South Asian Journal of Marketing & Management Research
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 2

Innovation to women empowerment -A path way

  • Author:
  • Srikanth Anthargam
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 98 to 104

Sr. Systems Engineer, Global Business Services, IBM India Pvt. Ltd., Hanamkonda, Warangal

Online published on 13 March, 2014.

Abstract

The research paper concerns the role of Innovation, change in technology and a shift in social attitudes increase access for women to economic opportunities, employment, savings and credit.

More than at any other time in history, the world is poised to leverage innovation to improve the lives of poor women and empower them to realize their potential. As the imperative to ensure women's participation and rights in social, economic and political progress gains urgency, innovation presents a particularly exciting pathway for seizing the present moment and achieving the goals of women's empowerment and gender equality goals that have been so difficult to realize in the past. At the most basic level, innovations can benefit women simply by improving their well-being in terms of health, nutrition, income, even life span. Beyond vital improvements in well-being, innovations can lead to women's empowerment, securing freedom and resources for women to make decisions, build confidence and act in their own interests. It is well known that innovation and shifting gender roles are each catalytic processes that drive change.

This research is mainly focus on the connection between innovation and women's empowerment and to understand how innovations have improved women's wellbeing, empowered women and advanced gender equality.

Keywords

Women entrepreneurship, Economic development, Global economy, Gender, Small and micro enterprises etc