Locating Gender in ICTD Projects: Five Case Studies from India

This research project examines Information and Communication Technology Development (ICTD) initiatives in India with the aim of exploring how gender-inclusive principles are, and can be, incorporated into ICTD projects. Departing from neoliberal norms to consider power relations and the possibility of structural change, gender is positioned as a marker for assessing both projects and policy in terms of equity and social justice rather than economic principles alone. Building from this conceptual framework of women’s empowerment, the approaches and strategies of five initiatives are mapped within broader development and policy contexts. The emergent understandings of gender-related change and challenges ‘on the ground’ then inform an analytical model for project design and implementation, along with recommendations for adopting a social justice-oriented, gender-sensitive approach to ICTD policy and initiatives

Publisher: National Institute for Smart Governance
Year of Publication: 2008