The empowerment of women has been recognized as a vital element in national development efforts. This is equally true in building the information society in our country where wide technical and economic disparities exist between men and women. Therefore the developments that shape the formation society should pursue goals of gender equality and women’s advancement as well as social, political and economic justice and sustainable human development. The information society should be grounded on a human rights approach as a means to ensure the rights to all, including the rights to non-discrimination and the right communicate. Communication is a basic human need, indispensable for the organization of societies and should be the foundation for building the information society.
The rapid breakthroughs in new information and communication technologies (ICTs) is changing the way knowledge is developed, acquired and delivered. The new technologies offer opportunities to innovate on course content and teaching methods and to widen access to higher learning.
The development and implementation of ICTs forces today’s universities and college to respond to societal trends that point to a transformation of our society into a so-called knowledge economy. Globalization and ICT applications place new demands on higher education establishments and hold important implications for their teaching and research functions, especially in light of the growing importance placed upon lifelong learning and upon more flexible forms of higher education delivery.
The new technologies does not reduce the need for teachers but changes their role in relation to the learning process and that the continuous dialogue that converts information into knowledge and understanding becomes fundamental. Higher education institutions should lead in drawing on the advantages and potential of new information and communication technologies, ensuring quality and maintaining high standards for education practices and outcomes in a spirit of openness, equity and international co-operation by engaging in networks, technology transfer, capacity-building, developing teaching materials and sharing experience of their application in teaching, training and research.
The isolation of women from the main stream economy and their lack of access to information because of societal, cultural and market constraints have led to their distancing from the global pool o information and knowledge. This distance is reflected in the low levels of empowerment and equality of men and women has enormously contributed to the slow pace of development in our country. It is now a well understood fact that without progress towards empowerment of women, any attempt to raise the quality of lives of people would be incomplete. There is an increasing amount of evidence substantiating the truth that societies which discriminate by gender, pay a high price in terms of their stunted ability to develop and to reduce poverty.
In the context of knowledge sphere, the issue of gender equality, equity and empowerment of women become even more significant as women have a strategic role in the incubation and transfer o critical knowledge. This knowledge often forms the blue print of survival for communities to adapt and minimize their risks in adverse circumstances. Women, because of their biological and social roles, are generally more rooted than men in the confines of their locality. They are therefore more aware of the social, economic and environmental needs of their own communities. Women have been the traditional incubators and transfer media of knowledge relating to seed preservation and storage, food processing, indigenous health practices etc. Such forms of knowledge are often contextual, rooted in experience and experiments but are non-codified. Therefore it is essential that any knowledge sharing mechanism recognizes the value of knowledge possessed by women and provides space for value-addition and the amalgamation of women’s knowledge in the global knowledge pool.
A benefit of Women’s Networking :-
1. It allows women to form a community and became creators / participants.
It develops independent exploration.
It promotes collaboration and socialization.
It promotes participatory approach it facilitates.
Need for Technological Education for Empowering Women :-
Women play constructive role in the family and community. ICT would help women to educate her without going to colleges; everything can be done possible at home with ICTS Increase in self empowerment jobs.
More number of women entrepreneurs is encouraged.
Women can explore the knowledge by sitting at home through internet. Present and future environment is all around ICT. It is an advantage and need for women to equip, where many ICT industries and BPOS give more opposite for Women’s participle. The scarp of Equal Remunerative for women is available in the IT field. In rural areas, Pan Raj and SHG’s concentrate on Women empowerment through ICTs empowerment demaking concept among women.
ICT as an interdisciplinary domain develops K, S and BR attitude which enable women to develop new thinking and learning skills that produce creative and innovative insights develop more productive ways of working and solving problems individually and collaboratively create information products that demonstrate their understanding of concepts, issues, relationship and processes. Express themselves in contemporary and socially relevant ways communicate locally and globally to solve problems and to share knowledge understand the implications of the use of ICT and their social and ethical responsibilities as users of ICT.
Empowerment of Women
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Participation in Economic &
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