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What is E-Sakhi

Chapter 5
IT and the Development of Digital Skills and Competences in Education
E-sakhi is a digital literacy programme initiated by the Department of Information Technology and Communication (DoITC), Government of Rajasthan, with the aim of making every individual in the state being digitally literate. Under eSakhi, the government will leverage the state’s “girl power”, wherein young women in the age group 20-35 will act as patrons in charting the course to a Digital Rajasthan. “A total of 1, 50,000 e-sakhis will be selected through an open competitive process who will work to make every Rajasthani digitally literate.
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Women Empowerment Through ICT
Vandana Singh (Bhartiya Skill Development University, India) and Pallavi Mathur (Bhartiya Skill Development University, India)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4972-8.ch005
Abstract
ICT has the biggest potential today to become a key vehicle for the socio-economic advancement of women. There exists a plethora of opportunities for ICTs to improve women's economic activities in the field of trade, governance, education, health, crafts, employment in formal as well as informal sectors. It can be used to fight many social issues and to empower weaker segments of society. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the opportunities which ICT can provide to improve the life of a woman in India. It will include the voices which speak of how women can fully participate and benefit from ICT and how ICT can be used as a tool to empower women. Women also should have an equal advantage of technology and the use of ICT should not be restricted to the upper section of the society. The aim here is to explore how women in India can improve their lives by using ICT. At last, it will also suggest ways on how all the segments of the female population can have benefited from technology.
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