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Phenomenal scientific progress has been made during the second half of the last century in terms of communication. With the availability of the internet, knowledge has become more accessible than ever before. It has caused massive social, productive, political, and cultural transformations, as a direct result of innovations in the Internet, mobile telephony, and social networking applications in all shapes and sizes. Society at large has started to embrace these new tools, changing forever the way we communicate and coordinating our activities, and organize social interactions. But has this technological spread been equal between the genders? Are men and women equally enjoying these technical advantages? Things at the ground level will tell that there is a huge gender divide.
It now seems that a new form of inequality has been added to all existing forms of discrimination i.e an inequality in the power to communicate and to process information digitally. Due to the general gender stereotypes, girls are not given easy access to communication devices and in India, most of the parents think that it will spoil their daughters. Even if they get access to the communication devices their access is mostly controlled and monitored, leading to a very restricted right. Even the internet is not gender equality friendly. most of the internet services are focused upon the male genders such as gaming, coding, and other fields where mails are prominent. it has very low services where the female gender can engage themselves. even if they get access to the internet they are faced with online harassment and bullying which further creates problems for them.
These present-day technologies are a very good opportunity to equip our women with skills that can help them make Independent and less dependent on the patriarchal setup. The government should utilize this technical book in improving gender equality status and bringing women to par with men.