A human rights-based approach to bridge gender digital divide : the case study of India

• Main Author: Luk, Sabrina Ching Yuen
• Other Authors: Williams, Idongesit
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IGI Global 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology; Gender Gap; Digital Divide
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142913
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using India as a case study, this chapter examines four elements of gender digital divide, the causes of gender digital divide, and ways to bridge gender digital divide. It finds that girls and women do not have equal access to the internet and mobile technologies like men do. This is due to social...