Impact of ICT on Women Entrepreneurs: A Literature Review

Women entrepreneurs are important contributors to Indian economy. At the same time, institutional and systemic barriers, gender inequalities, as well as socio-cultural norms and practices are creating problems for women entrepreneurs for easy access to finance, physical mobility, access to get education, and to improve their skills. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can help to overcome some of them, and there are also business opportunities in the ICT sector itself. In today's competitive world the survival of many business organizations are largely depending on the effective and efficient use of ICTs.

ICT tools are helping women entrepreneurs with unique and vast opportunities to empower themselves in multifarious way. In this paper, we reviewthe literature on the impact of ICT and empowerment of women, focusing on case studies on how ICTs had been implemented successfully by women entrepreneurs.