Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a pivotal role in the socio-economic development. When the world is galloping towards a welfare society, with people centric policies, a vast section of population, particularly women, are unable to participate in the development process due to lack of access to information, communication and its relevant technologies that are empowering the other half of the world in achieving their goals. A book on ‘Gender Digital Divide’ is quite significant at a time when the disparities in gender due to lack of access to ICT are hotly debated across the globe. It is further significant as it is investigating the current challenges of achieving the millennium development goals of equality of gender and universal female literacy and how this can be achieved using ICT. The authors analyze the issues of gender inequalities in the field of ICT and the way it is creating the gender digital divide. They further discuss the current status of women in the field of ICT. The book is aimed at examining the experiences from across the globe that could successfully implement gender sensitive policies with the help of ICT in enhancing opportunities for women in equal participation in every aspect of her uplift. It examines further the ways to bridge this gap while searching for the solutions that can promote gender parity and social justice using ICT. The book is mainly targeting policymakers, researchers, administrators and both genders.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mannar Indira Srinivasan
Mannar Indira Srinivasan holds a master's degree in Mass communication and Journalism from Sri Padmavathi Women's University, Tirupathi. Currently she is working for Icfai Research Centre, Hyderabad as Consulting Editor. She has 16 years of academic and industrial experience of which, 6 years she has served abroad for the governments of Maldives and North East Africa. She has been a freelance writer in India and abroad for the last 17 years and have contributed several articles to the English as well as vernacular press. She worked for All India Radio, Tirupathi, and Radio for Adult Education at Eritrea. She was a member of Public Relations of India Tirupathi Chapter and served Lok Adalat, Medak district, A.P. for two years. Her areas of interest are: Gender, ICT, Culture and Communications.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR V.V. Ramani
V.V. Ramani holds an M.A., Phil and a PGDM from Madras University. She is currently working as a Faculty Member and Consulting Editor with ICFAI University. She has over 18 years of industry and academic experience. She is the Joint Secretary of National Human Resources Development Network, Hyderabad Chapter and Vice President of CEASE Child Labor (an ILO Project). Her articles have been published in various magazines and management journals. She presented several papers in various conferences and seminars. Her areas of interest include Economics disciplines like Micro-Economics, Macro-Economics, International Trade, Public Finance and HR disciplines like Leadership, Organisational Development, Human Resource Management and Networking.
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