The women should be given training for PC management; they should
be given hardware training and problem solving.
Relevant areas of interest need to be developed to bring women to
ICTs so that they can then use these ICT tools to enhance their
capabilities.
There has been a great deal of interest in the potential benefits community
networking may offer the developing world. This is particularly true of information
and communication technology (ICT) projects that seek to bring emerging
technologies like low cost computing and Internet access to households, social
institutions and governments.

17. Orientation Programs
Tutorial Classes
Workshops to improve ICT
Skills
Online Lectures
Role of Libraries In Providing ICT Skills

18. Maulana Azad Library’s Efforts
Digital Resource Centre
Separate Section for Girls with
ICT Equipments
Well Trained Staff to provide
Instructions
Regular Workshops and seminars
related to women issues