I. Digitalization – Digitalization (It) is a unification of digital technology, and with the help of digital technology we can fill the information gap, in a short period we can connect with a large number of people all around the globe, and it makes our day to day life more comfortable.
In the contemporary world, all human being are dependent on digital technology for their everyday activities, but studies show that in India there are a large number of women, those who are not connected to the internet or mobile phone. Digital gender exclusion in India majorly a reason behind it; social and cultural gender biases create a complication for women not to get educated and flourish another kind of skill. Low level of education is one of the main reasons why women are not internet friendly. The education for Girls in India is mostly at the primary or secondary level; they do not get to know how to operate a computer system. Language is one of the other barriers for women; they have not used the internet, and very few contents are available in the local language. Physical availability of internet is also a big question because there are a large number of population and especially of women who have not accessed the internet. A large number of public training center run by ICT ministry but women are not allowed to visit such places. At the same time, women themselves are not ready or allow other women in their family to use a mobile phone. A survey shows that in India out of every five women one woman thought that the use of the internet for women are inadequate, inappropriate, and non-beneficial and some of the women felt uncomfortable while using mobile phone or internet.
It is difficult for developing counties to ensure a minimum level of digital literacy for every section of society. If once the minimum level of digital literacy training provided to women, after that more number of women in rural and urban area use technology. The timing of the training program was a problem for many women in a rural area because in early morning and evening not possible for them to come for training. If the timing of training change according to the preference of women, then it can possible to achieve a minimum level of digital literacy. Once minimum training women got, then further understanding about digital technology tool are easy for them, and they can get mastery in digital technology.
Digital Fluency model helps us to analyse the effect of digital fluency or mastery especially regarding gender equality in every aspect of life, or it helps to narrow down the gender gap at the workspace. Digital technology is used to help women to maintain a balance between personal and professional life, and it creates a flexible working time environment and also changes somewhere the idea of an ideal worker. If anyone knows how to use a digital technology tool, it can provide you with more career options, and it is more helpful for those women who want to work from home. Studies show that if men and women have an equal level of digital fluency, then women are more successful as compared to the man.
Through the help of this article, we understand what digitalization is and the second part gives a brief idea about what kind of issue women face and not use technology in her everyday life. In the third para provide an idea of how to increase the digital literacy level among rural women. Last para highlight if once women get mastery in digital technology tools after that, they can build their career more success in every field.
References
Getting to Equal How Digital is Helping Close the Gender Gap at Work https://www.accenture.com/t00010101T000000__w__/ar-es/_acnmedia/PDF-9/Accenture-Getting-To-Equal.pdf
SYDNEY ANDERSON, (2015, October), India’s Gender Digital Divide: Women and Politics on Twitter
https://www.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ORFIssueBrief_108.pdf
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