Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ236627

Economic Empowerment of Tribal Women Through Digital Literacy to Achieve SDG 5 With Special Reference to Indore

Authors(1) :-Dr. Vanchna Singh Parihar

In August 2015 India took a step ahead in field of digital transformation by taking an initiative that seeks to transform India digitally in every aspect of daily life transactions through DIGITAL INDIA PROGRAMME and using this as a pivot tool for achieving SDG 5 .However, the policy documents itself doesn’t include women as a special focus segment of digital literacy (Chami 2018). So in this paper we are trying to seek the impact of Digital literacy on women’s life. Are Digital literacy programs the catalytic agents to bring the women into the economic empowerment? Are Digital literacy programs would be a better tool to achieve SDG 5? To explain, this study is a small initiative in this regard.There are several visible factors that are responsible for the gender gap in digital literacy such as- infrastructure, geography, motivation, social norms, domestic environment and economic conditions etc. But there are also certain invisible factors like cultural and moral policing or obligations, cultural taboo, and patriarchal mindset which directly restrict the women access to certain resources arising out of the traditional mindset of masculine jobs and feminine jobs, therefore, resulting only 35 percent minority of Indian women are currently working on STEM subjects. Globally only 39 percent of the population has internet access. Out of which 77 percent in developed countries and remaining 31 percent in developing countries, that makes digital gender gap in developing country more serious especially in overpopulated India in which women’s systematic deprivation of digital and technological literacy coupled with unpaid household work, which further disempowered them and snatches the financial as well as decision-making powers also. The objectives of the study as follows.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Vanchna Singh Parihar
Administrator, One Stop Centre (Sakhi)WCD, Indore, MP

SDG, Digital India program, Tribal women, Digital literacy, women empowerment, STEM.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 6 | Issue 6 | November-December 2023
Date of Publication : 2023-12-21
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 165-181
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ236627
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

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Dr. Vanchna Singh Parihar , "Economic Empowerment of Tribal Women Through Digital Literacy to Achieve SDG 5 With Special Reference to Indore ", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 6, Issue 6, pp.165-181, November-December.2023
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