Women in ICT
 Information communication and Technology (ICT) is very important tools of development. ICT disseminates the message to one another and it can create an informed society. ICT can play a vital role to change social infrastructure. Since Nepali society is dominated by male, women have less access and influence to basic needs including ICT. Womens' numerical position is much higher than male but social position is very low. Socially women are highly deprived therefore we should change our social structure through ICT. In rural areas mostly female are engaged in agriculture and only household activities. They have very little access to information and education. Only 25% female are literate in Nepal.
ICT can give real message which is happening here and there but female are isolated from those means of communication. In rural area illiteracy rate is much than urban area. ICT is the means of social changes but these means can't be used by the rural people as they cannot get easy access and opportunity. E-Network Research & Development has been working in remote rural areas since 5 years. For the development of ICT in rural areas, it has been conducting various activities viz. ICT awareness programs, capacity building of rural women in using ICT services and advocacy in the access as well as use of latest technology. ENRD priority programs focused on women and marginalized community because they are the much excluded groups of Nepalese society. In rural areas of Nepal the economic status of local communities is very low so they cannot afford ICT tools by their own self. The ENRD tele-centers established in rural areas by the initiation of local communities are helping rural people organized through ICT tools. Nepali women mostly engage in house to care their children and family members. Due to they cannot feel to use any means of communication. If somebody has to access these means in home such as male family members always hold those means. Therefore ENRD mostly involved women through tele-centers and giving knowledge about ICT. In the context of Nepal culturally women are exploited and social attitude is very conservative so in rural women cannot do societal work. In ICT sector women involvement are very low in urban areas also. We couldn't say in number of participation of women in ICT area.
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